[mythtv-users] Problem ripping Apocalypto in mythdvd.

Sean Goodpasture goofygrin at gmail.com
Wed Oct 17 23:47:05 UTC 2007


My file server (with Gentoo) is headless... and xless, so wine's out of the
question :-)


On 10/17/07, Scott Alfter <mythtv at salfter.dyndns.org> wrote:
>
> Sean Goodpasture top-posted (grr):
> > rip it using dvddecrypter to clear the protection, then use something
> > like dvd shrink to shrink it.  Unfortunately, I don't know of an all
> > linux solution for these tough to rip ones.  I mostly rip on my gentoo
> > box, except with these guys I have to rip on a windows box.
>
> DVDDecrypter and DVD Shrink both work under Wine, last time I checked.  I
> don't
> use DVD Shrink much anymore (I usually transcode to H.264 with mencoder),
> but
> DVDDecrypter works like a champ.  There are two caveats:
>
> 1) Wine needs to be set to run DVDDecrypter in WinNT4 compatibility mode.
> 2) A DVD needs to be in the drive and mounted before DVDDecrypter is
> started,
>   or else it won't see the drive.  Once running, you can use the "load"
> and
>   "eject" buttons to swap discs.
>
> Even though DVDDecrypter hasn't been updated in some time (and won't be
> updated
> ever again), I have yet to run across a movie it can't rip.
>
> _/_
> / v \ Scott Alfter
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