[mythtv-users] Cannot Import DVD

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday 21 March 2010 10:29:47 pm Andrew wrote:
> >    It's not nearly as grim as that. Although there are particular studios
> > and batches of movies that are particularly problematic. And it's not
> > always
> > the copy protection that's the problem. Sometime's the disk faults are
> > genuine
> > errors that are the result of cutrate production.
> >
> >    The AnyDVD forums are a great source for information on why exactly
> > you're
> > having trouble with a particular disk.
> >
> >    Disney in particular seems to be particularly bad.
> 
> It actually just a TV series disc.  I can just use AnyDVD to rip to ISO and
> then mount that in mythtv.  I was just hoping there was an easier way and
> could make use of the DVD import function and not have to involve windoze.
> I thought if libdvdcss could read it, then it would rip too. I understand
> the complexities of the schemes these days...  Thanks for everyone's input.
> 

Have you tried the Linux version of Handbrake? You wind up with an h264 file of 
the main title, which takes up less room than an mpeg2 rip.