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− | MythDVD serves two roles:
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− | * Playback of DVDs and VCDs via the [[Internal player]] or optionally an external player.
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− | * "Ripping" of DVDs for storage on your Myth box. MythDVD can save the main title from a DVD as an [[MPEG-4]] avi file and place it in your [[MythVideo]] collection. Various options are given to allow you to balance space vs quality.
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− | == DVD/VCD Playback ==
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− | Playback of DVDs via the use of MythTV's [[Internal player]] '''or''' DVDs and VCDs via an external player such as [[Configuring Xine|Xine]], Ogle or mplayer.
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− | The [[Internal player]] supports DVD menus, subtitles and alternative audio tracks. It also integrates completely with Myth using the same OSD, remote bindings and playback options. Playback using the [[Internal player]] is the default.
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− | MythTV has the option of outputting different video resolutions based on the resolution of the video being viewed. Unfortunately, there is no similar option for MythDVD - the GUI resolution will always be used.
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− | Note that you need libdvdcss2 working first.
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− | == DVD Ripping ==
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− | Ripping of DVDs to storage on your Myth box. MythDVD can save the main title from a DVD as an [[MPEG-4]] avi file and place it in your [[MythVideo]] collection. Various options are given to allow you to balance space vs quality.
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− | === DVD Drive Setup ===
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− | Generally MythDVD looks for the DVD drive as /dev/dvd. If you are using Fedora Core, openSUSE 10.2, and some other distributions, this is not created by default when a DVD drive is detected. Its normally easily created with a symbolic link to the /dev/cdrom:
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− | ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd
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− | {{Note box|On systems with more than one CD drives you might need to use /dev/cdrom1, /dev/cdrom2 etc...}} | |
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− | Once you have the /dev/dvd created you should test the DVD playback functionality. This will confirm the DVD drive is setup as required.
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− | {{Note box|A really, really important thing to get right is to enable DMA on your DVD drive. Without it, [[MythDVD]] (or [[MythVideo ]]as it now is) stutters badly. This is irrespective of the speed of your machine.}}
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− | === DVD Rip Settings ===
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− | When the DVD drive is working as described above, setup the MythDVD ripping settings. These are located here in the default menu structure (0.18):
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− | MythTV → Utilities/Setup → Setup → Media Settings → DVD Settings → Rip Settings
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− | The default settings work fine for most situations. The location for the ripped DVDs might need to be adjusted, normally you want the path to be access from [[MythVideo]] for playback.
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− | === Transcode Requirements ===
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− | To transcode the DVD you need the [[MTD]] ( Myth Transcoding Daemon ) running. Transcoding provides the ability to compress the DVD further and keep near to original quality.
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− | If you have your system set up to run mythfrontend upon boot, a good way to start mtd is to do so in the same place that you autostart other programs when the myth user logs in.
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− | On Fedora Core using ATrpms mythtv-suite, you can easily setup the MTD to load at startup with the following:
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− | echo "/usr/bin/mtd --daemon" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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− | On other distributions it might be required to run 'which mtd' to find the correct path.
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− | Temporary files for the transcode will be stored in /var/lib/mythdvd/temp/ so be sure that that directory exists and that there is enough room on that partition to store a full DVD rip which can be up to 8 gigabytes.
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− | === Usage ===
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− | You are now ready to RIP the DVD, from the MythTV main menu go to the Optical Disk menu ( Optical Disks -> Import DVD ). You should see a list of available [[VOB]]s to RIP from the DVD.
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− | You should select the [[VOB]]s you wish to transcode, generally the largest VOB is the movie and the smaller ones are extras. It's a good idea to use the View feature to ensure you're ripping the audio and video track you really mean to and not, for instance, the director/cast commentary.
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− | You can also adjust the quality, which will automatically setup the transcoding profile. Perfect Quality saves the [[MPEG-2]] stream intact and is (by far) the fastest option, but also consumes the most disk space. The other options create smaller files, but use more CPU and provide less quality.
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− | When you are ready to begin transcoding use the '0' key on the remote or the keyboard to start the transcoding process.
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− | The import consists of several automated steps:
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− | # Copy the [[VOB]] video and Auido files to a temporary file (apprx 30Min). For "Pefect" it stops here.
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− | # First Pass Transcode of the Video and audio files (approx 1hour per hour of movie)
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− | # Second Pass Transcode to reduce the file size even further (approx 1 hour per hour of movie)
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− | If you have specified the quality to be "good", it will call transcode to do the .vob -> .avi with [[Xvid]] or [[DivX]].
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− | The transcode time will depend on the speed of your processor (numbers given using AMD XP2800).
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− | Once Transcode has finished you should find the new compressed movie in your Videos directory, which is visible via the Myth Video manger.
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− | '''Rip/Transcode Options'''
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− | | Select
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− | | Select this Video file for transcoding. A DVD will typically include multiple video files, eg trailers, directors commentary etc.
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− | | The title of the DVD RIP
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− | | Quality
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− | | Options available are dependant on the DVD inserted
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− | * '''Perfect :''' Available for all Discs. Makes an exact copy of the MPEG file
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− | * '''Excellent :''' 4:3 and 16:9 non-letterboxed Only. Transcode the MPEG file at a high bitrate. Resultant files size is approx 2GB
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− | * '''Good :''' All Other . Transcode the MPEG file at average bitrate. Resultant file size is approx 800MB
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− | | Audio Track
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− | | Select which of the Audio tracks available on the DVD you want encoded with the video
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− | | AC3 Audio
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− | |Encode the AC3 Dolby digital surround audio track
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− | | Subtitles
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− | | Encode the Subtitiles with the video
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− | | View
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− | | Preview the Movie during Transcode
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− | ***If you want to rip to an ISO file, you will only have to select one title.
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− | This is not clear from the ripper or the online docs, so I am adding this little tip in order to save others some time and hard drive space. ;-) --[[User:High Noonan|High Noonan]] 16:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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− | ==Gallery==
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− | <gallery>
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− | Image:ImportOptions.jpg
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− | Image:ImportTime.jpg
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− | </gallery>
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− | [[Category:Plugins]]
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