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beandog's mostly dvds multimedia wiki

This wiki is a collection of notes that I've gathered over the years when it comes to accessing, ripping and encoding DVDs on Linux.

DVDs

  • dvd_info - a small set of DVD utilities written in C
  • dvd_copy - copy a track to fileystem or stdout
  • dvd_drive_status - check if a drive is empty, polling, closed with or without a disc (Linux plus limited *BSD support)
  • dvd_eject - close tray with checks to tell you when it's finished polling
  • lsdvd - the original!

Blu-Ray

Video CDs

VHS

Containers

Codecs

Playback

References

Software

Operating Systems

Archives

Hardware

Development

General Notes

  • I personally prefer libav over ffmpeg so when you see avconv you can use ffmpeg as well.
  • I reference this multimedia wiki a lot because it is an excellent resource of technical information.

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