transcode

howto - http://www.bunkus.org/dvdripping4linux/single/

transcode -i /space/tng-biggoodbye/vob/004 -w 4357,250,100 -a 1 -b 128,0,0 -s 3.311 -V -f 25 -B 12,10,8 -R 1 -x vob,null -o /dev/null -y xvid,null

transcode -i /space/tng-biggoodbye/vob/004 -w 4357,250,100 -a 1 -b 128,0,0 -s 3.311 -V -f 25 -B 12,10,8 -R 2 -x vob -o /space/tng-biggoodbye/avi/004/tng-biggoodbye-004.avi -y xvid

dvd::rip transcoding

(pass 1)

transcode -a 0 -x vob -i MOVIE.VOB -w 6000,50 -F mpeg4 -A -N 0x2000 -f 24,1 -M 2 -Y 4,4,4,4 -B 1,11,8 -R 1 -y ffmpeg,null -o /dev/null

(pass 2)

transcode -a 0 -x vob -i MOVIE.VOB -w 6000,50 -F mpeg4 -A -N 0x2000 -f 24,1 -M 2 -Y 4,4,4,4 -B 1,11,8 -R 2 -y ffmpeg -o movie.avi

framerate.txt example for variable frame rate (updated)

transcode -i foo.vob -x vob,vob -f 0,4 -M2 -R3 -w2 --export_fps 0,1 -J ivtc -J decimate -B 3,9,16 --hard_fps --print_status 10 -J 32detect=verbose=1:force_mode=5:chromathres=2:chromadi=9 -y xvid4 -o bar.avi

* Ripping TV Shows *

These are my notes from all the testing with bend on TV shows.

Some generic conclusions:

- Do a two-pass and force deinterlacing on a live-action show for best results if the show is not variable framerate. - Do a one-pass with hard_fps dropping on cartoons - If it's a variable framerate, do a one pass and force the input and output framerate.

Everything else documented revolves around those three basics.

* 2pass notes

The two passes on cartoons seems to blur the lines in every case. It could be because I'm not doing –hard_fps at all, but adding that usually throws the A/V out of sync.

Without deinterlacing on a 2pass, you will see some horizontal lines as artifacts on *some* shows, not all. It seems to be the minority, actually, as most do fine with just 2 passes.

For deinterlacing (on 2 pass), -I 1 and -I 3 seem to work fine. -I 3 has consistenly delivered great results, and limited testing proves that -I 1 works fine. The only problem with -I 3 is it doubles the encoding time, so a one-hour show will take up to 4 hours to encode on two passes.

* 1pass notes

If you are forcing the framerate, go ahead and use all the filters mentioned in framerate.txt.

If not, just use 32detect. Adding anything else throws the a/v out of sync.

You can use –hard_fps on both, though.

Generally speaking, 1pass usually will result in larger filesize. The difference between one and 2 pass for filesize can be dramatic (I've seen from 20 megs to 200), but not consistently rational. If a one-pass is working and looking really nice, go for it. You'll probably end up with larger files, but save time and get good quality.

Overall, I'd say use the one-pass method if you can afford to be very liberal with harddrive space. There are some cases where using it actually causes jitter, so the two-pass is better because it cleans that up.

# Building CVS

Checkout the CVS

autoreconf -f -i