[MPlayer-users] how to evaluate ripped dvd size

[Chris Phillips]

> > gcc main.c vstrip.c parse_ifo.c in_buffer.c file_io.c -D__UNIX__ -lm
> >
> still doesn't compile here, maybe another version of the source ... or i'm 
> just to dumb , till I'm not a compiling crack 

well email me the errors if you really want. make sure you're using the 
same version as me. the zip i'm using is now at 
http://thirtythreeandathird.net/vStrip.zip I just reunzipped it from new, 
and it worked first time, with that exact command line.

> > i've attached my perl script which will find the main title in any dvd and
> > auto rip it if it's of any interest to you. still being written of course.
> >
> 
> Thanx for this, this is what I have searched for, a simple 'ripdvd output.avi'
> Just have some wishes ;o): 
> 
> - cropping should be done for sure (with the cropdetect feature?),

i personally didn't get useful results with that, maybe it likes me more 
now? generally though, i nkow nothing whatsoever about media programming, 
so all i can do is write stuff to manipulate what applications i have got. 
It's also just for my use... i like having standard sized films this week 
:D 

> - till we have now ifo-parsing, it would be nice to have interactive 
> language-choosing of the audio -aid 128 (0x80) isn't always the wanted audio 

oh of course... one day thomas. I wonder how the default audio IS chosen 
by mplayer... often i find that i get the commentary if i don't force it 
to that... again though i've no idea what useful information i could get 
out of anything to let someone choose a useful stream...

> - maybe an interactive decission how many CDs should be used (decided on the 
> computed bitrate) and/or decission which resolution to use (full/640x*/480x*)

again, i like my own standards. *Maybe* i'll get a little serious about 
it, but i generally doubt i will, as i only wrote it cos i'm 1) lazy, 
2) need to learn perl and 3) always make my avi's the same way

chris
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