[MPlayer-users] gmencoder

[anton]

Cheers
My problem is that I have a preference for text-form subtitles. There 
are no really easy-to-use tools for linux (am going to start on a subrip 
port when I get a better hand on Delphi...). I was debating trying to 
put together something with the transcode tools, but even in order to 
use them at all it seems necessary to have the .ifo file. If it can just 
be copied and used as below then great - I assumed it would be specific 
to the form found on the dvd (i.e., 1gig .vobs) and would spit the dummy 
if I just copied it along with a stream dump. Hence vobcopy -m (which is 
what the transcode/mplayer howto suggests). I suppose that it is just 
ignorance, but we have to start somewhere!
It is certainly much nicer working with command line mplayer if you 
don't have to cat stuff...
I will give a stream dump + copied ifo a try.
Cheers
Anton

Corey Hickey wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> anton wrote:
>
>> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read 
>> DOCS/bugreports.html]
>> hi
>> can I use the gmencoder 0.1.0 to encode a dvd if I have ripped the 
>> dvd already to hd using vobcopy -m? I tried playing around with 
>> -dvd-device and such but nothing seemed to work...
>> Also, it doesn't appear that the subtitles can be done if it is done 
>> from a straight .vob file as opposed to a dvd, is this the case?
>> Cheers
>> Antonovich
>
>
> I can't exactly answer your question, but I can tell you the correct way
> to do this in the future.
>
>
> $ mplayer dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile movie.vob
> This will give you one, _big_, unencrypted file of the whole movie.
> Change dvd://x to different numbers if you want different titles, etc.
> (If you don't know what title you want, try `mplayer dvd://x' first.)
>
> $ mount /dvd
>
> $ cp -p /dvd/video_ts/vts_01_0.ifo movie.ifo
> It's almost always vts_01_0.ifo, as far as I've seen, but sometimes it's
> different. The ifo file is necessary so the subtitles have the correct
> color palette.
>
> $ mplayer movie.vob -sid 0
> The subtitles should look ugly here. Of course, change the sid number if
> you need to.
>
> $ mplayer movie.vob -sid 0 -ifo movie.ifo
> The subtitles should look good here. If they don't, try other ifo files
> from /dvd (this shouldn't be necessary, but it could happen).
>
> $ mencoder movie.vob -ifo movie.ifo <whatever other options you want>
>
> -Corey
>
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