[MPlayer-users] mencode perfect rip

[Grant]

> > I'm trying to rip a DVD with perfect quality before I experiment with
> > compression.  I'm using the following but I think I'm seeing
> > artifacts:
> >
> > mencode dvd://1 -o poseidon.avi -oac copy -ovc copy
>
> I like:
>
> mplayer dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile poseidon.vob
>
> You'll have to use vlc instead if you try to rip any of the movies protected by Sony's Across copy protection.

Can you tell me more about vlc?  There doesn't seem to be much in man
mplayer.  How is it used?

Is there any type of copy protection that can't be ripped?

- Grant