[MPlayer-users] Ripping DVDs with the -dumpstream option

[Dom H]

I see. Can you explain what the command you posted is doing, I'm a
little unsure. Is it simply extracting the subs which I need to mux in
with the video obtained from -dumpstream?

If there isn't a simple, one command way to do this I may revert back
to using ddrescue to rip my discs (didn't seem as reliable as mplayer
mind)

Thanks again.

On 16 November 2010 03:20, Rashkae <rashkae at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> On 10-11-15 07:06 PM, Dom H wrote:
>>
>> I'm currently using the following command to rip dvds (inc. those
>> protected with aRRcos etc.)
>>
>> mplayer -dumpstream dvdnav://1 -nocache -dumpfile video.mpeg
>>
>>
>> This seems reliable although my very last rip was a foreign language
>> film which the resultant file seemed to contain no subtitle tracks at
>> all. Any ideas as to why this could happen? I'm guessing my output
>> file extension determines the container format, is 'mpeg' the most
>> suitable? I want to ensure that forced subtitles function as intended
>> from my rips when passing the -forcedsubsonly option on playback.
>>
>> Basically I want a copy of the main feature title that will play back
>> exactly as the original disc would.
>>
>>
>
> That's not going to be that easy.  While the dumpstream command captures the
> sub images in the stream, all the the meta-deta that is used to help display
> them (language, colors, etc.) is missing.  You probably want to try
> experimenting   with mencoder's -vobsubout option to extract the subs from
> the original dvd.  It would then probably be a good idea to mux the mpeg and
> the subs into an mkv container, for easier compatability with video players
> that don't support external vob sub files.
>
> An example vobsubout script:
>
> mencoder $1 -sid $2 -o /dev/null -ovc copy -oac copy -ofps 30000/1001
>  -vobsubout $1 -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid en
>
> I found that some videos would get completely wrong timestamps unless I
> include the -ofps option.  I usually apply that command to an extracted mpeg
> file, but as I mentioned, all useful meta-data is lost.  You will want to
> make that work with dvdnav:// --nocache (assuming mencoder will support
> those) to preserve that extra data.
>
>
>
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