On 9/16/05, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>I have got a video DVD disk, which I would like to copy without > >>>certain parts of its contents. Is there some software specific for > >>>accomplish that goal? > >> > >>I don't know of a single DVD editor but you can use mplayer/menconder to > >>pull tracks from the DVD to save as what ever format you wish. You can > >>also set times. It is command line, not GUI but it works great. Save > >>to a raw avi and the use avidemux for futher editting. > >> > >>Many options are open using mplayer/mencoder. > > > > Thanks, Robin. In truth, I am only wanting to get rid of some tracks > > of a certain video DVD disk. > > Paul, > Have you ever really looked at how DVD's are created? I expected a > series of files that would represent each track. Boy was I wrong. > > Now just to remove some tracks would still require breaking up the VOB's > and re-encoding. This can all be done with mplayer/mencoder options. > > Here is an example from the mplayer man page. > Encode DVD title #2, only selected chapters: > encoder dvd://2 -chapter 10-15 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc \ > lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 > > I have read about DVDrip but I have not tried it. I didn't have enough > disk space on my computer to rip a DVD. > > In any case you will still have to author the DVD if you want to play it > as a DVD. I have not done this yet. > > I have found that this is a massive learning curve. I found that > working with one program was much more useful for my purposes than > bouncing around between applications. I have grow partially > knowledgeable with mplayer/mencoder but there are so many options > available to the user that it could take years to become an expert. > Hey, but that is what keeps me young. > > Look at both of these links. > > http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.tappin.me.uk/Linux/dvd.html Thanks, Robin. I thought it would be much easier, similarly to audio cds, with which one only needs to remove the file corresponding to the desired track. Paul
