• DVD9toAVI

DVD9 to AVI

• This guide lets you backup a DVD (just the main movie) and burn it on a DVD-R(4.7), AVI, MPEG, CD, DVD that should play on your standalone player if it supports it.

Install programs

Tools needed:

• DVD: Rip / dvdauhtor / transcode / mjpegtools / k3b

• Optional: Kavi2svcd /QDVDAuthor or DVDStyler

• Add the repository from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/mirrors.html to your source.list:

vi /etc/apt/source.list

• Add the mirror you have selected deb http://mirrors.ecology.uni-kiel.de/debian/debian-multimedia {stable,sarge,testing,etch,unstable,sid} main

• In mine version of Debian it would be:

deb http://mirrors.ecology.uni-kiel.de/debian/debian-multimedia etch main

• Then install programs

apt-get update
apt-get install dvdrip
apt-get install dvdauthor
apt-get install mjpegtoos
apt-get install k3b

Transcode should be installed when you install dvdrip. To check do

apt-cache policy transcode

BACKUP/RIP

• Start up the dvdrip

dvdrip

• It will ask you do check some settings. Click on Check/Test. It will create folders that it needs. If you want to do it by hand you could:
• dvd rip requires dvdrip-data folder

cd
mkdir dvdrip-data

• When you start a DVDrip it will created the folder that we just talked about. Open a new project and save it. Now read the title list and you should see all the available titles on the DVD. Pick the title that has most chapters(that should be your main movie. Usually that is what you want. Rip the selected DVD title(s) to hard disk.

Convert

Now when you have riped the title.

• Go to Transcode section.
• Pick a final media size (default is 2 CDs) Change it to 1CD or 1DVD.
• Pick an AVI format to write it as.
• Leave rest as default unless you know what you need
• Click on transcode.
• Depending on your proccessor speed it should be done in hour or so.

Burn

• When done go to your home folder.

• You should see a folder dvdrip-data, open it and go into your project name folder . Inside of it you should see a AVI Folder.

• Inside you will find all the chapters.
• Start k3b from the menu.
• Click on new dvd or cd data(which ever one you choosed to be transcoded to)
• Add the chapters to your dvd/cd.

• Click burn

• Done