DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink

[lmanwarren]

I used DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink in the windows world .Now I got rid of windows but I would like to know are there programs I can use under linux that will A Do as these 2 programs do B Have a GUI and be as easy to use

[Harryford]

u can use dvd shrink 2.3 with wine

[steve2713]

You might want to create a partition with Windows on it, there's going to be times when you'll wish you could still use some of these great freeware programs that don't exist for Linux.

I know this isn't a direct answer to your question, but it's something to consider.

[courtrrb]

I finaly got rid of my last hurdle with moving my video capturing/editing/DVD authoring to Linux and that was the capture process. I now do ALL and I mean ALL video capturing to dvd authoring on linux. As for dvd copying I just buy the dual layer dvds and do a straight dvd to dvd copy.

[lmanwarren]

So what programs do you use.Now as far as dual layer disc you can just do a straight copy even if encrypted no decrypting or the such.

[wmcbrine]

I've copied many DVDs using only Linux tools, but (as I later found out) it hasn't been as convenient as DVDShrink, and I often lost the chapters. I think there may be easier ways than what I've tried, though. I've heard people recommend dvd::rip (haven't tried it myself yet).

Here's how I typically do it:

mplayer -dumpvideo -dumpfile movie.m2v dvd://1
mplayer -dumpaudio -dumpfile movie.ac3 dvd://1
requant 1.3 <movie.m2v >movie-small.m2v
rm movie.m2v
mplex -f8 -omovie.vob movie-small.m2v movie.ac3
rm movie-small.m2v movie.ac3
mkdir disc
dvdauthor -o disc -t movie.vob
dvdauthor -o disc -T
dvdburn "Movie Title" disc

That last one is a script that calls mkisofs and pipes the output to cdrecord-prodvd. I'd spell it out, but I don't have the script handy at the moment.

"requant" is the key to resizing a movie to fit on a smaller disc. "1.3" is just an example compression factor.

It's possible to use "-dumpstream" instead of "-dumpvideo" and "-dumpaudio", and thereby grab the stream in one pass; but the resulting mpeg has to be remuxed anyway before dvdauthor will accept it.

[outspoken]

requant 1.3 <movie.m2v >movie-small.m2v
rm movie.m2v
mplex -f8 -omovie.vob movie-small.m2v movie.ac3
rm movie-small.m2v movie.ac3

very useful infos here, i'll have to check this out when i get home. i've been wanting to get into commandline recompression of vobs and haven't stumbled onto a simple solution. ultimated i would like to emulate the 6pass method found in CCE but in linux. right now what i do to make a backup in linux is vobcopy, then pgcedit, then dvdshrink and k3b to burn.

the quality i get out of dvdshrink is typically poor, i leave extras and menus in but would like a multipass vob compressor.

for anyone who wants to use dvdshrink you can use up to 3.2 in wine. you don't need to install a windows partition. use the linux tool vobcopy to get a perfect copy of the dvd, then use wine/dvdshrink. if you download DVDShrink 3.0-6beta you can watch previews inside dvdshrink. i have both 3.0-6beta and 3.2 installed, using 3.2 for the compression as it has more features.

[mrbass]

for anyone who wants to use dvdshrink you can use up to 3.2 in wine. you don't need to install a windows partition. use the linux tool vobcopy to get a perfect copy of the dvd, then use wine/dvdshrink. if you download DVDShrink 3.0-6beta you can watch previews inside dvdshrink. i have both 3.0-6beta and 3.2 installed, using 3.2 for the compression as it has more features.

You can watch previews inside of dvdshrink 3.2 also ...just install quartz.dll in .wine/fake_windows/Windows/System and each time you open dvdshrink just Maximize then Unmaximize window.
I have that dll and rich20 for download on my ubuntu guide
https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?link=788

[mrbass]

Now DVD Decrypter no longer requires SCSI emulation....SWEET. 8X ripping and 8X burner here I come.

[spiderman2k1]

Read this link it's a sticky

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=253616

[Garibaldi]

I've been trying to get DVD Shrink to work on my Slackware install as well. I have it installed and all my drives linked but when I try and select my dvd drive it says "internal error" and won't open my dvd.

[mrbass]

Your wine config file [Version] section must state either nt40, win2k, or winxp for DVDShrink to be able to 'Open Disc'. Also you symlink to your cdrom must be correct. Not sure what it is in slackware but in ubuntu and simple
cd ~/.wine/dosdevices
ln -s /media/cdrom d:

so maybe slackware it's
lns -s /mnt/cdrom d:
just guessing.

[Garibaldi]

I have my symlinks correct, they were autodetected by the wine setup. I also reset all the drives in my wineconfig to 2k, so I'm not sure where the problem is.

[mrbass]

I also reset all the drives in my wineconfig to 2k

huhhh?
but you did change your [VERSION] to nt40 correct in wine config? win2k won't work. I don't change any of the win95 throughout the entire wine config...in fact I don't touch a thing just leave it as is as generated by winesetup...only change is [VERSION] win98 change it to nt40.