A very good mencoder command-line to rip a DVD in very good quality.

This long one-liner will rip a DVD in very good quality to an AVI file. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ mencoder -passlogfile 2passlog.log -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1400:me_quality=6:chroma_me=1:nointerlacing:max_bframes=1:noqpel:hq_ac:trellis:quant_type=mpeg:chroma_opt:bvhq=1:vhq=4:autoaspect:pass=1:turbo -aid 128 -ofps 23.976 dvd:// -o evil_dead_movie.avi┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ mencoder -passlogfile 2passlog.log -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1400:me_quality=6:chroma_me=1:nointerlacing:max_bframes=1:noqpel:hq_ac:trellis:quant_type=mpeg:chroma_opt:bvhq=1:vhq=4:autoaspect:pass=1:turbo -aid 128 -ofps 23.976 … Read more

Recording television with mplayer.

Record television with mplayer, with this simple script. This is very useful indeed. #!/bin/sh   mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=720:height=576: \ device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:audiorate=32000:alsa:adevice=hw.0 buffersize=64 -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1300:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame -lameopts \ br=96:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 04:00:00 -o ~/Videos/tv-`date +%y%m%d_%H%M`-m.avi > /dev/null#!/bin/sh mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=720:height=576: \ device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:audiorate=32000:alsa:adevice=hw.0 buffersize=64 -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1300:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame … Read more