How to rip a DVD to a format like ogm/mkv

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I'm trying to convert a DVD to some reasonable format. I'm not opposed to 1:1 conversion, but I want to at least change the container to ogm/mkv.

I have already tried various GUI tools like dvd::rip or ogmrip, but they all fail after a while of converting. And my manual converting attempts using ffmpeg just fail gloriously (the quality is appalling).

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '11 at 19:15

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There's a piece of software called handbrake that has served me very well.

answered Sep 01 '11 at 19:15

Shadur

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Handbrake is a great app, but it is nowdays more focused on coding into h264. – Johan Sep 01 '11 at 19:32
Last I checked it still had presets for most stuff. Granted, I primarily use it to convert movies into a format I can watch on my tablet. – Shadur Sep 02 '11 at 05:31

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '11 at 19:13

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Check out x264transcode. The shell script contains probably man years of x264 know how and many sane defaults.

It uses the MKV container format, it is designed to run unattended and it even supports multiple CPU cores for transcoding.

answered Sep 01 '11 at 19:13

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x264transcode is exactly what I needed by the looks of it. – ixtmixilix Feb 17 '12 at 23:12

How to rip a DVD to a format like ogm/mkv

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