Re: DVD ripping with DVD::Rip

From: Andreas Tretow (andreas.tretow-ng_at_gmx.de)
Date: 07/02/03 

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 14:00:59 +0200

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 04:46:24 +0000, Keith Clark wrote:

[snip]
>> Could be a permissions problem, eg. the user doesn't have permission to
>> access /dev/dvd, but it's hard to tell without output/error messages.
>>
>> Please try transcode from the command line and post the output here.
>> Reg. your older question: Did you remember to install the DivX codec? I
>> don't know whether it's packaged with the binary rpm distribution you
>> installed, which I think is unlikely. I have just installed everything
>> manually and it works fine with DivX and Xvid.
>>
>> You might want to try this test on the command line:
>>
>> $ transcode -i /dev/dvd -x dvd -V -y divx4 -j 16,0 -B 5,0 -s 4.182 -w
>> 1000 -o test.avi
>>
>> (briefly: -i input -x importformat -y outputformat -j cut_border -B
>> resize_video -s increase_audio_level -w video_encoding_bitrate -o
>> outputfile)
>>
>> HTH
>> Andreas
>
>
> Andreas,
>
> The command line test failed, here is what seems to be the most relevqnt
> part of the output :
>
> -----------
> [export_divx4.so] WARNING: Unrecognized API version ID (20021024) returned
> by DivX encore library: Making a guess that it's a 5.x-style interface
> (please report this message and your DivX library version to the transcode
> developers) [export_divx4.so] DivX 5.x libraries detected. (encoder.c)
> video export module error: init failed critical error: failed to init
> encoder - exit codec open error
> --------------
>
> Exporting as Xvid works fine. Extremely well, in fact. I'm very impressed
> with the quality.
>
> The "freezing" when running DVD::Rip as a user went away when I installed
> the Ximian Gnome packages so perhaps I had a corrupted library. There
> didn't seem to be any permissions issues.
>
> Keith

Keith,

Try '-y divx5' instead of divx4 on the command line. It seems that you are
using a more recent version of divx4linux than I am, and that the divx5
codec can't encode to divx4 (duh!). See whether you can change the
settings in DVD::Rip respectively.

'man transcode' for further information. I only use XviD since it is OSS
and the differences between the two are barely recognisable for me, which
could be due to the fact that the Linux version of DivX5 doesn't support
all the features implemented in the pro version available for Windows. See
www.divx.com and the transcode homepage for detailed information.

HTH
Andreas

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