Re: [MPlayer-users] Ripped DVD got wrong aspect ratio?

[Dominik Szczerba <domi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
A lot of problems that I ever had while mencoding was with vobfiles that 
were ripped with separate software... especially NTSC vobs... Most of 
problems disapeared when using only mplayer/mencoder.

I disagree it's a good idea (especially on Unixes, and not only with 
encoding) to mix software. I dont believe too much in standards or 
compatibility ;) The less I must use the better.

ciao

DS


> vobcopy is able to mirror the complete DVD including IFOs and such in
> an easy manner (simply "vobcopy -m"). The resulting directory is fully
> compatible with mplayer/mencoder/transcode and every other application
> that uses libdvdread (or libmpdvdkit2).
>
> Here again the Unix way of doing things (having several small
> applications that are combined in order to achieve the wanted results)
> is the better approach.
>
> But if you only need the VOBs then simply go ahead and use mplayer.
>
> (I'm not voting against mplayer here, I'm voting for vobcopy.)
>
>