[kwlug disc.] how to extract a DVD segment as an MPEG file?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, Chris Frey wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 02:06:00AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   what's the easiest way to grab a segment of a DVD and extract it as
> > an MPEG file?  i have a DVD with its multiple .VOB files, so how would
> > i, as an example, extract the segment from minute 5:00 to minute 6:00
> > in MPEG format?
>
> Use mencoder (part of mplayer).
>
> It has -ss and -endpos switches which allow you to pick the time frame
> you want.  You could also do it by chapter.
>
> You can encode from almost anything to almost anything.  For example,
> to rip a DVD in high quality XviD format:
>
> mencoder -dvd 1 -alang en \
> 	-oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:vol=3:br=96 \
> 	-ofps 23.976 \
> 	-ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=684:4mv \
> 	-vop scale=640:272,crop=708:358:6:60 \
> 	-o 'SomeClip.avi' \
> 	-ss 1:29:00.00 \
> 	-endpos 0:5:0

BTW, the newest mencoder has deprecated the "-dvd 1" notation in
favour of the URL form, "dvd://1".  and that ":4mv" option is no
longer recognized.  but, apart from that, i seem to have grabbed my
AVI file.  thanks.

rday