Re: RIP Title - Read Content

Same problem here.  I'm running CentOS 5.2 x86_64 as well.  I've tried 2 
DVD drives, both SATA. 

I don't believe it's tcprobe.  DVD::Rip uses lsdvd to read the TOC if 
it's installed.  If not, it uses tcprobe.  I uninstalled lsdvd to force 
it to use tcdecode and had the same trouble.  I believe that the 
"execflow lsdvd ....." command never exits.  Run dvdrip in the 
background, start the rip, and when it hangs, check to see if you have a 
"<defunct>" process by running ps with no arguments.  I think that 
process has has a problem.

Rob Kampen wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> Funny - hope its just co-incidence, I too am running on CentOS 5.2 
> Plus - x86_64 version that also runs mythtv. MythTV also uses 
> transcode, although I don't use that part of it, I keep my recordings 
> in HD (~5GB/Hr).
> I know tcprobe is available, but when I look at the help, I'm lost - 
> video is new to me and all the options and jargon don't yet make a lot 
> of sense to me.
> All I want to do, is extract two minutes out of a DVD chapter, to use 
> as a clip for promotion of the DVD.
> I have managed to rip the chapter .vob file onto my hard drive with 
> all the DRM / encryption rubbish taken care of by using some command 
> line program (forgotten what it was, and not in front of the machine 
> to check), I was hoping to use DVD:RIP to assist me with the transcode 
> bit and extraction bit.....
> All getting too hard, maybe I'll look around for some other solutions.
> Kind regards
> Rob
>
>
> Tim Hudoba wrote:
>> Rob,
>>
>> I have run into the same thing.  So far I have not received any
>> assistance.  If you hear anything please let me know what you find out.
>>
>> I have gone as far as re-installing my OS (centos 5.2), down-reving
>> dvd::rip and it's dependencies, using 3 different dvdrom drives, and
>> reading the vtoc without lsdvd.  All with no success.
>>
>> I agree with you though, I believe it has something to do with tcprobe
>> (which is bundled with transcode).  I guess there is a forum for
>> transcode but I have yet to look into it.
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, what flavor of linux are you using?
>>
>> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 09:18 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote:
>>   
>>> I have a new install of dvd:rip that appears to be complete and intact,
>>> however when I load a DVD and select the RIP Title tab and then press
>>> the "Read DVD table of contents" button I get the following in the log
>>> Wed Aug 20 00:50:13 2008 Start job 'Read TOC (lsdvd|tcprobe)'
>>> Wed Aug 20 00:50:13 2008 Start job 'Read TOC (lsdvd)'
>>> Wed Aug 20 00:50:13 2008 Executing command: execflow lsdvd -a -n -c -s
>>> -v -Op  2>/dev/null && echo EXECFLOW_OK
>>> nothing else and it stalls
>>> The job plan and progress window shows
>>> Read TOC (lsdvd|tcprobe) 0.00% finished
>>>     Read TOC (lsdvd)      0.00%, elapsed 15:22
>>>     Read TOC (tcprobe)   Waiting
>>>        Determine number of titles Waiting
>>>
>>> I try the lsdvd command in a terminal and it works fine
>>> I suspect that it is the tcprobe that fails, but I do not know the
>>> syntax or what I'm looking for
>>>
>>> some pointers as to where to look next??
>>> I am probably missing something obvious......
>>> Thanks and kind regards
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>   
>
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