Re: transcoder which maintains DVD format?

Martin Norbäck <[email protected]> Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:07:09 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.ogle.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
fre 2005-02-04 klockan 13:32 -0800 skrev Kevin Seghetti:
> I am storing DVD images on a server and using ogle to play them. The
> only problem is they are fairly large. I would like to be able to
> transcode the video streams to mpeg-4 or other compression scheme better
> than the original mpeg-2 used for DVDs. But I don't want to give up the
> DVD menus. So I want a tool which will open the dvd image, transcode the
> video streams, and create a new dvd image which ogle can play. 
> 
> So, does ogle support playback of other video compression types, like
> mpeg 4?

No, ogle supports only the stuff that can be in DVD:s.

> And, does anyone know of a tool or collection of tools which can
> easily do this? Ideally I would like something I can point at a
> directory full of dvd images and have it transcode them all.

Maybe mencoder can do it, it can extract subtitles at least.

/Martin