DVD Shrink http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html for Linux would be great. It is freeware, http://www.dvdshrink.org/license.html, so you might get a look at the code if you asked nice. If all else fails you could see what the program does and replicate. Basically it scans/rips the files on a DVD, unlocks the menus, allows you to compress and burn or reauthor a DVD. It interfaces with Nero for the burning of the copy. I don't know how hard all this would be, but it is definitely missing. I'd imagine that some of the functionality is out there as OSS for things such as the compression and you could interface with one of the burning apps like K3B that burn DVDs. Look into dvd::rip and DeCSS. Some of this may already work, but putting several pieces of console-based software together with a GUI may be what's needed. I have no idea how to do this on Linux and just started doing it on Windows.
Also a DVD Decrypter on Linux is needed.
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--- Arthur Pemberton [email protected] wrote:
Can anyone suggest a small application CLI or GUI that just seems to be "missing" from Linux? Not necessarily an application that exists in Windows, but not in Linux, but a program that would make \ some part of your Linux experience better.
I am just dying to make a cool Linux app/project, but I am lacking ideas. For interface, I am considering console, GTK+ or Qt. For programming language, I am considering Python or C++;
I appreciate your ideas.
Already exists. I don't imagine it would be a huge project to get K3b to support it. To shrink, use tcrequant (part of transcode). To rip, use dvdbackup (probably many other options, incl K3b).
On Tuesday 13 December 2005 14:51, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO wrote:
DVD Shrink http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html for Linux would be great. It is freeware, http://www.dvdshrink.org/license.html, so you might get a look at the code if you asked nice. If all else fails you could see what the program does and replicate. Basically it scans/rips the files on a DVD, unlocks the menus, allows you to compress and burn or reauthor a DVD. It interfaces with Nero for the burning of the copy. I don't know how hard all this would be, but it is definitely missing. I'd imagine that some of the functionality is out there as OSS for things such as the compression and you could interface with one of the burning apps like K3B that burn DVDs. Look into dvd::rip and DeCSS. Some of this may already work, but putting several pieces of console-based software together with a GUI may be what's needed. I have no idea how to do this on Linux and just started doing it on Windows.
Also a DVD Decrypter on Linux is needed.
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely
--- Arthur Pemberton [email protected] wrote:
Can anyone suggest a small application CLI or GUI that just seems to be "missing" from Linux? Not necessarily an application that exists in Windows, but not in Linux, but a program that would make \ some part of your Linux experience better.
I am just dying to make a cool Linux app/project, but I am lacking ideas. For interface, I am considering console, GTK+ or Qt. For programming language, I am considering Python or C++;
I appreciate your ideas.
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Luke-Jr wrote: | Already exists. I don't imagine it would be a huge project to get K3b to | support it. To shrink, use tcrequant (part of transcode). To rip, use | dvdbackup (probably many other options, incl K3b).
I use dvdbackup, and it's not as good as DVD Decrypter. If you have a good DVD, dvdbackup works great. If, however, you have enough scratches or other damage to cause bad sectors, dvdbackup barfs and errors out. DVD Decryptor, on the other hand, keeps going and replaces the bad sectors (with zeros, I think), so you can at least get all the readable info off your DVD (important when you have 2 year old twins who have figured out the eject button on the DVD player!).
It annoys me I have to use a windows program to 'rescue' my damaged DVDs, but I have yet to find anything on linux that handles read errors effectively.
- -- Charles Steinkuehler [email protected]
--- Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
... (important when you have 2 year old twins who have figured out the eject button on the DVD player!).
I feel your pain. Imagine having a 18 month old who figured out how to use the eject button at the ripe age of 15 months and not only that but knows how to load and unload tapes and dvds, switch the buttons (although this may be dumb luck), open the dvd holders. Thankfully the doors are too hard for her to open yet. Putting videos up high doesn't work it only adds to the excitement, by incorporating a climbing expedition to the retrieval of "CARE BEARS!". God if I see the Care Bear Movie one more time ...
It annoys me I have to use a windows program to 'rescue' my damaged DVDs, but I have yet to find anything on linux that handles read errors effectively.
I've noticed Linux has problems dealing with read errors on all sorts of devices. A read error tolerence module would be a nice addition to the Linux core. I have noticed that some devices and some drivers are better at this than others. For example my Plextor devices have always dealt better with anomolies than my Lite-On DVD Writer and any non-Plextor removable storage I've owned.
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