I. ABOUT dvd::rip is a full featured DVD copy program written in Perl. It provides an easy to use but feature-rich Gtk+ GUI to control almost all aspects of the ripping and transcoding process. It uses the widely known video processing swissknife transcode and many other Open Source tools. dvd::rip itself is licensed under GPL / Perl Artistic License. "And note: it's spelt dvd::rip, and nothing else." II. NOTE This README is automatically generated from the same sources which are used for the dvd::rip homepage. You'll allways get the latest news and information from the homepage. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ Also the homepage contains an extensive user documentation for standard and cluster mode, with screenshots, diagrams and more. This README covers only the installation not the usage of dvd::rip. III. DOCUMENTATION 1. Installation _________________________________________________________________ * 1.1 Binary distributions * 1.1.1 Debian packages * 1.1.2 SuSE packages * 1.1.3 Mandrake packages * 1.1.4 RedHat packages * 1.1.5 gentoo packages * 1.1.6 FreeBSD port * 1.1.7 OpenBSD port 1.2 Source download * 1.2.1 dvd::rip tarball download * 1.2.2 CVS access 1.3 Requirements * 1.3.1 External command line tools * 1.3.2 Perl 5.6.0 or better * 1.3.3 Perl modules * 1.3.4 rar (for vobsub compression) 1.4 Install from source * 1.4.1 Install dvd::rip * 1.4.2 Update dvd::rip * 1.4.3 Multiple dvd::rip versions in parallel 1.5 Uninstall dvd::rip 1.6 Download this documentation _________________________________________________________________ This chapter describes how you can get and install dvd::rip. You can try one of the several binary distributions or install it from the source. 1.1 Binary distributions Installation of dvd::rip isn't that hard, but fulfilling the requirements actually is (simply because there are a lot ;). So you should first try a binary installation using the package manager of your Linux distribution. This should track all dependencies automatically and speed up things significantly. 1.1.1 Debian packages Christian Marillat builds video related Debian packages and publishes them on his website http://www.debian-multimedia.org. You can use apt-get to install the packages if you add one of the following entries (depending on your distribution) to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sarge main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org experimental main You will find all packages to compile transcode on your own (if you need always the very latest versions), or can get binaries of reasonably recent transcode versions directly. The same applies to dvd::rip. The dvd::rip package is called dvdrip. 1.1.2 SuSE packages On packman.links2linux.org you find several video related RPM's, including dvd::rip and transcode: dvd::rip at packman.links2linux.org http://packman.links2linux.org/ homepage 1.1.3 Mandrake packages Mandrake users can get actual dvd::rip and transcode RPM's from the Penguin Liberation Front lair. http://plf.zarb.org/ 1.1.4 RedHat packages Matthias Saou does a great job in building dvd::rip and other multimedia related packages. You can find them at freshrpms.net. This is a direct link the dvd::rip package: http://freshrpms.net/rpm/perl-Video-DVDRip 1.1.5 gentoo packages You can get dvd::rip and transcode from the official gentoo package repository: http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=dvdrip 1.1.6 FreeBSD port dvd::rip is available in the FreeBSD ports collection. To install from source, cd to ${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/dvdrip and type 'make install clean'. To install a binary package of the port, type 'pkg_add -r dvdrip'. Note however that the default installation of the transcode port which dvd::rip depends on is very minimalistic, it is recommended to look at the Makefile of the transcode port, enable all the options you need for dvd::rip and install the transcode port from source. Thanks to Michael Nottebrock, who maintains the FreeBSD port. 1.1.7 OpenBSD port Since June 2004 we have also an official OpenBSD port of dvd::rip. You find it under graphics/dvdrip. Thanks to the maintainer Waldemar Brodkorb. 1.2 Source download 1.2.1 dvd::rip tarball download You can download dvd::rip sources from this server or all stable releases from any CPAN mirror. Local download of the latest stable release: (currently no unstable release available) dvdrip-0.98.0.tar.gz dvdrip-0.98.0.tar.gz.asc (GnuPG signature, get key) CPAN download directory: (list of mirrors) http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/J/JR/JRED/ You can download older versions from here: http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/dist/ http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/dist/pre/ This is a directory, which contains several user contributed files, you probably find useful: http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/contrib/ 1.2.2 CVS access This is mainly intended for developers and CVS experienced users. This CVS repository is only a read only mirror of my main repository. It's updated manually when I publish releases or pre-releases, so there is no advantage for normal users compared to downloading the tar balls (besides making it easier using "cvs update" ;) Since development of dvd::rip is divided into two branches, you get the current (unstable) version, if you don't specifiy a release tag. If you want to access a stable version, add -r rel-MAJOR-MINOR-PATCH to your cvs checkout command (example: for 0.48.5 this is -r rel-0-48-5). If you always want to have the latest stable patch release, use -r rel-MAJOR-MINOR-patches (e.g. -r rel-0-50-patches). All subsequent updates will stay on this branch (here: 0.50). The easiest way of switching to another branch is creating a new checkout using the corresponding release tag. Root Module Unstable tag Stable tag :pserver:cvs@cvs.exit1.org:/cvs dvdrip none rel-MAJOR-MINOR-PATCH 1.2.2.1 CVS examples Log into CVS server with: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.exit1.org:/cvs login (Press ENTER for password) Checkout latest version of the actual stable branch (here 0.50.x): cvs -z3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.exit1.org:/cvs checkout -r rel-0-50-patches dvdrip Checkout a specific stable/bugfix version (here 0.50.13) with: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.exit1.org:/cvs checkout -r rel-0-50-13 dvdrip Checkout the current development version with: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.exit1.org:/cvs checkout dvdrip Update a checkout - created using one of the commands above - with: cd dvdrip; cvs -z3 update 1.3 Requirements dvd::rip is a Gtk+ based program written in Perl, using the video processing tool transcode and many other tools for the internals. So you first have to get some prerequisites before installing dvd::rip. dvd::rip expects all command line tools mentioned here to be found in the standard search PATH. 1.3.1 External command line tools This table gives a brief overview of the tools used by dvd::rip (everything but the Perl modules - see the chapters below for more information about them). Most tools are optional - the corresponding dvd::rip modules are just switched off, if you don't have them. But you need at least the tools marked mandatory, otherwise dvd::rip will complain with an error message on startup. You can get also a dvd::rip window listing this information, refer to the corresponding chapter in the documentation for details. Tool Comment Mandatory Suggested Minimum Maximum transcode dvd::rip is nothing without transcode Yes 1.0.2 0.6.14 1.0.99 ImageMagick Needed for preview image processing Yes 6.2.3 4.0.0 - xvid4conf xvid4 configuration tool No 1.12 1.6 - subtitle2pgm Needed for subtitles No 0.3 0.3 - lsdvd Needed for faster DVD TOC reading No 0.15 0.15 - rar Needed for compressed vobsub subtitles No 2.71 2.71 2.99 mplayer Needed for subtitle vobsub viewing No 1.00 0.90 - ogmtools Needed for OGG/Vorbis No 1.5 1.0.0 - dvdxchap For chapter progress bar (ogmtools) No 1.5 1.0.0 - mjpegtools Needed for (S)VCD encoding No 1.6.2 1.6.0 - xine Can be used to view DVD's/files No 0.9.15 0.9.13 - fping Only for cluster mode master No 2.4 2.2 - hal Used for DVD device scanning No 0.5.7 0.5 - 1.3.2 Perl 5.6.0 or better You need a recent Perl version on your system. Perl 5.8.x is recommended, 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 should work also. dvd::rip won't start with Perl versions prior to 5.6.0. Actual distributions ship minimum 5.6.1, so this shouldn't be a real problem, anyway. 1.3.3 Perl modules Since dvd::rip is mostly written in Perl it requires a bunch of Perl modules. Check if your distribution has installation packages for them, otherwise download them from CPAN and install from source. Some required Perl modules are shipped with dvd::rip for your convenience. These are pure Perl modules which need no C-Compiler or something like that for installation. dvd::rip detects if these modules are missing on your system and installs them together with its own program files. Refer to the Install from source chapter for details about this mechanism. This table lists all Perl modules, usual names for installation packages and CPAN URL's for download: Perl Module Package name CPAN URL Shipped with dvd::rip Gtk2 libgtk2-perl search.cpan.org No Event libevent-perl search.cpan.org No Locale::TextDomain libintl-perl-xs search.cpan.org No Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory libgtk2-ex-formfactory-perl search.cpan.org Yes AnyEvent libanyevent-perl search.cpan.org Yes Event::ExecFlow libevent-execflow-perl search.cpan.org Yes Event::RPC libevent-rpc-perl search.cpan.org Yes To install a Perl module from source, execute these commands: tar xfz Some-Perl-Module-x.xx.tar.gz cd Some-Perl-Module-x.xx perl Makefile.PL make test sudo make install 1.3.4 rar (for vobsub compression) Some special notes about the rar program. MPlayer supports vobsub files compressed with rar, but you need a 2.x version, 3.x and higher doesn't work. You can get a 2.x version locally from here: http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/contrib/rarlnx271.sfx.bin I suggest to install the binary to e.g. /usr/local/bin. Then configure this path using the Preferences dialog. 1.4 Install from source 1.4.1 Install dvd::rip This is quite easy, if you have managed to install the packages mentioned above... ;) Download the .tar.gz archive of the dvd::rip version you want to install. Then extract the file, change into the created directory, and execute the Makefile.PL script: # as a normal user tar xfz dvdrip-x.xx.tar.gz cd dvdrip-x.xx perl Makefile.PL As mentioned in the Required Perl modules chapter above dvd::rip can install some of the required Perl modules for you automatically. If dvd::rip detects such missing modules on your system, you get an output like this from perl Makefile.PL: Note: ----- The following modules are required for dvd::rip but not found on your system. They're shipped with dvd::rip for your convenience and will be installed automatically when you run 'make install': AnyEvent Event::ExecFlow Event::RPC You can ignore the 'prerequisite not found' warnings beyond for them. If you don't like this and want to install these modules manually just set SKIP_UNPACK_REQUIRED_MODULES before executing Makefile.PL, e.g. this way: SKIP_UNPACK_REQUIRED_MODULES=1 perl Makefile.PL Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Warning: prerequisite AnyEvent 1.02 not found. Warning: prerequisite Event::ExecFlow 0.62 not found. Warning: prerequisite Event::RPC 0.89 not found. Writing Makefile for Video::DVDRip If your distribution has installation packages for these modules, it's recommended to use these. Install them and run 'perl Makefile.PL' again. Now run 'make test' and if no errors were reported 'make install' (as root): make test sudo make install You can ommit the "make install" step. But then you can execute the 'dvdrip' binary only from the build directory and you must put "$PWD/bin" into your PATH (export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH), otherwise dvd::rip can't find its files. 1.4.2 Update dvd::rip Updating is just like installing. The only thing you should be aware of is switching the underlying Perl version. This way you easily can get two versions of dvd::rip installed in your system, because dvd::rip installs its libraries in your Perl library directory. Such a installation mixing isn't recommended unless you know exactly what you're doing. So it's better to remove the old version from the old Perl directory if you change the Perl version (refer to the uninstall chapter for details). Read the Changes file! I strongly suggest you should read at least the latest change log entry of the Changes file, resp. all entries of the versions you probably skipped in case of an update. It contains important release notes, e.g. about compatibility issues, and all relevant changes from release to release. Note: Changes on the unstable branch are logged in the file Changes.unstable. 1.4.3 Multiple dvd::rip versions in parallel It's possible to use several dvd::rip versions in parallel on your system, but you can install only one version using make install into your system directories. Just extract another dvd::rip version you want to use somewhere, enter the created directory (dvdrip-x.xx) and execute perl Makefile.PL && make here (no make install). Add the actual directory to your PATH (export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH) and you can start this version with bin/dvdrip from this directory. All files and libraries located in the actual distribution directory will be used. tar xvfz dvdrip-x.xx.tar.gz cd dvdrip-x.xx perl Makefile.PL && make export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH bin/dvdrip 1.5 Uninstall dvd::rip If you didn't use a package manager to install dvd::rip and you want to uninstall it, follow these instructions. This is necessary, if you accidentally mixed several versions on your system, which may result in a broken dvd::rip at all. In this case best thing is to remove all instances and to do a clean installation afterwards. dvd::rip mainly consists of a bunch of Perl modules which reside in the Perl library directory of your Perl interpreter. Easiest way to find this directory is to use the locate program. Then a few executables belong to dvd::rip, which also can be found using locate. This is an example session of how this works: % locate DVDRip.pm /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.0/Video/DVDRip.pm % rm -r /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.0/Video/DVDRip* % locate dvdrip /usr/bin/dvdrip /usr/bin/dvdrip-exec /usr/bin/dvdrip-master ... % rm /usr/bin/dvdrip* In words: find a Perl library directory called Video with DVDRip.pm in it. Remove the DVDRip.pm file and the subdirectory called DVDRip. Then find the location of the binaries and remove them - see the list above. If you find multiple instances this way, remove them all. 1.6 Download this documentation You can download a static HTML version of this documentation: http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/dist/dvdrip-doc-html-0.98.0.tar.bz2 A PDF version is also available (generated using the excellent tool htmldoc): http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/dist/dvdrip-doc-0.98.0.pdf.bz2 _________________________________________________________________ IV. MAILING LIST If you want to discuss usage, problems and suggestions with other dvd::rip users, you should subscribe to the dvdrip-users mailing list. This list is low traffic and announces, patches etc. will be posted here, too. The language of the mailing list is english. This is a closed mailing list: subscribe before posting The list is closed to prevent members and administrators from getting flooded by spam. So you have to subscribe before posting. Postings from non subscribed addresses are discarded without notification! Important: You must use the sender address, which is subscribed to the mailing list, because the list manager has no idea of your alternative mail addresses. Postings with unknown sender addresses are discarded without notification! Before posting any questions or bug reports: please first check the [3]documentation, in particular the [4]FAQ. * [5]Mailing list subscription * [6]Searchable mailing list archive The list is registered for reading at [7]gmane.org, a mailing list to news gateway, which has a public searchable mailing list archive: * [8]Mailing list archive at gmane.org Please note, that you can't post to the gmane.comp.video.dvdrip.user newsgroup. You must be a regular list member for posting. Because dvd::rip is highly transcode related, I suggest subscribing to the [9]transcode-user mailing list, too. IMPORTANT NOTE: Don't post any illegal stuff here, e.g. requesting or offering movie downloads or something like this! Members breaking this simple rule will be removed immediately. Please note: copying encrypted DVD's is illegal in many countries. Also it's illegal to provide information about how this could be accomplished. So don't send any questions regarding encrypted DVD's or DVD cracking tools to the author of dvd::rip or to the dvd::rip mailing list. Corresponding mails will be silently ignored, correspondent posts will be removed from the mailing list archive without notification. URL References 1. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/list.cipp 3. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/ 4. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/faq.cipp 5. http://lists.exit1.org/mailman/listinfo/dvdrip-users 6. http://www.exit1.org/archive/dvdrip-users/ 7. http://www.gmane.org/ 8. http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.comp.video.dvdrip.user 9. http://lists.exit1.org/mailman/listinfo/transcode-users V. SUPPORT Getting help If you encounter problems, which are not covered by the [3]documentation, in particular the [4]FAQ, subscribe to the [5]dvdrip-users mailing list and ask your question there (but not before you read all information on this page!). Eric S. Raymond wrote an excellent article about [6]"How To Ask Questions The Smart Way ". You probably want to take a look at it before posting ;) Reporting bugs and suggestions (*please* read this!) If you want to send a bug report, patch or feature request, please make sure, that you're using the most recent version of dvd::rip (at least the latest stable release). Also first check the [7]documentation, in particular the [8]FAQ, the [9]ChangeLog and the [10]mailing list archive to see, if the bug is reported and probably fixed already in the development release. For feature requests, please check if it's not already noted on the [11]TODO list. We all know, reading documentation is boring, but it saves time ;) Thanks. It's really important that you add the following information to your bug reports, otherwise you'll likely don't get any helpful answers (probably no answer at all, because for most people it's boring to ask for this again and again...): * a description of how the bug can be reproduced. * information about your Linux installation, in particular which distribution/version you are using * exact versions of all affected packages. That's always dvd::rip and transcode, but often a bunch of other packages are important, e.g. ogmtools (if it's about ogg/vorbis) or mjpegtools (if it's about (S)VCD processing) and so on. You can get a list of most of these version numbers by pressing Ctrl+D in the dvd::rip main window. * information about usage of binary packages or self compiled packages. In case of binary packages: from where did you get them. * if dvd::rip crashes or it looks like an internal dvd::rip bug and not like a bug of external command execution, add the output of "perl -V". * if a specific command executed by dvd::rip fails, grab the corresponding command line from the log and execute it by hand. It is important that you add the complete command line and the complete command output to your report. transcode related issues If dvd::rip mainly works for you but you encounter problems ripping specific DVDs, this is probably a transcode problem. Maybe you want to report this directly to the transcode developers resp. to the [12]transcode-users list. If you're not sure about this, report the problem to the dvdrip-users list, and we'll see, what we can do for you. But aware, that you may be pointed to the transcode-users list... ;) Encrypted DVD's Please note: copying encrypted DVD's is illegal in many countries. Also it's illegal to provide information about how this could be accomplished. So don't send any questions regarding encrypted DVD's or DVD cracking to the author of dvd::rip or to the dvd::rip mailing list. Corresponding mails will be silently ignored, correspondent posts will be removed from the mailing list archive without notification. Contribute with patches Patches are welcome, preferably unified context diffs created this way (if you're familiar with CVS, you should use the [13]CVS repository and create patches with CVS): cd Video-DVDRip-0.48.2.patched make realclean cd .. diff -urN Video-DVDRip-0.48.2 Video-DVDRip-0.48.2.patched > patchfile.txt where Video-DVDRip-0.48.2 is the root directory of the original distribution and Video-DVDRip-0.48.2.patched your modified version. Without the make realclean all files created during make are added to the patch, what's not what we want. If it simply works If dvd::rip works for you without any problems and you like it, don't hesitate to drop a mail. Next to all those problem and bug reports some positive postings delight every coders heart ;) Contact the author If you don't want to post to the mailing list for some reasons, you can contact me by mail. But be aware, that the response time may be longer, comparing to a list posting. The address is: [14]Jörn Reder . Please place the word "dvd::rip" everywhere in the subject, in addition to your real topic, because this helps me classifying your email correctly. Thanks. GnuPG Key You can send PGP encrytped mails to the author. Please use the following key: Key ID 285CF473 Fingerprint 0B9C 37B5 070B 8D87 8851 A703 DA13 62D0 285C F473 Get it [15]Fetch from wwwkeys.de.pgp.net From 0.50.14 on all dvd::rip releases are signed with this key. URL References 1. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/support.cipp 3. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/ 4. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/faq.cipp 5. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/list.cipp 6. http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 7. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/ 8. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/faq.cipp 9. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/changes.cipp 10. http://www.exit1.org/archive/dvdrip-users/ 11. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/todo.cipp 12. http://lists.exit1.org/mailman/listinfo/transcode-users 13. http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/install.cipp#cvs 14. mailto:?subject=dvd::rip 15. http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x285CF473 VI. CHANGES $Id: Changes,v 1.187 2006/08/25 16:48:42 joern Exp $ Revision history and release notes for dvd::rip. 0.98.1 [stable branch] Fri Aug 25 2006, joern Features: - Updated spanish translation. Thanks to Sergio Cambra. Bugfixes: - Fixed exception when TOC reading failed for some reason. Thanks for the report to Jimmi . - Spaces in the VOB file path were not refused but gave wrong error messages on TOC reading later. Made special character checking on project name and paths more strict. Reported by Google Roxxort . - Preferences window: places buttons at the bottom of the window. Thanks for the hint to Gert Brinkmann . - Preferences window: when changing the DVD drive from the popup, result checking output wasn't updated. - Added "Add node" button to the cluster control window (was lost somehow... ;) Notes: - Updated COPYRIGHT file.