Ripping VOBs...commnandline utils anyone???

player_200

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Hia everyone,

I have been endlessly trying to rip some DVD VOBs via an automated/batch approach. Some help would be greatly appreciated.

Problem is I have some specifc needs/requirements as outlined below:

1) split VOB output by cell-id (to get all titles/chapters in spearate files)

2) demux video ExE0 stream to separate file...either AVI or MPEG-1/MPEG-2 format.

3) demux all audio streams (0x80,0x81,0x82,0x83,...) to separate files, preferablly in MP3/AC3 format. I need to retain all language audio.

4) demux all subtitle/subpicture streams (0x20,0x21,0x22,0x23,...) to separate files. Again, I need to retain all language subtitles and captions.

I tried a whole range of products I had downloaded (some free, some demos) but not that many had commandline support. My findings of these and how they worked is below:

1) SMART RIPPER did much of what I needed, however, the split by cell-id only split the video...the audio and subtitle streams were still one file. I could always get the chapter info (location, length, #frames) and split. However, also only seems to pick out the main movie VOB...I wanted to rip/decode/demux other DVD VOBs as well for menu pics and motion menus as well as extras.

2) DBD2AVI...only seemed to make some project files. Maybe I have the wrong commandline settings here. If someone could help that would be great.

3) bbDMUX...can demux streams but no cell-id splitting. Again, could try and split up later based on chapter info.

4) DecodeVOB...can demux video/audio...but only one audio stream per run and no subtitle or cell-split support

5) VStrip...still experimenting...

6) m2apx3g...no cell-split or subtitle support from what I can figure out.


...was wondering if any of you could provide your experiences with VOB ripping utilities and commandline parameters. I am still trying to figure our DVD2AVI. It would be nice to have all of this in one program and demux all in one pass (all streams) but I realize that I may have to first demux to new VOBs and then try and decode as a second or third pass.

Thanks to everyone...playa.
 
VStrip is what you want.

When you demux though you don't get a choice. If the video is MPEG2 (most likely) then when you demux it you get MPEG2. If the audio is AC3, then it is AC3. If you want it to be something else then you have to convert it.

DGIndex/DVD2AVI can demux all audio streams, no idea the commandline option for it though. DVD Decrypter also support commandline switches, check out the readme.
 
player_200 said:
2) DBD2AVI...only seemed to make some project files. Maybe I have the wrong commandline settings here. If someone could help that would be great.
I assume you mean DVD2AVI, then check out the command line modified version thats included in DVD2SVCD installation package. I dont think it does it by Cell-id/chapter point, but check it out, it may do. It can also do an AC3 to WAV conversion if needed.
 
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