Ripping and Encoding DVDs - Revision history

Bombe: /* Using ffmpeg */

2025-11-29T20:48:27Z

‎Using ffmpeg

Bombe: /* Using ffmpeg */ Change avconv to ffmpeg, and update some options for 2025

2025-11-29T20:20:26Z

‎Using ffmpeg: Change avconv to ffmpeg, and update some options for 2025

Bombe: Add decryption step

2025-08-22T13:20:01Z

Add decryption step

Bombe: /* Encode the Video */ Add an `avconv` command line.

2013-09-10T19:00:02Z

‎Encode the Video: Add an <tt>avconv</tt> command line.

Bombe: Use the real DVD device.

2013-06-23T10:54:32Z

Use the real DVD device.

Bombe: /* Copy the Main Title from the DVD */ Store lsdvd output, too.

2012-12-01T08:35:12Z

‎Copy the Main Title from the DVD: Store lsdvd output, too.

Bombe: /* Copy the Main Title from the DVD */ Extend lsdvd command to include the DVD’s path.

2012-10-06T11:54:24Z

‎Copy the Main Title from the DVD: Extend lsdvd command to include the DVD’s path.

Bombe: /* Mux the Final Video */ Add --default-duration parameter, format command line.

2012-08-24T00:15:37Z

‎Mux the Final Video: Add --default-duration parameter, format command line.

Bombe: /* Encode the Video */ Add section about encoding with x264.

2012-08-12T09:02:34Z

‎Encode the Video: Add section about encoding with x264.

Bombe: /* Using mencoder */ Add x264 example.

2012-08-10T08:37:56Z

‎Using mencoder: Add x264 example.

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 And last but not least there is also <tt>ffmpeg</tt>:
-  $ ffmpeg -y -i movie.mpg -map 0:v -map 0:s -map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3 -c copy -c:v libx265 -crf 10 -preset placebo -vf crop=y=75:h=426 movie.mkv
+  $ ffmpeg -probesize 3000M -analyzeduration 3000M -y -i movie.mpg -map 0:v -map 0:s -map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3 -c copy -c:v libx265 -profile:v main -preset placebo -filter:v crop=y=75:h=426 -crf 10 -x265-params rd=5:max-merge=5:me=star:subme=7:hme=1:aq-mode=4 movie.mkv
-This will overwrite any output files (<tt>-y</tt>) when encoding the input file <tt>movie.mpg</tt> (<tt>-i movie.mpg</tt>). It will use all video tracks (<tt>-map 0:v</tt>), all subtitle tracks (<tt>-map 0:s</tt>), and the first four audio tracks in the order 1, 0, 2, 3 (<tt>-map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3</tt>). The default codec for all tracks is the “copy” codec (<tt>-c copy</tt>) but the video track is encoded using the x264 encoder (<tt>-c:v libx264</tt>). <tt>-crf 15</tt> tells the x265 encoder to use a Constant Rate Factor of 10. A video filter is then added for the output file: “crop=y=75:h=426” will only encode a window with the dimensions 720×426, starting at the coordinates (0,75). The result is written to the file <tt>movie.mkv</tt>; the appropriate muxer for Matroska video is automatically selected.
+This will scan the video for all kinds of available tracks (subtitle tracks are notorious for only showing up when the first subtitle is shown); <tt>-probesite</tt> is in bytes, whereas <tt>-analyzeduration</tt> is in *microseconds*. <tt>-y</tt> will overwrite any output files when encoding the input file <tt>movie.mpg</tt> (<tt>-i movie.mpg</tt>). It will use all video tracks (<tt>-map 0:v</tt>), all subtitle tracks (<tt>-map 0:s</tt>), and the first four audio tracks in the order 1, 0, 2, 3 (<tt>-map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3</tt>). The default codec for all tracks is the “copy” codec (<tt>-c copy</tt>) but the video track is encoded using the x264 encoder (<tt>-c:v libx264</tt>). <tt>-crf 15</tt> tells the x265 encoder to use a Constant Rate Factor of 10. A video filter is then added for the output file: “crop=y=75:h=426” will only encode a window with the dimensions 720×426, starting at the coordinates (0,75). A bunch of x265 parameters are set to try to increate the visual quality as much as possible. The result is written to the file <tt>movie.mkv</tt>; the appropriate muxer for Matroska video is automatically selected.
 == Extract Subtitle Tracks ==

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   $ x264 --index movie.mpg.idx --no-interlaced --crf 18 --preset veryslow --threads 2 --vf crop:0,80,0,80 -o movie.avi movie.mpg
-=== Using avconv ===
+=== Using ffmpeg ===
-And last but not least there is also <tt>avconv</tt> (formerly knows as <tt>ffmpeg</tt>):
+And last but not least there is also <tt>ffmpeg</tt>:
-  $ avconv -y -i movie.mpg -map 0:v -map 0:s -map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3 -c copy -c:v libx264 -crf 15 -trellis 1 -tune animation -vf yadif,crop=704:560:10:6 movie.mkv
+  $ ffmpeg -y -i movie.mpg -map 0:v -map 0:s -map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3 -c copy -c:v libx265 -crf 10 -preset placebo -vf crop=y=75:h=426 movie.mkv
-This will overwrite any output files (<tt>-y</tt>) when encoding the input file <tt>movie.mpg</tt> (<tt>-i movie.mpg</tt>). It will use all video tracks (<tt>-map 0:v</tt>), all subtitle tracks (<tt>-map 0:s</tt>), and the first four audio tracks in the order 1, 0, 2, 3 (<tt>-map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3</tt>). The default codec for all tracks is the “copy” codec (<tt>-c copy</tt>) but the video track is encoded using the x264 encoder (<tt>-c:v libx264</tt>). <tt>-crf 15</tt> tells the x264 encoder to use a Constant Rate Factor of 15, <tt>-trellis 1</tt> activates Trellis optimization, <tt>-tune animation</tt> tunes the encoder setting for animated content. Two video filters are then added for the output file: “yadif” is a deinterlacing filter with very good results, and “crop=704:560:10:6” will only encode a window with the dimensions 704×560, starting at the coordinates (10,6). The result is written to the file <tt>movie.mkv</tt>; the appropriate muxer for Matroska video is automatically selected.
+This will overwrite any output files (<tt>-y</tt>) when encoding the input file <tt>movie.mpg</tt> (<tt>-i movie.mpg</tt>). It will use all video tracks (<tt>-map 0:v</tt>), all subtitle tracks (<tt>-map 0:s</tt>), and the first four audio tracks in the order 1, 0, 2, 3 (<tt>-map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3</tt>). The default codec for all tracks is the “copy” codec (<tt>-c copy</tt>) but the video track is encoded using the x264 encoder (<tt>-c:v libx264</tt>). <tt>-crf 15</tt> tells the x265 encoder to use a Constant Rate Factor of 10. A video filter is then added for the output file: “crop=y=75:h=426” will only encode a window with the dimensions 720×426, starting at the coordinates (0,75). The result is written to the file <tt>movie.mkv</tt>; the appropriate muxer for Matroska video is automatically selected.
 == Extract Subtitle Tracks ==

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 [[Category:DVD]]
 This page describes in large detail how to create near perfect DVD rips. “Near perfect” in this context means that the video quality is nearly indistinguishable from the DVD video, and all audio tracks contained in the movie are the AC3 tracks that are contained in the DVD without any reencoding whatsoever.
 == Copy the Main Title from the DVD ==
 First, we need to find out which title is the main title. I recommend storing the output of <code>lsdvd</code>, too, so that you can look at it later, e. g. for subtitle stream IDs, or other technical information.
   $ lsdvd -x /dev/dvd > movie.txt
 <code>lsdvd</code> can tell you a lot of things about the DVD in question. Especially the track IDs for audio and subtitle tracks will be interesting later on so try not to forget where you got it from. For now it will tell you the longest title on the disc; usually this is the main title. Copy it to the hard disk using <code>tccat</code> from the <code>transcode</code> package:

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	$ x264 --index movie.mpg.idx --no-interlaced --crf 18 --preset veryslow --threads 2 --vf crop:0,80,0,80 -o movie.avi movie.mpg		$ x264 --index movie.mpg.idx --no-interlaced --crf 18 --preset veryslow --threads 2 --vf crop:0,80,0,80 -o movie.avi movie.mpg
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		+	=== Using avconv ===
		+
		+	And last but not least there is also <tt>avconv</tt> (formerly knows as <tt>ffmpeg</tt>):
		+
		+	$ avconv -y -i movie.mpg -map 0:v -map 0:s -map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3 -c copy -c:v libx264 -crf 15 -trellis 1 -tune animation -vf yadif,crop=704:560:10:6 movie.mkv
		+
		+	This will overwrite any output files (<tt>-y</tt>) when encoding the input file <tt>movie.mpg</tt> (<tt>-i movie.mpg</tt>). It will use all video tracks (<tt>-map 0:v</tt>), all subtitle tracks (<tt>-map 0:s</tt>), and the first four audio tracks in the order 1, 0, 2, 3 (<tt>-map 0:a:1 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:2 -map 0:a:3</tt>). The default codec for all tracks is the “copy” codec (<tt>-c copy</tt>) but the video track is encoded using the x264 encoder (<tt>-c:v libx264</tt>). <tt>-crf 15</tt> tells the x264 encoder to use a Constant Rate Factor of 15, <tt>-trellis 1</tt> activates Trellis optimization, <tt>-tune animation</tt> tunes the encoder setting for animated content. Two video filters are then added for the output file: “yadif” is a deinterlacing filter with very good results, and “crop=704:560:10:6” will only encode a window with the dimensions 704×560, starting at the coordinates (10,6). The result is written to the file <tt>movie.mkv</tt>; the appropriate muxer for Matroska video is automatically selected.

	== Extract Subtitle Tracks ==		== Extract Subtitle Tracks ==

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 First, we need to find out which title is the main title. I recommend storing the output of <code>lsdvd</code>, too, so that you can look at it later, e. g. for subtitle stream IDs, or other technical information.
-  $ lsdvd -x ''/path/to/dvd'' > movie.txt
+  $ lsdvd -x /dev/dvd > movie.txt
 <code>lsdvd</code> can tell you a lot of things about the DVD in question. Especially the track IDs for audio and subtitle tracks will be interesting later on so try not to forget where you got it from. For now it will tell you the longest title on the disc; usually this is the main title. Copy it to the hard disk using <code>tccat</code> from the <code>transcode</code> package:

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 Now all that we have created has to be put together.
-  $ mkvmerge -o movie.mkv --title "Movie" --chapter-language eng --chapters movie.chap --compression 0:none movie.avi -D -a 1,2 --compression 1:none --language 1:eng --compression 2:none --language 2:ger movie.mpg --compression 0:none --language 0:eng --default-track 0:0 movie.en.idx --compression 0:none --language 0:ger --default-track 0:0 movie.de.idx
+  $ mkvmerge -o movie.mkv --title "Movie" --chapter-language eng --chapters movie.chap \
 Yes, this command line needs some explaining.
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 :Includes all tracks from the given file in the output file. The “--compression 0:none” parameters tells <code>mkvmerge</code> to not use any kind of header compression. As we only stored a video track in <code>movie.avi</code> we do not need to restrict inclusion of this file. If you accidentally encoded an audio track as well, you need to specify “-A” before “movie.avi” - this will tell <code>mkvmerge</code> to not include any audio tracks.
-;<nowiki>-D -a 1,2 --compression 1:none --language 1:eng --compression 2:none --language 2:ger movie.mpg</nowiki>
+;<nowiki>-D -a 1,2 --compression 1:none --language 1:eng --compression 2:none --language 2:ger --default-duration 0:25fps movie.mpg</nowiki>
 :These parameters tell <code>mkvmerge</code> to include no video track (“-D”) and audio tracks 1 and 2 (“-a 1,2”) from the file <code>movie.mpg</code>. This is our source file from the DVD and thus contains the MPEG-2 video stream that we reencoded earlier, as well as the original AC3 audio tracks that we are interested in. Note that the audio tracks are tracks 1 and 2 because track 0 in the file <code>movie.mpg</code> is the video track! Use “<code>mkvmerge --identify movie.mpg</code>” to list all tracks that <code>mkvmerge</code> recognizes. Also, these parameters tell <code>mkvmerge</code> that audio track 1 is English, and audio track 2 is German. If you want to include more than two audio tracks you need to repeat the respective parameters for all additional audio tracks.
 ;<nowiki>--compression 0:none --language 0:eng --default-track 0:0 movie.en.idx</nowiki>

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 == Encode the Video ==
-Encoding the video has a lot to do with voodoo. When you try to use Google to find “the best options” to encode a DVD you will find none. Or to be more precise, you will find plenty, and they will all contradict each other. There are about a millions ways to encode video; I will only outline two.
+Encoding the video has a lot to do with voodoo. When you try to use Google to find “the best options” to encode a DVD you will find none. Or to be more precise, you will find plenty, and they will all contradict each other. There are about a millions ways to encode video; I will only outline some of them.
 === Using avidemux2 ===
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 This encodes the video with the x264 codec with a single thread and the “veryslow” preset (which is indeed very slow) and crops the video (reducing the height to 416 pixels, starting at pixel 80).
 == Extract Subtitle Tracks ==

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 This will perform an inverse telecine transformation, reducing NTSC material from 30000/1001 (aka 29.97) fps to 24000/1001 (aka 23.976) fps.
-There are additional options to cut off black borders which can further improve the visual quality of the resulting video.
+ $ mencoder -o movie.avi movie.mpg -nosound -nosub -noautosub -vf crop=720:416:0:80 -ovc x264 -x264encopts crf=18:preset=veryslow:threads=1
 == Extract Subtitle Tracks ==