[olug] MythTV and ripping "The Phantom Menace"

Dave Thacker dthacker9 at cox.net
Thu Sep 11 11:52:18 UTC 2008


On Wednesday 10 September 2008 23:41:42 Dan Linder wrote:
> I've been ripping and trans-coding my DVD collection to my MythTV box with
> good success until tonight.  I put in the DVD "Star Wars I - The Phantom
> Menace" and it starts ripping the movie (just the movie, not the entire
> .ISO image).  It gets about 33% done (on the bar-graph) and then the rip
> process seems to die and the screen says "nothing being ripped or
> transcoded".

With symptoms like that, I'd try again with a new DVD.   

What's your preferred ripping tool?  I want to start putting some of my 
collection on my Myth box.

DT

>
> I've grepped through the various log files in /var/log, but can't find any
> error mentioned.  Any suggestions as to how to debug this?
>
> I can put the DVD in and watch the opening scenes so it should be decoded
> correctly...
>
> Dan





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