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A very good mencoder command-line to rip a DVD in very good quality.

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This long one-liner will rip a DVD in very good quality to an AVI file.

┌──[jason@11000000.10101000.00000001.00000011]─[~]
└──╼  ╼ $ mencoder -passlogfile 2passlog.log -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1400:me_quality=6:chroma_me=1:nointerlacing:max_bframes=1:noqpel:hq_ac:trellis:quant_type=mpeg:chroma_opt:bvhq=1:vhq=4:autoaspect:pass=1:turbo -aid 128 -ofps 23.976 dvd:// -o evil_dead_movie.avi

Run it again like this to get a second pass, this might help improve quality even further. Run it another 2 times and this could help a bit when you wish to get the best quality video from the DVD rip.

┌──[jason@11000000.10101000.00000001.00000011]─[~]
└──╼  ╼ $ mencoder -passlogfile 2passlog.log -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1400:me_quality=6:chroma_me=1:nointerlacing:max_bframes=1:noqpel:hq_ac:trellis:quant_type=mpeg:chroma_opt:bvhq=1:vhq=4:autoaspect:pass=2:turbo -aid 128 -ofps 23.976 dvd:// -o evil_dead_movie.avi

The screenshot below shows the video quality that this will give you. This is outstanding.

Evil Dead DVD rip quality.
Evil Dead video rip quality.

I have tried other video ripping applications, but a few are outdated and this bare-bones one-liner does the job just fine.


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