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Global preferences
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The global preferences window opens automatically on first startup. You should check all parameters here before start using dvd::rip. Some settings will most likely not work on your system and need to be adjusted.
All settings are stored in this file:
~/.dvdriprc
If you want to reset your settings, just delete it.
The preferences dialog is divided into several pages, which sum up all options regarding a specific section. Some simple tests are applied to each parameter. The result is shown at the bottom of the window. Red messages mean an error you should correct, green messages are Ok.
All options regarding filesystem, device files, directories etc.
Option | Description |
DVD device |
This is the device file of your DVD reader. If the DVD reader is the only CD device in
your system, this is most likely /dev/cdrom. If you're not shure, check your
/etc/fstab for an entry assigning the directory /cdrom or something
similar. You must have write access for it. Check the group of
the device file (mostly disk) and put yourself into that group to get write
access. Usually you must restart X for taking a group change effect.
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DVD mount point |
dvd::rip needs to mount your DVD to get access to the IFO files (which are
needed to generate vobsub subtitle files). You must have the right to mount
the DVD by simply typing mount /cdrom (or whatever your mount point is).
Check your /etc/fstab for the user attribute in the line of your
DVD device. If its missing, you should add it, unless
you use an automounter. dvd::rip won't try to mount it then, but
you must specify the proper mount point anyway.
Example /etc/fstab entry: (no automounter in use)
/dev/cdrom /cdrom auto defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0
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Default data base directory |
This is the default directory, where dvd::rip stores the
project data
(VOB/AVI/OGG files, preview frames, logfiles etc.). When creating a
new project you can differ from this and specify another directory
location for this specific project, if you like. It's just the default
to make it easier.
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Default directory for .rip project files |
dvd::rip stores all settings of a rip project in a .rip file. Usually
you want to collect your .rip files in a specific directory, which
is set here.
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OGG file extension |
It's a matter of taste and habit if you like to have your OGG media
files named *.ogg or *.ogm. You can select the extension of your
choice here (or enter an arbitrary value, if you don't like any
of both alternatives).
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dvd::rip knows three ways of playing movies: straight from DVD, from a file
or via STDIN (which is used to offer previews of specific frame ranges resp.
to slurp in in a prefiltered stream).
dvd::rip ships several presets for mplayer and xine you can choose of.
But you also can change the presets by simply entering your command
to the entry. There are several placeholders you can use to customize
the player commands:
Placeholder | Description | Value Range |
%t | DVD title | 1..n |
%a | Audio Channel | 0..n-1 |
%c | Chapter | 1..n |
%m | Viewing Angle | 1..n |
%f | Filename | alphanumeric |
Strings enclosed in <> will be repeated for each selected
entry (e.g. DVD Chapter or filename). Also you can specify
arbitrary expressions using %() brackets, e.g. %(%c-1)
will evaluate to the actual chapter minus 1. Look at the factory
presets to see how it works.
Besides the player commands you can specify a special rar binary to use for vobsub compression. MPlayer only supports vobsub files compressed with rar 2.x, so you probably have to install this old version seperately and tell dvd::rip the location here. Refer to the
installation chapter if you don't have a 2.x rar on your system.
dvd::rip offers a really simple
CD burning
facility. Simple, because
it has no writer autodetection or similar advanced stuff. It uses
the correspondent commands (cdrecord, cdrdao, mkisofs, vcdimager)
with standard options. If you need special options for your hardware,
you must enter them here.
Option | Description |
Write device file |
This is the device file of your writer (e.g. /dev/scd1).
It's only needed for the Open/Close writeer tray
function on the burning page, not for the burning itself.
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cdrecord device |
This is the device number of your writer, using the notation cdrecord
expects: scsibus,target,lun. Refer to the cdrecord
documentation if you don't know what to enter here.
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cdrecord command |
cdrecord is used to burn an ISO CD with AVI/OGG files on it.
Add all options you need for your system,
dvd::rip will append its options automatically.
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cdrdao command |
cdrdao is used to burn a (S)VCD compliant image created with
vcdimager. If you want to
add specific options, note this: cdrdao expects the action as
the first argument, followed by the options. So you must write here
cdrdao write <your options>. dvd::rip omits adding
the write command, if it detects it's alrady there.
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mkisofs command |
mkisofs is used to create an ISO image. Add all options you
need for your system, dvd::rip will append its options automatically.
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vcdimager command |
vcdimager is used to create an (S)VCD image. Add all options you
need for your system, dvd::rip will append its options automatically.
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Writing speed |
Choose the writing speed here. Presets up to 40 are provided,
but you can enter arbitrary values here.
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Estimate ISO size |
Some burners require to know the size of the ISO image beforehand
to burn on the fly.
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cdrdao is used to burn (S)VCD's, you can adjust a few cdrdao options here:
Option | Description |
cdrdao driver |
Check the cdrdao website
to see which driver is correct for your burner. If the driver isn't listed in the
popup, you just can enter the driver name by hand.
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Overburning |
Should be enabled.
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Eject disc after write |
Just how you like to have it ;)
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Buffersize |
Some drives need a specific buffersize you can enter here.
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You need to change these options only if you want to use the cluster mode and if the computer running dvd::rip isn't the one which runs the cluster control daemon also.
Option | Description |
Start cluster control daemon locally |
Set this to No if the computer running the cluster control
daemon isn't the same which runs the dvd::rip GUI. dvd::rip then omits
starting a local daemon on demand, but tries to connect the daemon
over the network.
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Hostname of server with daemon |
This is the DNS hostname of the computer running the daemon. Leave
it empty, if you run the cluster control daemon locally.
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TCP port number of daemon |
Don't change this.
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Some miscellaneous options.
Option | Description |
Default video codec |
Choose the codec you want to use in general, this one will be
selected by default. If you can't find the codec in the selection list,
you may entery any arbitrary codec string, which is recognized by
transcode's -y option.
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Show toolstips |
dvd::rip by default shows some bubble help tooltips.
You can switch this off here.
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Startup window width / height |
If you like to have a different default window width, enter
the values here. Note that you can't make the window smaller
than it needs to be to show all widgets. dvd::rip automatically
grows to it's minimum and the values here will be automatically
set but only stored if you visit the preferences dialog.
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libdvdcss method |
If your libdvdcss library makes problems, try to select another
libdvdcss method here. If it still doesn't work, I suggest
downgrading your libdvdcss library to 0.0.3.
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