[ale] DVD ripping tools & distro of choice?

[Scott Castaline]

On 03/22/2010 10:47 PM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Rich Faulkner<rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>  wrote:
>> Question:  What (if any) DVD ripping tools can you recommend
>> for busting movies down to HDD?  Hardware for this new server
>> I have in mind will be a recycled AMD X2 4200+ w/2G a basic
>> system drive and whatever for storage (1-2TB).  Thinking of
>> Mythbuntu for the platform unless anyone has a distro already in
>> service that they'd highly recommend for that task........Rich
>
> Handbrake.
>
> I use MKV for my files now.  Basically I start with the 'high profile'
> preset and then:
> 'constant quality' of 61%
> multiple audio tracks: mp3 @ 160/pass thru/commentaries
> for H.264 I bump the reference and b-frames up to '4' to start.  i
> also check 'no fast p-skip'
>
> no chapter markers for me.
>
> i use XBMC for my media center (there's even an Ubuntu based LiveCD).
> works like a champ.  i also can easily go from mkv to avi should i
> want to burn it to a disc and play it in my DiVX compatible DVD
> player.
>
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Would that let me break apart segments of the DVD. What I'm trying to do 
is I have the original DVD release of StarTrek The Original Series where 
they put 2 episodes on one DVD. They are I believe paired up by the 
original film order and not the order they aired on TV. I would like to 
separate the episodes, so I can play them in any order that I feel like.