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2.1. 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.


2.1.1 Filesystem

All options regarding filesystem, device files, directories etc.

OptionDescription
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.
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

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.

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.

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).


2.1.2 Commands


2.1.2.1 Player commands

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:

PlaceholderDescriptionValue Range
%tDVD title1..n
%aAudio Channel0..n-1
%cChapter1..n
%mViewing Angle1..n
%fFilenamealphanumeric

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.


2.1.2.2 rar command

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.


2.1.3 CD burning

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.

OptionDescription
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Writing speed Choose the writing speed here. Presets up to 40 are provided, but you can enter arbitrary values here.
Estimate ISO size Some burners require to know the size of the ISO image beforehand to burn on the fly.


2.1.4 cdrdao options (for (S)VCD)

cdrdao is used to burn (S)VCD's, you can adjust a few cdrdao options here:

OptionDescription
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.
Overburning Should be enabled.
Eject disc after write Just how you like to have it ;)
Buffersize Some drives need a specific buffersize you can enter here.


2.1.5 Cluster options

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.

OptionDescription
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.

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.
TCP port number of daemon Don't change this.


2.1.6 Miscellaneous options

Some miscellaneous options.

OptionDescription
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.

Show toolstips

dvd::rip by default shows some bubble help tooltips. You can switch this off here.

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.

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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