Tuxrip is a Linux script that rips and encodes DVDs, designed to make the process easy and efficient.
This software prides itself on its key features such as automatic detection of the DVD name, ripping and decrypting DVDs on the hard drive, video encoding in mpeg4 format (libavcodec or XviD), and audio encoding in OggVorbis format. Tuxrip also makes use of the ogg container format, allowing various audio streams and text subtitles.
Moreover, Tuxrip automatically detects and eliminates black borders, determines the aspect ratio of the movie, and calculates the resolution for a given filesize and image quality. Users can choose to reduce the quality of encoding credits, encode movies in any file size, and perform a compressibility check to determine the optimal quality of the movie.
This software allows for automatic audio/video mixing and synchronization, automatic detection of NTSC/PAL DVD and deinterlacing, encoding interruption at various steps and resumption, automatic system shutdown after encoding, and a test mode to encode only one chapter. Users can also burn the video file automatically after encoding.
Tuxrip offers an English or French interface, can encode a movie with several audio streams (--multiaudio mode), and can backup an entire DVD (--clone mode) for subsequent encoding (--source mode). Moreover, it automatically detects or forces the splitting of fat16/32 partitions (splits movie into 1GB vob files).
The latest release of Tuxrip comes with various improvements, including a --debug mode to display all error messages from the used commands and a check for transperl.pl when using mode --xvidtrans. Overall, Tuxrip is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a powerful Linux bash script to rip and encode DVDs.
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