Convert vob to avi

[toyfactory]

toyfactory wrote:
> Marek Pawinski wrote:
>>toyfactory wrote:
>>>Marek Pawinski wrote:

>>>I think I need some help to compile my own ffmpeg from the source
>>>package.  Or perhap download a precompiled version with mp3lame enabled.

>>Unfortunately compiling with the Debian package management system is
>>beyond my scope, but you have given me something to think about and get
>>into now. :-)

> I've found a different version of ffmpeg in the hoary-extras repository,
> it appears to have mp3lame support enabled.  I haven't tried it yet but
> think it might solve the problem.  You could also try encoding using mp2
> audio.  I've just tried it as an alternative to mp3 and it seems OK.  I
> don't know what the advantages of using mp3 over mp2 are - better sound
> quality perhaps, the bit rate is the same.

I found what I thought was a decent setting for the universe version of
ffmpeg using the mp2 audio codec.  (the hoary-extras version can encode
mp3 audio but won't decode dvd video - brilliant!)  It took ages to
encode and produced a decent result, at least until I discovered the
sound ended up way out of sync with the picture.

I gave up trying to get ffmpeg to produce decent results and I'm not
hardcore enough to struggle with installing transcode.  Today I tried
acidrip and it seems to do the trick (but I still can't use mp3 audio).

I wonder if there's a more specialised list or forum that's still ubuntu
friendly but better able to help with video encoding questions.

Nick