Replacement for "Fair Use Wizard"?
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Fri Sep 24 19:29:30 UTC 2004
Shawn Milo wrote:
> There is an application called "Fair Use Wizard," which
> will extract a DVD movie into a DivX file. It is fully
> automated, only requiring the user to specify an output file
> size (for quality selection) before getting to work.
>
> Unfortunately, the program is only for Windows. Is there
> a Linux replacement for this?
>
> I do not want something where multiple apps are required
> (one to extract the VOBs, one to do the conversion, etc.)
>
> I do not want to have to have to pass several arguments to
> the application at the command line, although I have no problem
> with a command-line application.
>
> The application must have the ability to create one DivX file
> automatically from a feature-length movie, and to create several
> individual DivX files if the DVD contains episodes, such as
> "The Simpsons."
>
> Does such an application exist?
>
> Shawn
>
>
Not that I have seen.
What can be done is to write a script to do this with mplayer and
mencoder. It isn't hard and it is fun to learn and fire those little
synapses within the brain.
--
Robin Laing
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