How to unpack DVD movie to edit it's video/sound?

[Don Levey]

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 20:18 -0400, Don Levey wrote:

> Just for amusement, I tried this procedure.  First, I set up and
> mofidied the script slightly, made sure the appropriate packages were
> installed, then ran it.  I set up a basic dvd.xml file, created the DVD
> files, and burned the DVD.  It worked - mostly.  What was interesting is
> that while the DVD seems to have copied, the aspect ratio was off.
> While the original disk was in 16:9, the copy plays in full-screen.
> Clearly I've missed something here, since the dvdauthor output clearly
> stated it was in 16:9 format.  Any thoughts?  I'd hate to screw up my
> home movies, etc, when doing this.
> 
To follow up: Argh!  The copy plays using full-screen on my home DVD
player.  However, when playing via Xine, I get the full 16:9 aspect
ratio.  Clearly, there's something else I need to do.  Anyone ever deal
with this before?  Perhaps my home DVD player is at fault, but I don't
have a second one with which to test.
-- 
Don Levey <fedora-list at the-leveys.us>