How to Rip DVDs From MythTV

MythTV Running on a Television

MythTV is a free and open source application that transforms your computer into a Tivo-like digital video recorder. Using the MythTV plug-in MythDVD allows playback of DVDs and VCDs, as well as the ripping of DVDs for storage in the MythVideo collection.

Instructions

1. First ensure that the DVD rip settings are correct by going to MythTV ' Utilities/Setup ' Setup ' Media Settings ' DVD Settings ' Rip Settings.
   Usually, the default settings will work.

2. Now that your settings are in order, go to the MythTV main menu and select the Optical Disk menu.

3. Select Import DVD.

4. Choose which you would like to rip from the selection of files.

5. You will be asked to select the quality of the rip.

6. Click on '0' to begin the transcoding process.

7. Find the new compressed movie in Myth Video Manager.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure to enable DMA on your DVD drive, otherwise MythDVD will stutter badly. The "Perfect Quality" option saves the DVD file as a MPEG-2 stream intact. It is the fastest option, but uses the most disk space.

• Systems with more than one CD drive might need to specify between drives by creating multiple pathways such as: /dev/cdrom1, or /dev/cdrom2.

References

• MythDvD Wiki