Sony Handycam

Handycam DCR-DVD105E

This records directly on 8cm DVD-R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW.
So to get the movies under linux, just rip the DVD!

Tests with a VR-mode DVD-RW

It seems it is formatted in UDF
For some info on UDF under Linux, cf http://www.lea-linux.org/cached/index/Hardware-hard_plus-packet-writing.html

apt-get install udftools
zless /usr/share/doc/udftools/README.Debian.gz

Edit /etc/default/udftools

DEVICES="/dev/scd0"

Normally at next reboot the module will be loaded and /dev/pktcdvd/0 created, otherwise:

modprobe pktcdvd

Now we can mount the DVD, "ro" as we don't plan to change it The content appears to be /cdrom/DVD_RTAV/ Note that if you want to play with UDF, you can:
Format the CD:

cdrwtool -d /dev/cdrom -q

Mount it rw:

mount /dev/pktcdvd/0 /mnt/udf -o noatime,sync

And don't forget to umount it! Especially when writing to it!!

Ripping programs

• acidrip - ripping and encoding DVD tool using mplayer and mencoder
  • I get an error as lsdvd segfaults
• drip - GNOME application for encoding a DivX from a DVD
  • Not updated since 04/2004
• dvdbackup - tool to rip DVD's from the command line

dvdbackup -i /dev/dvd -I
dvdbackup -i /dev/dvd -M -o . [-n title]

• dvdrip - perl front end for transcode
  • I get an error as lsdvd segfaults
• k9copy - copy DVD like dvdshrink
• lxdvdrip - tool to make a copy from a Video DVD
• ripmake - an automatic command line ripping makefile generator for transcode

Edition programs

• devede - program to create video DVDs
• dvd+rw-tools - DVD+-RW/R tools
• dvd-slideshow - tools to create dvd slideshow with menus
• dvdauthor - create DVD-Video file system
  • qdvdauthor - GUI frontend for dvdauthor and other related tools
• dvdrtools - DVD writing program
• dvdwizard - fully automated creation of a DVD-structure
• dvdstyler - a crossplatform DVD Authoring System
• gaupol - subtitle editor for text-based subtitle files
• gopchop - Fast, lossless cuts-only editor for MPEG2 video files
• mandvd - Video DVD creator
• submux-dvd - subtitle multiplexer, muxes subtitles into .vob

Mplayer conversions

To play DVD-RW Video 16:9 correctly and non-interlaced: (here the 4th video)

mplayer dvd://2 -chapter 2 -vf tfields -aspect 16:9

To dump raw:

mplayer dvd://2 -dumpstream -dumpfile video.raw

To convert to MS Mpeg4v2 800 / mp3 128 (2 passes)

mencoder video.raw -o /dev/null -vf scale=720:405  -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vpass=1
mencoder video.raw -o video.avi -vf scale=720:405  -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=128:vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vpass=2:vbitrate=800

For a 4:3 video, rescale with

scale=720:540

Other tests:

-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=1:vbitrate=1800
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate="1200":vhq:vpass=1
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate="1200":vhq:vpass=2
-ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=1
-ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=1200

Other codecs of lavc to try:

mpeg4       MPEG-4 (DivX 4/5)
msmpeg4     DivX 3
msmpeg4v2   MS MPEG-4v2
   Windows: ok 
   DVD-player: no
wmv2        Windows Media Video, version 2 (alias WMV8)

DVD creation

From dvdbackup files:

growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -dvd-video /PATH/TO/BACKUP/

Apparently this should also be possible with

mkisofs -dvd-video -o ISONAME.iso /PATH/TO/BACKUP/
dvdrecord speed=1 -dao dev=0,0,0 ISONAME.iso

but dvdrecord supports only DVD-R(W) media.

See also CD & DVD Burning

CD creation

Burning the avis on a CD:

genisoimage -R -J <dir> | wodim -v -eject -

I tried the codec "MS Mpeg4v2" on my DVD player but it does not recognize that codec