Category Archives: Matroska
uphpu presentation: ripping dvds
I gave a short presentation last night at uphpu on ripping and encoding DVDs under Linux. I wanted to type up a few notes on some stuff I mentioned during the meeting. Short version: Use Handbrake (available on Linux, Mac … Continue reading
Filed under Matroska, MPlayer, Multimedia, Programming
blu-ray on gentoo
I’m pretty excited because I got my first BD-ROM drive last night from NewEgg, a LITE-ON iHOS104-06. That means I can do some real testing, ripping and playing around. Decrypting Blu-Ray discs is a really confusing process … I’m still … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Matroska, Multimedia
random dvd roundup
I’ve been shuffling stuff around lately with my DVD collection, and one thing I’ve been doing is cleaning up my DVD ripper and web frontend to catalogue my entire collection (todo: put in git, trac). I finally finished archiving this … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Matroska, MPlayer, Multimedia
mplayer and matroska metadata, part two
Man, what a week it has been. I have been plugging away at a lot of stuff, and the bug to get my whole media setup tweaked even more has really bit me bad. I’ve been working on nothing but … Continue reading
mplayer and matroska metadata
I’ve been playing with Matroska in general a lot more, seeing what I can do, and in the past week and a half, I’ve found some really cool things. I’m completely braindead after staring at the mplayer code all day, … Continue reading
if it ain't broke …
I have an old saying I like to use now and then, which has always seemed particularly relevant to Gentoo. “If it ain’t broke, tweak it.” Of course, now, I’m starting to develop a new motto: “I get really cranky … Continue reading
Filed under Matroska, Multimedia
matroska + vobsub + subtitles … finally!
Oh, man, this is something I’ve been struggling to wrap my brain around for a good while, and I finally got it figured out. I’ve always wanted to be able to add subtitles to my matroska videos … no real … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Matroska, Multimedia
