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Episode: 1031
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Title: HPR1031: Backing up your dvd collection using mencoder
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr1031/hpr1031.mp3
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Transcribed: 2025-10-17 17:40:27
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Bob here and in this episode I'm going to tell you how I back up my DVD collection to
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my external hard drive.
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The reason I do this is to keep my original DVDs in pristine shape and store it away for
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safe keeping.
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You know you can't scratch an avi file plus it saves space in the entertainment center
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and I don't have to fumble around looking for a specific DVD movie to watch.
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All I have to do is to go into my external drive which is hooked to my TV through USB
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and just use my remote to quickly find the movie I want to watch.
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So to do this you're going to need a computer with a DVD drive and a Linux installed of course
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you have to have Linux to do this and then you need a program called Mencoder.
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I know it's in all the package managers of all Linux distros.
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If it's not in the package manager all you have to do is go to determine it and do
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sudo apt-get install Mencoder.
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So get it, install it and you're ready to start backing up.
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So in this episode I want to copy the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to an
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avi file.
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So how am I going to do this?
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Well, I put the movie in, movie player wants to start, wants to know if I want to start,
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I hit cancel.
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Then I go to the terminal and then what you're going to do is type in Mencoder, space DVD,
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colon, forward slash, forward slash, one, space dash, AL, A, N, G, space, E, N, space, dash,
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V, F, space, C, R, O, P equals 640, colon, 480, colon, 0, colon, 0, comma, SCALE equals
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640, colon, 405, space, dash, OVC, space, X, V, I, D, space, dash, X, V, I, D, E, N,
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C, O, P, T, S, space, B, V, H, Q equals 1, colon, C, H, R, O, M, A, underscore, O, P, T,
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colon, Q, U, A, N, T, underscore, T, Y, P, E, equals M, P, E, G, colon, B, I, T, R, A, T, E,
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equals 30, 0, 0, space, dash, O, A, C, space, MP, 3, L, A, M, E, space, dash, L, A, M, E,
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O, P, T, A, S, space, B, R, E, equals 96, colon, C, B, R, colon, V, O, L, equals 6, space,
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dash, O, dash, and the name of the movie, dot A, V, I, and then just hit enter.
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And then Mencota should start to process it.
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On a faster computer, it doesn't take very long.
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This is a two hour and 15 minute length movie.
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On my laptop, it takes about 36 minutes.
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When it's done, I go to my home folder, and there I have it.
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I have Harry Potter, and the Goblet of Fire, and it is 1.4 gigabytes.
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This is an easy way to back up your DVD movies.
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In the next episode, I'm going to talk about how to copy television shows with multiple
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episodes on a DVD.
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There's an easy way to do this using VLC to find out that the chapters and the episodes.
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So if you like this, listen to the next episode.
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Thank you very much.
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I'm also going to include the Mencota code I just told you about in the show notes.
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All you're going to have to do is copy and paste it to try it out yourself.
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Just remember to take the Harry Potter AVI out and put your own AVI in there.
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Thank you.
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