Linux DVD to avi converter

[Clive Long]

Hi

Does anyone know of a package that runs under Linux (Fedora rpm package preferably) that will convert DVD to an avi file.

I have used iriverter 0.16 successfully under Winxp -and it does the job - but it is a fearsomely slow - especially on my WinXP machine. I have tried installing iriverter under Linux but failed - all sorts of labyrthnthine make, make install and compile dependencies.

Thanks

CRL

[ducasi]

It looks like MEncoder will do what you want. It's part of MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).

There's a link to Fedora RPMs on the download page.

[Warwick]

AcidRip will wrap around mplayer and is pretty good.

DRip is a two part extractor and encoder that turns DVDs into DIVX encoded AVIs.