[Thoggen-users] Thoggen 0.1 alpha released
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From: Tim <t....@ze...> - 2004-12-15 15:46:08
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Hi, Thoggen 0.1 alpha has just been released. Get it from: http://thoggen.net/download/ In addition to the source tarball there is also a .deb package for debian sid available. What is Thoggen? =========== Thoggen is a DVD backup utility ('DVD ripper') for Linux, based on Gtk+ and GStreamer. It creates ogg/theora video files and features an extremely easy and intuitively to use interface. Thoggen supports picture cropping and resizing. Requirements: ========= * Gtk+ 2.4.0 or newer * GStreamer 0.8.5 or newer (if you get audio-video sync issues, try gst-plugins from CVS please) * GStreamer plugins required (debian package names in brackets): - a52dec (gstreamer0.8-a52dec) - mpeg2dec (gstreamer0.8-mpeg2dec) - dvddemux (gstreamer0.8-misc) - videoscale (gstreamer0.8-misc) - theoraenc (gstreamer0.8-theora) - rawvorbisenc (gstreamer0.8-vorbis) - oggmux (gstreamer0.8-misc) - audioconvert (gstreamer0.8-misc) - audioscale (gstreamer0.8-misc) - ffmpegcolorspace (gstreamer0.8-misc) * libdvdread3 * dbus, dbus-glib * hal and libhal * Linux 2.6.x kernel (as HAL doesn't work on 2.4.x; not sure about *BSD and other OS) Known Issues: ============= * Thoggen is SLOW This is known and mostly due to the suboptimal way scaling is done. There is a lot of room for optimisation here for now the motto is 'make it work first, optimise later' though. * DVD drive detection problems. If you are running kernel 2.6.x and HAL and have all required modules loaded, but thoggen does not detect your dvd drive, then please check the output of 'lshal | grep -i dvd'. If this does print something, please send me the output of 'lshal'. Support for DVD drive detection for older kernels and other OSes might be added in the future; it's not a priority though at the moment. * The created movie has A-V sync problems In this case you probably need the GStreamer a52dec plugin from CVS (part of gst-plugins). I am not 100% sure whether A-V sync works with the current released gst-plugins version. Double-check with multiple movie players if possible, just in case your favourite movie player is buggy ;) Enjoy! Cheers -Tim |