Ubuntu Must-Have Apps

OGMRIP

Application for ripping and encoding DVD (Simple and Easy Interface)

ogmrip is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM MP4 or Matroska files using a wide variety of codecs. It relies on mplayer, mencoder, ogmtools, mkvtoolnix, oggenc, lame and faac to perform its tasks.

o transcodes from DVD or files
 o outputs ogm, avi, mp4 or matroska files
 o calculates video bitrate for a given filesize
 o calculates cropping parameters and scaling factors
 o supports multiple audio and subtitles streams encoding
 o lots of codecs (vorbis, mp3, pcm, ac3, dts, aac, xvid, lavc, x264, theora)
 o uses maximum quality codec switches
 o rips contiguous chapters