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Hi there,

I'm posting this on the Windows specific board because when I searched for any answers it appeared to me that there may be subtle differences between Windows and UN*X wrt command line processing.

I'm trying to transcode single chapters of a DVD. Using the GUI, VLC tells me I should use something like "dvdsimple://D:@2,4" for the second title and fourth chapter of a DVD in drive D:. The same is suggested on http://www.videolan.org/doc/vlc-user-guide/en/ch04.html

However, while "vlc -vvv dvdsimple://E:@1" will start to play the first title of the DVD, "vlc -vvv dvdsimple://E:@1,1" will tell me in an Error window that "Unable to open 'dvdsimple://E:@1,1'".

I'm much more familiar with shell scripts under UN*X so I tried all kinds of escaping the comma, but without success.

Any hint or pointer very much appreciated; I'm using 0.8.6d.

There are better tools if you want to convert that chapter to another format (like Xvid AVI). AVIdemux should be a little easier.

dvdsimple://D:@2:4 should be the right one.

There are better tools if you want to convert that chapter to another format (like Xvid AVI). AVIdemux should be a little easier.

Oh! I didn't find better tools during my evaluation phase. Can you recommend something for generating H.264/mp4a/.mov, scaling and deinterlacing at the same time? And in which respect would the tool recommended by you be better than VLC?

dvdsimple://D:@2:4 should be the right one.

Indeed, thanks a lot... how do I tell the people in charge to correct the documentation? (I really could have noticed had I looked carefully at the Open dialogue, though...)

AVIdemux and handbrake are quite easy tools for DVD -> MP4 (mov generation is quite problematic with free tools). For documentation it might be easier to use IRC or email.

AVIdemux and handbrake are quite easy tools for DVD -> MP4 (mov generation is quite problematic with free tools).

VLC does an excellent job here I'd say. The H.264 quality at moderate bitrates is excellent and I'm unaware of any compatibility issues so far.

For documentation it might be easier to use IRC or email.

Couldn't figure out whom to cantact and how, though, yet...