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When I converted my CD collection to mp3 several years ago, I used abcde. The workflow basically went like this:

  • Insert CD
  • Run abcde
  • abcde ejects the disc
  • Repeat

I'm looking for a similar workflow for converting my DVD/Blu-Ray collection as well, but so far haven't found anything quite the same. I'm sure I could script something with Handbrake's CLI, but I'm hoping someone else has already solved that problem for me.

LockeCJ
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MakeMKV is the only utility that I've found that is capable of playing (and copying) Blu-Ray movie releases on any Linux, including Ubuntu. I'm quite sure MakeMKV can also handle DVDs, so it might be your one-stop solution for the conversion process. It has a simple GUI and a command-line utility. By default the GUI will choose a title (or titles) for you based on some heuristic, and put the corresponding original MPEG stream inside a MKV container.

MakeMKV has closed source parts, which are proprietary software. You can use it for free for 60 days, after which you will need to obtain a license key. This key can be bought from the author (currently USD 50, I think).

If you do not wish to compile the sources, I think you can get an installer from ebower's PPA (it appears to cover everything from 10.04 to 12.10):

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-ebower/ebower
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install makemkv-install

However, I have no experience using that PPA.

taneli
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I just came across the "Automatic Ripping Machine", which seems to be exactly what you're asking for (and also includes auto-detection of media type to switch between video, audio, and data.) I haven't used it yet, but it looks promising:

https://b3n.org/automatic-ripping-machine/

https://github.com/automatic-ripping-machine/automatic-ripping-machine

Johann
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