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Installation

Tuxrip is a bash script, which needs several softwares. Most of actual distributions offer these softwares as binary packages.
Then you can install them using two ways :
  • manually : by compiling all needed programs for ripping and encoding
  • using binary packages : if you use a Linux distribution, which offers pre-compiled packages (Debian, Mandrake,...)
 

Installing using packages

Most of the distributions offer the programs needed by tuxrip as binary packages. However, some of them cannot be included in the commercial distribution, because of the DMCA in the USA (like libdvdcss, a library used to decrypt DVDs). Very often, you can find them separately though.
 
Note : for mplayer/mencoder, it is recommended to compile it from sources if you have problems with pre-compiled packages. Moreover, mplayer works faster when optimised on your system.
 

 Mandrake


The Mandrake distribution comes with a software installer that solves dependencies: urpmi (it installs automatically packages necessary to other packages).
Once configured, it makes the installation of binary packages very convenient. Moreover, all tools used by tuxrip are available as rpm packages.
Media required (rpm sources)
  • contrib
  • PLF
 First, you need to add these media to the urpmi base: contrib (official packages that are not included in the 3 CD edition), and PLF (those that cannot be included in the distribution for redistribution restrictions), if this has not been already done :
http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/
  • In section "1) Select your system", choose the correct Mandrake version and architecture
  • In section "2) Choose a mirror" choose the closest mirror from you for :
Source contrib
Source plf
  • Click on the "3) Proceed" button
  • Copy, in a console, as root, each two lines beginning with "urpmi.addmedia"
Then urpmi downloads the list of packages that are available on the distant server and updates the package base on your system.

This step has to be done only once. However, the package base needs to be regularly updated on your system, reflecting any change on the distant server, using the command : urpmi.update -a in a console, as root.

A complete documentation about the urpmi usage can be found :
http://www.urpmi.org (in French and English)
http://trylinuxsd.com/dvd/ (graphical in English)
http://linux-wizard.tuxfamily.org/howto_rpm.html#urpmi (in French)
http://www.zebulon.org.uk (in French and English)
Installing the required packages
 		Type or copy this line in console, as root :
urpmi bc libogg0 libogg0-devel libvorbis0 libvorbis0-devel transcode  libdvdcss2 libdvdread2 ogmtools mplayer

urpmi downloads and installs these programs if they were not already on your system.

Note : if urpmi complains some packages have no valid signature, you may install by confirming with yes. To prevent it to show this message, download the GPG key of the PLF team on their site.
Installing XviD rpms (optional)
 		Type or copy this line in console, as root :
urpmi xvid xvid-devel xvid-divx-devel

Installing Vobcopy rpms (optional, --clone mode)
 		Type or copy this line in console, as root :
urpmi vobcopy


 

 Red Hat


Rpms can be found here: http://freshrpms.net
 

 Debian


Deb packages can be found here: http://marillat.free.fr

Manual install

Manual install is easy but requires some basic knowledge about compiling programs from source (./configure && make && make install).
 
Requis

libdvdcss http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss/
libogg
libvorbis		 http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/
Mirrors: http://www.vorbis.com/download.psp
libdvdread http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/downloads.shtml
transcode http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/
ogmtools http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/ogmtools/
ffmpeg (libavcodec) http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/

ffmpeg is a Free multimedia project developed under Linux (but can be compiled under other OS, like Windows). What we need is the libavc video codec, which is part of that project. libavcodec is one of the best mpeg4 codecs. Type in a console:
 
cvs -d:p server:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login 
 
cvs -z3 -d:p server:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
 
You'll download the CVS version of ffmpeg. In the ffmpeg directory, there is the libavcodec sub-directory, which will be copied in the directory of the MPlayer source code.
mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu

Compilation of MPlayer is explained in details below.

Optional

xvid                                                
 http://www.xvid.org/

XviD is another Free mpeg4 codec.
 XviD sources are not copied in the directory of MPlayer, but the xvid library has to be compiled and installed in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib.
  Here is the usual walkthrough :
  1. download xvidcore-0.9.2.tar.bz2 on http://www.xvid.org or here
  3. tar xvfj xvidcore-0.9.2.tar.bz2
  3. cd xvidcore/build/generic
  4. ./configure
  5. make
  6. su
  7. make install
  8. Compile MPlayer using --with-xvidcore=/usr/local/lib/libxvidcore.a (see below)
vobcopy                                                
 http://lpn.rnbhq.org/projects/c/c.shtml

Vobcopy copies all DVD files to harddisk.
Here is the usual walkthrough :
  1. download vobcopy on vobcopy or here
  2. tar xvfj vobcopy-0.5.7.tar.bz2
  3. cd vobcopy
  4. ./configure
  5. make
  6. su
  7. make install


MPlayer compilation

It needs to be compiled with the support of :
  • libavcodec video codec
  • the OSD (On Screen Display)
  • for international users, in English language

 Sources of MPlayer

 Two kinds of sources can be used : stable release or CVS.

Stable
 		The latest version is the 0.91

Stable releases and pre-releases are ready to be compiled, they contain the sources of libavcodec
CVS
 		These are the versions labelled MPlayer-current.tar.bz2

libavcodec sources are not included, you need to download also the CVS of libavcodec. Download the CVS of ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/) as explained above, and copy over the libavcodec directory (located in the ffmpeg directory) in the source directory of MPlayer.


Uncompress MPlayer in /usr/local/src (for the CVS, copy also the libavcodec directory from ffmpeg in the source directory, writing over the actual directory.)
tar xvfj MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2
or (with the CVS version) :
tar xvfj MPlayer-current.tar.bz2
 

 Compile MPlayer with OSD support (on-screen display)

There are two methods, depending whether you use freetype (a library for displaying TrueType fonts under X) or not. The method 1, using freetype and TrueType fonts is the simplest, and is suitable with most recent systems using XFree.
 
  • Method 1 : with freetype>=2.0.9 and installed TrueType fonts
 
Compile MPlayer
./configure --enable-freetype
Note : verify that you obtain at least :
Enabled optional drivers: Codecs: libavcodec libvorbis
make && make install
Create a symbolic link called subfont.ttf pointing to an installed ttf (TrueType) font
  • either globally in /usr/local/share/mplayer (as root)
For example, using the times font :

  cd /usr/local/share/mplayer
 ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf/times.ttf ./subfont.ttf

  • either locally in $HOME/.mplayer (as user)

For example (with Mandrake) :

cd $HOME/.mplayer
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf/times.ttf ./subfont.ttf
Usage
  • during the play 
press "o" to cycle in the OSD modes (nothing, symbols; symbols and timer)
  • at launch, in console
mplayer -osdlevel 2
 
  
  •  Method 2 : without freetype and/or without ttf fonts
 See MPlayer documentation, paragraphs 1.4.2 and 1.4.3
 
Compile MPlayer
./configure --enable-menu
Note : verify that you obtain at least :
Enabled optional drivers: Codecs: libavcodec libvorbis
make && make install
Install non-ttf fonts
Those ones are required for the OSD but also for subtitles

Some fonts can be found on the MPlayer website : ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/
Install them in /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/ (as root)

Example (as root) :
copy the mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip file in /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/
Uncompress them (as root) :
cd /usr/local/share/mplayer/font
unzip ./mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip
Note : decompressing them is NOT required for the subtitles but it is for the OSD.
Copy menu.conf located in the /etc/ directory of the MPlayer sources
As user :
cd $HOME/.mplayer
cp /usr/local/src/MPlayer-xxx/etc/menu.conf $HOME/.mplayer/
Create a symbolic link in
$HOME/.mplayer pointing to one of the directories containing the fonts
cd $HOME/.mplayer
ln -s /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/iso-8859-1/arial-24 font
Usage
  • during the play 
press "o" to cycle in the OSD modes (nothing, symbols; symbols and timer)
  • at launch, in console
mplayer -osdlevel 2


 
  •  Optional : xvid codec support
If you want also use the XviD codec, you need to configure MPlayer using the option
 ./configure --with-xvidcore=/usr/local/lib/libxvidcore.a (if libxvidcore.a was installed in /usr/local/lib)
 Check that Mplayer displays at least: Enabled optional drivers: Codecs: libavcodec libvorbis xvid
 
 As a result, depending on the fact you use method 1 or method 2 to activate the OSD, type :
 ./configure --with-xvidcore=/usr/local/lib/libxvidcore.a --enable-freetype
 or
 ./configure --with-xvidcore=/usr/local/lib/libxvidcore.a --enable-menu
Then :
make && make install
And follow the instructions above to install and/or create symbolic links pointing to the fonts.