media-tools/to_mkv/README.md

to_mkv

DVD_to_mkv

• getting volume label: lsblk -n -p -o label /dev/sr0
• decrypt and concatenate stream: mplayer -dumpstream dvdnav://1 -nocache -dvd-device /dev/sr0 -dumpfile dvdout.vob
• create mkv: ffmpeg -fflags +genpts+igndts -i file.mpg -c copy -map 0 -map -0:d -map -0:t file.mkv
• restructuring mkv: mkclean file.mkv

Missing Support for:

IFO file (Metadata like Chapters)

• https://www.reddit.com/r/mkvtoolnix/comments/gujs4k/convert_dvd_with_chapters/
• https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/mkvmerge.html

dvd_nav_packet (present till mkv remuxxing)

• DVD Menu: https://github.com/Matroska-Org/dvdmenuxtractor

useful tools and links:

• lsdvd
• VOBs can also be concatenated using dvd2concat
• dvdbackup
• https://www.ffmpeg.org/faq.html#Why-does-FFmpeg-not-see-the-subtitles-in-my-VOB-file_003f

Bluray_to_mkv

• for getting volume label: dd if=/dev/sr0 bs=1 skip=32808 count=32
• https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-protocols.html#bluray
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray