Reading DVD Movie

[toastrack]

I'm trying to read in a movie from a DVD so I can edit the movie. Using K3b I cannot get the program to read the DVD.

What am I doing wrong, and is there another open source program for editing movies?

I am on Suse 10.3

[waterhead]

Before editing a DVD, you need to rip it to your hard drive. There are many Linux programs available to do this. Here are two of the more popular ones.

HandBrake

K9copy

Both of these should be available from the Packman repository. But, it looks like they no longer support Suse 10.3, as it is getting rather old. You will either need to install a newer version of openSUSE (upgrading an existing installation IS NOT RECOMMENDED), or you will have to compile the programs from source.

There are also two windows programs that seem to work fine under Wine.

DVDFab (Get the Beta version)

DVD Decrypter

[toastrack]

Before editing a DVD, you need to rip it to your hard drive. There are many Linux programs available to do this. Here are two of the more popular ones.

HandBrake

K9copy

Both of these should be available from the Packman repository. But, it looks like they no longer support Suse 10.3, as it is getting rather old. You will either need to install a newer version of openSUSE (upgrading an existing installation IS NOT RECOMMENDED), or you will have to compile the programs from source.

There are also two windows programs that seem to work fine under Wine.

DVDFab (Get the Beta version)

DVD Decrypter

Many thanks for that useful info. I think I now know how to proceed.

[linuxforever]

Of course the video format on a DVD is Mpeg-2.
And the video files are stored on the DVD in a folder VIDEO_TS.
But you should be able to copy the files to a folder on your HD with file manager.
Just use the same folder name.
But I don't know if the DVD is protected in some way.

Anyway K3b is meant for burning CD/DVDs but not for editing them in so far I know.
So you need to use some other program for that.
Another burning program that works fine for making/burning CD/DVDs is Nero linux.
That's also available for suse10.3

I assume that your CD/DVD device is properly configured, and can be read.

[toastrack]

Following advice I have downloaded NeroforLinux which is said to be OK for all Linux OS's.

What downloaded is a NeroforLinux 3 zip folder, which unpacks into a Debian Package.

I have Suse 10.3 here, so how do I now proceed to install this package, assuming it will even work correctly on my Suse ??

I'm still unsure about the Linux install procedures - sometimes the rpm's just work, as do sometimes the step by step methods, other times it all seems to fall over.

[waterhead]

NeroLinux is really just for burning DVDs. It is very similar to K3b, except that newer versions of NeroLinux support Blu-ray disk burning. I don't know if NeroLinux 3 has Blu-ray support.

It also is not free, and you should purchase an activation number for it. If you are not burning Blu-ray disks, then K3b should be just fine to use.

[linuxforever]

Well, I did install nero-linux in suse10.2 and I had nothing to do with an activation number.
It just installed, and did work fine.
The fine thing is that all folders you need are pre arranged so that you only have to drag and drop files.
And I don't see that in K3B for instance.
It isn't available in a pre-compiled rpm, but in a tar archive.
So you have to install it as described in the readme or doc files.
It's just the standard linux installation procedure.

What I saw of handbrake is that it converts the dvd-files in mp4 or mkv output files.
And I assume that you need the dvd-files to be unconverted as mpeg2 files to edit them.

[waterhead]

Well, I did install nero-linux in suse10.2 and I had nothing to do with an activation number.
It just installed, and did work fine.

NeroLinux comes as a Trial version. I don't recall if it stops working after the trial period has expired or what. The older version may also be different in that aspect. I have used both NeroLinux and K3b, and they are essentially the same, except for NeroLinux 4 supporting Blue-ray. They both offer the same tools for burning disks. The drag-and-drop feature is usually unimportant and not really needed to burn a CD/DVD.

[waterhead]

There are some another Linux ripping programs, that I may have forgotten to mention:

DVD::Rip

AcidRip

After ripping, you will want to edit the video. Here are some Linux editing programs.

LiVES

PiTiVi

If you then want to create a DVD that is playable in standard DVD players, here is a basic DVD authoring program.

DeVeDe

[linuxforever]

That's fine, and even a lot of stuff I never heard of.
I hope that this suits his needs.