I recorded a documentary from TV as mpeg2. To be able to distribute it via the internet I need to shrink its size and I am using the DivX codec. But first I wanted to trim the beginning and the end. I used mpgtx, a very handy command line tool. There are Suse RPMs from Packman. The command was mpgtx -s tutkittu_juttu.mpg [00:22.50-26:55.00] -o cut.mpg
I needed to put a DivX movie to a CD, that would play on virtually all computers without the need to install the DivX codec or a movie player. There is software available to make this kind of CDs with nice GUIs, etc. but the software I tested is far from user-friendly. The two easiest methods are:
Both xine and MPlayer can play DVDs directly, but xine has a DVD navigation. In Mplayer you need to specify which movie (VOB file) you want to play:
xine dvd:// mplayer dvd://3 If you just want to temporarily store the DVD on your hard disk it might be sufficient to create a DVD image:
dd if=/dev/dvd of=rosenstrasse.iso The image can be mounted as follows:
sudo mount -o loop rosenstrasse.iso /media/temp/ Xine can play a DVD from an iso image directly (without mouting the image):