# vdrip.pl project : mpeg2 to mpeg4-asp video file converter (20090906)

VDRIP is a stand-alone encoding utility to convert MPEG2 format Videos
(in TS or PS container formats) to mpeg4 ASP .avi files (Lavc,XviD,DivX).
It is a free software for GNU/Linux released under the GPL License and
supplied as an all-in-one file.

There is no GUI (Graphical User Interface). The commands are entered in
a Terminal or Console window: it is an easy way to produce compact mpeg4
multimedia files in high quality. This format is the most widely used in
many kinds of platforms like multimedia boxes and compatible devices.

VDRIP Highlights:
- automatic crop detection (this feature can be disabled)
- one or two passes rip encoding
- produces mpeg4-asp format avifiles for better interoperability
- preserves the MPEG2 ratio when rescaling
- desinterlaces the frames (may be disabled)
- 2 steps encoding, so you can execute the most CPU intensive task when
your Computer is idle
- encoding runs at minimum CPU and I/O priorities
- high quality encoding, the utility selects the HQ codec 'lavc' from
the libavcodec library
- can process either TS or PS MPEG2 stream formats
- mpeg2 and ac3 soundtrack support
- mpeg4 avifiles are compatible with most video editing products
- mpeg4 avifiles are compatible with most platforms and multimedia boxes
- simple to use to produce results in a very little time
- uses the MPlayer and MEncoder softwares to generate reliable videos
- excellent performances.

REQUIREMENTS:
- GNU/Linux distribution
- Perl language
- software packages MPlayer and MEncoder already installed and functional

For more information, download the archive file (in .tar.gz format) and
have a look in the README-en.txt file. The documentation is also in
Documentation/README-en.txt
File RELEASE.txt contains all the modifications done since first release.

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