Thoggen

Thoggen is a DVD ripper for Linux within the GNOME project. It is based on GStreamer and GTK+. Thoggen can back up DVDs by re-encoding them using the Ogg Theora video codec. Thoggen aims to be easy and straightforward to use, by hiding complexity and offering sensible defaults.

Features

• Encodes into Ogg/Theora video.
• Based on the GStreamer multimedia framework.
• Supports title preview, picture cropping and resizing.
• Language Selection for audio track.
• Can encode from local directory with video DVD files.

Weaknesses

• Thoggen is slow.

• Thoggen can only encode video into the Theora codec. Since the software is based on the GStreamer multimedia framework, it may be possible to add additional encoding formats/codecs in future versions.
• Thoggen includes a feature to "make video certain quality". However, the numerics to choose from (ranging from 0 to 63) for the encoding process are less-than-obvious to interpret for users.
• Subtitles are not yet supported.

See also

• Theora
• MEncoder
• List of GTK+ applications
• List of video editing software
• Comparison of DVD ripper software

References

• Andrew Min, Choose the DVD ripper that's right for you, March 6, 2008, linux.com

External links

• SourceForge project page