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A Distributed DivX Ripper?

Posted by Cliff on from the backing-up-your-DVDs dept.

RJ asks: "I know much about Java/C++ and sockets programming and I'd like to use this knowledge to build a distributed program to rip a DVD into DivX. It will work by breaking the job into chunks, sending chunks to other computers to encode, then patching it back together. Despite my searching efforts, I have been unable to find a decent resource to teach me how to program the DivX core to encode mpeg2 and re-join parts. I'm hoping that some readers of slashdot can point me in the right direction?"

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  1. Re:I have a better idea by Sloppy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Did you read the same Ask Slashdot that I did? There's nothing in his question that even remotely hints that he's copying someone else's DVD instead of doing this to DVDs he already bought.

    Maybe that's what he's doing, but you're really jumping to conclusions. It's sort of like when someone asks, "Where can I buy a screwdriver?" and you fly off the handle that maybe he should stop stabbing people with screwdrivers.

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