A Distributed DivX Ripper?

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?"

Comments

I have a better idea

[Anonymous Coward]

Why don't you pay for the DVD, instead of trying to copy it from somebody else?

If it's worth enough for you to expend the effort to make a copy, it's obviously worth enough for you to spend your allowance on it. Head over to Half.com or another retailer of used DVDs if you don't think it's worth the cover price, but by all means don't steal it. You're giving open source users a bad name.

Re:I have a better idea

[Sloppy]

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.