Im impressed

So, playing around with encoding dvds and the best way to do it, quality, ease of use, and all that wrapped into one. What I wanted what this:

1) Easy interface(cli if possible)
2) Complete process from ripping the dvd on through transcoding
with no A/V sync issues

So my thoughts were to create a script. Well in the process of doing so, I figured out that I am not an AV guy and when the crap hits the fan, things get messy.

Then, it came to me like a dream: dvd::rip

This thing is amazing! Not only is it written in Perl(a fav of mine), but it is very easy to use and for my money, has done a wonderful job! Then as Im using it, I see this "Add to Cluster" button and another that reads "Cluster Control". Hmm, clustering. Well this sufficiently peaked my curiosity and with at least one other debian machine in the house that does nothing but act as a print server, I thought I would try to make good use of the clustering. I was pleasantly surprised with the ease of setup(given, I am a geek), basically, it entailed enabling passwordless ssh on the cluster machines, sharing a mount point, and starting the dvdrip-master daemon. Once I did this, I was able to use all the active debian machines on my network to help transcode the vob's from the DVD rip. The cluster doesn't help rip the DVD, of course, there is only one reader on the DVD;-)

Net results, not sure yet, but will update as soon as I do!