musical¶ ↑

Musical is a simple tool for your favorite music DVD. You can rip vob file by DVD chapter, convert it to wav file and add it to your iTunes library.

Install¶ ↑

1 Musical depends on dvdbackup and ffmpeg. To install them try this for example,

brew install dvdbackup
brew install ffmpeg

2 Install gem

gem install musical

Usage¶ ↑

Set your DVD and type

musical <options>

Options:

                --info, -i:   Show your DVD data
--ignore-convert-sound, -g:   Rip data only, NOT convert them to wav file
   --ignore-use-itunes, -n:   NOT add ripped files to iTunes and encode them
             --dev, -d <s>:   Set location of DVD device
           --title, -t <s>:   Set DVD title (default: LIVE)
          --artist, -a <s>:   Set DVD artist (default: Artist)
          --output, -o <s>:   Set location of ripped data (default: ripped)
             --version, -v:   Print version and exit
                --help, -h:   Show this message

When you use iTunes, you should use –title and –artist options. They will help you to manage your music library easily.

FAQ¶ ↑

On Mac OS X 10.7.x, I cannot install ffmpeg.¶ ↑

The latest Xcode doesn’t include gcc. Install gcc-4.2.

And try this.

brew install --use-gcc ffmpeg

I got an error, /bin/sh: /usr/bin/pod2man: Permission denied¶ ↑

/usr/bin/pod2man may not have execute permission.

Try this.

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/pod2man

I got nothing ‘musical –info’¶ ↑

Your DVD may be copy-protected. Try fairmount.

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