Rip a DVD using mencoder

Trick source

$ mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate="1200" -vf scale -zoom -xy 640 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128 -o video.avi

The number after dvd:// refers to the title number, it could variate depending the dvd. Ripping DVD should be done only for personal use. Please check the copyright laws for your country regarding the backup of any copyright-protected DVDs and other media.

Dialog package homepage

Recenlty I had to install by hand the dialog package, due to my current Ubuntu repositories are now broken. But it was a little tricky to find the dialog's official webpage. Anyway, after some browsing I achieved to find it: http://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html. It can be installed by the usual

$ ./configure ; make ; make install