ffmpeg -i concat

[plush mountain]

Was/Am trying to merge some .VOB files from a DVD using ffmpeg. Haven't had any luck. From what I've read, I need something called dvd2concat? ffmpeg version 6.1.1-3ubuntu5 doesn't seem to come with it. Has anyone had any luck merging and converting .VOB files? Usually I just use MakeMKV and then transcode the MKV file to libx264 for my Plex server. I figured since I'm using a m.2 SSD I should try to save myself some writes and just encode directly from the DVD itself and output to the Plex library folder.

[wispy musk]

If your ffmpeg version is too old, try to install Fedora/Arch in distrobox and get ffmpeg there.

[plush mountain]

I had 6.8 I think, whatever mint offers from apt. I removed it and copied a static master build to /usr/bin/ and made an alias in bash.bashrc | Did a git clone to get access to the tools. Haven't attempted since upgrading to the static build.

[wispy musk]

that's one way to break your system 👍 good luck

[plush mountain]

So far so good, as far as transcoding mkv to MP4, just gotta work on getting concat to work so I don't need to waste writes to the disk by making an mkv to begin with.