So much for upgrade, Mageia 9 seems to have removed DVD::Rip, all other software dealing with DVDs wants you to transcode, I want the decrypted
VOB (MPEG2), decss is installed as it plays DVDs just fine, when I try installing DVD::Rip from the Mageia 8 archive, I get..

urpmi /home/user/Download/dvdrip-0.98.11-11.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

A requested package cannot be installed:
dvdrip-0.98.11-11.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied transcode)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y
While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.

Transcode is installed, just the newest version for Mageia 9.

The error is really vague, is there any way to get DVD::Rip running?

PS: Its ridiculous to obsolete DVDs you can still buy by the tonne in
stores, but keep support for vastly obsolete RS232!

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On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:38:13 -0400, Ar <Ar@127.0.0.1> wrote:

So much for upgrade, Mageia 9 seems to have removed DVD::Rip, all other software dealing with DVDs wants you to transcode, I want the decrypted
VOB (MPEG2), decss is installed as it plays DVDs just fine, when I try installing DVD::Rip from the Mageia 8 archive, I get..

urpmi /home/user/Download/dvdrip-0.98.11-11.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

A requested package cannot be installed: dvdrip-0.98.11-11.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied transcode)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y
While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.

Transcode is installed, just the newest version for Mageia 9.

The error is really vague, is there any way to get DVD::Rip running?

PS: Its ridiculous to obsolete DVDs you can still buy by the tonne in
stores, but keep support for vastly obsolete RS232!

From https://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/obsolete/transcode/current/ the comment from 2022
was "Doesn't build anymore, repository lost".

The repository lost part of the comment indicates the prior author(s) gave up and deleted the
svn or git repository they had been using.

The Mageia 8 version of transcode fails with a segfault when it's used with the Mageia 9 version
of the core libraries.

As a result, all packages that require transcode were dropped.

The recommendation is to learn to use the package handrake which is still maintained by it's
author(s).

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On 25/08/2025 13:38, Ar wrote:

Apparently transcode IS NOT in the system, but a file called "transcoder".

So I went around looking for all the bits that transcode demanded, and
have got stuck at:

urpmi /home/user/Download/transcode-1.1.7-29.2.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

A requested package cannot be installed:
transcode-1.1.7-29.2.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied libavformat.so.58(LIBAVFORMAT_58)(64bit))
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y
While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.
A requested package cannot be installed:
transcode-1.1.7-29.2.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied libavformat.so.58(LIBAVFORMAT_58)(64bit))
Continue installation anyway?


There is already a lib64avformat in the system. The install is 100%
clean of 32 bit crap, do I need to install a 32 bit library?

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On 25/08/2025 14:26, David W. Hodgins wrote:

The recommendation is to learn to use the package handrake which is
still maintained by it's
author(s).

Thanks for the explanation David, however, Handbrake does not rip to
VOB. Looks like I'll have to resurrect an old PC to get it to rip DVDs.

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On 2025-08-25, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:38:13 -0400, Ar <Ar@127.0.0.1> wrote:

So much for upgrade, Mageia 9 seems to have removed DVD::Rip, all other
software dealing with DVDs wants you to transcode, I want the decrypted
VOB (MPEG2), decss is installed as it plays DVDs just fine, when I try
installing DVD::Rip from the Mageia 8 archive, I get..

urpmi /home/user/Download/dvdrip-0.98.11-11.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

A requested package cannot be installed:
dvdrip-0.98.11-11.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied transcode)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y
While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.

Transcode is installed, just the newest version for Mageia 9.

The error is really vague, is there any way to get DVD::Rip running?

PS: Its ridiculous to obsolete DVDs you can still buy by the tonne in
stores, but keep support for vastly obsolete RS232!

From https://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/obsolete/transcode/current/ the comment from 2022
was "Doesn't build anymore, repository lost".

The repository lost part of the comment indicates the prior author(s) gave up and deleted the
svn or git repository they had been using.

The Mageia 8 version of transcode fails with a segfault when it's used with the Mageia 9 version
of the core libraries.

But surely that means you have the source code for the Mageia 8 version.
Can't you just use it to recompile on Mageia 9?

As a result, all packages that require transcode were dropped.

The recommendation is to learn to use the package handrake which is still maintained by it's
author(s).

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:25:24 -0400, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:

But surely that means you have the source code for the Mageia 8 version. Can't you just use it to recompile on Mageia 9?

It compiles, but will not run. It fails with a segfault.

Getting it to run would mean going back to the Magia 8 version of libraries such as glibc, which
would break the newer versions of packages like firefox.

It's possible the source code could be patched to work with the Mageia 9 version of the core libraries, but without the help of the original authors, that is an undertaking none of the Mageia packagers is willing to take on. It's complex code that will likely need major changes. None of the other distributions such as gentoo have done so either. There has been a lot of security tighening in the core libraries.

Using the Mageia 8 version of firefox would break the use of websites such as netflix.

If I needed to use transcode and couldn't find a substitute, I'd keep a minimal copy of Mageia 8 in
a vb guest that I only used for that application and nothing else. If vb is too resource intensive I'd
use a seperate minimal install that I only booted when I needed that application.

I wouldn't keep using Magiea 8 or older for anything that requires internet access.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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David W. Hodgins wrote:

If I needed to use transcode and couldn't find a substitute, I'd
keep a minimal copy of Mageia 8 in a vb guest that I only used for
that application and nothing else. If vb is too resource intensive
I'd use a seperate minimal install that I only booted when I needed
that application.

Those of us who luv persistent live would do it w/ a persistent USB, Mageia-style. I didn't start checking Mageia's persistence until 9; I'm assuming the 8 works as well.


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Mike Easter

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On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:02:07 -0400, Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote:

David W. Hodgins wrote:

If I needed to use transcode and couldn't find a substitute, I'd
keep a minimal copy of Mageia 8 in a vb guest that I only used for
that application and nothing else. If vb is too resource intensive
I'd use a seperate minimal install that I only booted when I needed
that application.

Those of us who luv persistent live would do it w/ a persistent USB, Mageia-style. I didn't start checking Mageia's persistence until 9; I'm assuming the 8 works as well.

The persistence option was added to isodumper and the live iso images for Mageia 7.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On 2025-08-25 09:47, Ar wrote:

On 25/08/2025 13:38, Ar wrote:

Apparently transcode IS NOT in the system, but a file called "transcoder".

So I went around looking for all the bits that transcode demanded, and
have got stuck at:

urpmi /home/user/Download/transcode-1.1.7-29.2.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

 A requested package cannot be installed:
 transcode-1.1.7-29.2.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied libavformat.so.58(LIBAVFORMAT_58)(64bit))
 Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y
 While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.
 A requested package cannot be installed:
 transcode-1.1.7-29.2.mga8.tainted.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied libavformat.so.58(LIBAVFORMAT_58)(64bit))
 Continue installation anyway?

There is already a lib64avformat in the system. The install is 100%
clean of 32 bit crap, do I need to install a 32 bit library?

Your transcode is looking for libavformat.so.58. The Mageia 9 version is lilibavformat.so.59. They are different.

TJ

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