Running

Standard options

Autorippr is run from the command line. There is no graphical interface available because it would defeat the purpose of being fully automated.

Running Autorippr always starts with python autorippr.py followed options telling it to do a certain task eg: --rip

As an example, to rip a DVD you would use the following command:

~/Autorippr$python autorippr.py --rip

To rip and compress a DVD you would use:

~/Autorippr$python autorippr.py --rip --compress

And finally to rip, compress and download subtitles:

~/Autorippr$python autorippr.py --all

Debug

When you require more detail about the process and possibly to find why a certain task is not working the debug option comes in handy. Simply append it to your standard command like this:

~/Autorippr$python autorippr.py --all --debug

Automation

In order to automatically run Autorippr you can use Cron, a time-based job scheduler that can run tasks at certain intervals requested.

Cron is installed by default on all Linux distros and on OSX, to run something via cron you must edit the crontab file by running crontab -e. I've chosen to run Autoripper every 5 minutes, you can set it slower if you wish but setting it any faster is a little silly.

Note: --silent removes all output to the command line, but continues to store logs just in case.

~$crontab -e
# m     h       dom     mon     dow     command
*/5     *       *       *       *       python ~/Autorippr/autorippr.py --all --silent 

And just like that you've set up Autorippr. It will now run in the background checking for and ripping DVDs at the interval specified. Pretty cool eh?

If you have problems with Autorippr you can submit an issue on GitHub by clicking here.

Happy ripping!