---
name: "movie-rip-epg.data"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "videotrans"
version: "1.6.1-9"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/movie-rip-epg.data"
---

# movie-rip-epg.data(1)

Gathers information from VDR's epg.data file

## NAME

**movie-rip-epg.data** - Gathers information from VDR's epg.data file

## SYNOPSIS

**movie-rip-epg.data** *\[-t title\_mode\] \[-l language\]* **\<** */some/where/epg.data* **\>** *my\_movie.info*

## DESCRIPTION

The **movie-rip-epg.data** program is a convenience program that can gather information about a movie from VDR's epg.data file. The program gathers its information from the **epg.data** file that is produced by VDR when it records a program for you, hence the name of the program.

The program reads its information from standard input, so you should redirect the program's input from the **epg.data** file that VDR produced when it recorded your movie.

The program writes its gathered information to standard output, so you should redirect the program's output into a file called *my\_movie***.info** (where *my\_movie***.mpg** is the file that was generated by VDR).

## OPTIONS

The following options are available:

- **-t title\_mode**

  Sets the title mode. With this option, you can determine which part of the epg.data file will become the title that is used in the DVD menu that will be created by movie-title.

-

  Possible values are:\
   **title**   This will simply use the "T" line in the file.\
   **short**   This will simply use the "S" line in the file.\
   **squote**  This will use the quoted part of the "S" line.\
   **auto**    This will try to autodetect what to use.

-

  The **title** setting is the default if you don't specify **-t**.

- **-l language**

  Sets the language of the title headings that are produced in the .info file. The default is English, which will use the headings **Title**, **Short** **description** and **Synopsis**.

-

  You may either specify **english**, **french** or **dutch** or specify your language's words for *title*, *short description* and *synopis* (or *long description*), separated by pipe signs (**\|**).

-

  For example: **... -l "Title\|Short description\|Synopsis" ...** could be used instead of **english**.

## EXAMPLE

- The command line format that I use most often is:

  -

  **movie-rip-epg.data -t auto \< epg.data \> movie.info**

## SEE ALSO

[**videotrans**(1)](/videotrans/1.md), [**movie-title**(1)](/movie-title/1.md), [**movie-make-title**(1)](/movie-make-title/1.md), [**movie-make-title-simple**(1)](/movie-make-title-simple/1.md), [**movie-compare-dvd**(1)](/movie-compare-dvd/1.md), [**movie-to-dvd**(1)](/movie-to-dvd/1.md)

## AUTHOR

The author is Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse (sven@berkvens.net). Please send any project related e-mail to **videotrans@berkvens.net**.

## BUGS

None known. Please report any bugs to **videotrans@berkvens.net**!