Useful scripts for getting DVD and other video info

diff --git a/dvdidentify b/dvdidentify
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvdidentify
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+       echo "Usage: $0 dvd-device"
+       exit 1
+fi
+
+mplayer 2> /dev/null \
+       -quiet -ao null -vo null -frames 0 -identify -dvd-device "$1" dvd:// | \
+       grep 'ID_DVD_TITLE_[0-9]*_LENGTH'
+

diff --git a/midentify b/midentify
new file mode 100755 (executable)
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/midentify
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify "$@"
+