I have never used any of the tools that you mentioned, generally I try to avoid solutions that involve wine. Try DVD:RIP (dvdrip in aptitude/apt-get). It transcodes DVDs into AVIs (or other formats). I find that a reasonable bitrate xvid is more convienant than a physical disk anyway. Of course you need to make sure that you have all the proper codecs installed (the Ubuntu forums are a good place to look here).
generally if the DVD can be played on a computer then it can be copied/transcoded. Dick Angus wrote: > I am making a legal, fair use copy, and having an issue. I purchased Casino > Royale and I like to make a backup copy as my grandkids can be rough on the > disks. I keep the original to ensure I don't end up with a useless DVD. I > encountered errors during the backup process. I have found this now with a > couple of the recent DVDs I've purchased. > > I am running Kubuntu 6.10, 32 bit (all the latest updates) on an Intel dual > core, 64 bit machine with 1 Gb of memory and a 250 Gb HD. > > I tried DVDShrink under wine and after several minutes it just quits and > crashes. I didn't check any logs or such for this. > > I tried K9Copy with Keep Original Menus checked and with it unchecked. The > error appears different in each case. > > With the box checked I get a crash with the following trace: > > (no debugging symbols found) > Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". > (no debugging symbols found) - 35 times, duplicates removed for clarity. > > [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] > [New Thread -1240824144 (LWP 12716)] > (no debugging symbols found)- 30 times, duplicates removed for clarity. > > [KCrash handler] > #6 0xb781974c in k9Cell::addNewVobus () from /usr/lib/libk9copy.so.0 > #7 0xb78217fa in k9DVDBackup::copyEmptyPgc () from /usr/lib/libk9copy.so.0 > #8 0xb78266b8 in k9DVDBackup::copyCell () from /usr/lib/libk9copy.so.0 > #9 0xb7826e1d in k9DVDBackup::execute () from /usr/lib/libk9copy.so.0 > #10 0x08064b9b in QValueList<QString>::clear () > #11 0x08081078 in QValueListPrivate<QString>::contains () > #12 0xb68d5957 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #13 0xb68d63fc in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #14 0xb71d7069 in KAction::activated () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #15 0xb720f842 in KAction::slotActivated () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #16 0xb720f7dc in KAction::slotButtonClicked () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #17 0xb72dce86 in KAction::qt_invoke () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #18 0xb68d5957 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #19 0xb720c510 in KToolBarButton::buttonClicked () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #20 0xb720c816 in KToolBarButton::mouseReleaseEvent () > from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #21 0xb690c729 in QWidget::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #22 0xb72884e1 in KToolBarButton::event () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4 > #23 0xb686cb88 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #24 0xb686ed46 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #25 0xb6ffcc82 in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4 > #26 0xb67ff3fd in QApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent () > from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #27 0xb67fe062 in QETWidget::translateMouseEvent () > from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #28 0xb67fc14c in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #29 0xb6813320 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #30 0xb688725e in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #31 0xb688706e in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #32 0xb686e731 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #33 0x0805d857 in QValueListPrivate<QString>::~QValueListPrivate () > #34 0xb60ec8cc in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 > #35 0x0805b2d1 in ?? () > > With the menu box unchecked I get "An error occured while running DVDAuthor: > STAT: VOBU 39 at OMB, 1 PGCS" > > In both cases it takes some time and processing before the errors occur. > > Are these DVDs just not copyable? TIA _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
