On Mon, April 7, 2008 2:40 pm, Doug LaRue wrote: > ** Reply to message from "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 7 Apr > 2008 > 14:21:14 -0700 (PDT) > >> On Mon, April 7, 2008 1:58 pm, Todd Walton wrote: >> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [Recommendations for a DVD ripper]... for fair-use back ups of >> purchased >> >> movies. >> > >> > How about dd? You just want a backup right? >> > >> > -todd >> > >> > >> >> Needs to be playable >> > > DVD images are playable by mounting them to a loop device. And it seems > using dd > would be a real "image" according to this: > ( from: > http://www.sonoracomm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=32 > ) > > DVD (ISO) Images > > You can back up a DVD (even a movie) to your hard drive and restore it > easily > from the Linux command line. > > Assuming your DVD drive is /dev/hdc, execute the following from the > command > line: > > dd if=/dev/hdc of=dvd.iso > > Verify that the DVD and the ISO file are exactly the same: > > diff /dev/hdc dvd.iso -r > > Insert a blank DVD of the same type as the original (-R, +R, DVD5, DVD9). > > Burn the new DVD from the ISO: > > /usr/bin/growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdc=dvd.iso > > Doug >
Sheesh. Could ya make it any simpler? I'll give it a shot. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
