B"H On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Reply to message from "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 7 Apr 2008 > > 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 >
This won't work on a commercial, CSS scrambled movie. The Data will copy, but the movie won't play. That's why you need programs to crack the copy protection when copying a movie. It got worse with ARccOS (a copy protection method using deliberately bad sectors) [not every movie is protected with ARccOS]. Here is some good information about how to get around this: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup_a_DVD#vlc Menachem > Doug > > > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
