Re: [Dorset] Copying DVD's to USB sticks For discussion tonight perhaps?
On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 00:09 +, Andrew Morgan wrote: I haven't used a GUI to do this, but I have done it for a lot of DVDs*. Whatever method you use you will need to install libdvdcss2 on your machine, so it can decrypt the DVD. In Ubuntu, which is what I tend to use, this isn't simply a package. Installation instructions are here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs It appears there are only two steps required to install it. What I would do is: Install 'libdvdcss2'. Install 'vobcopy'. Open a terminal and type: cd /path/to/USB/stick/ vobcopy -m This will create an unencrypted copy of the DVD in whichever directory you changed to. This does no transcoding or anything, it simply creates a VIDEO_TS structure. It will be the same size as the original, and dual layer DVDs can I believe be up to around 8.7 GB. I don't know of any GUI way to do it, but I don't think those commands are too difficult. :) 'vobcopy -m' will create a directory named the same as the name of the DVD, which sounds great except that a lot of DVDs aren't named very well at all. “DVDVolume” is quite common. I've even got a couple of TV series' where three of the four discs are named with a common format, and one isn't. * I have also travelled outside of the UK to places where copying a DVD for personal use is not illegal. -- How long would you expect this to take? I have aborted a copy of a DVD because it has already taken over 3 hours and is still only partially complete. Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Copying DVD's to USB sticks
On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 00:09 +, Andrew Morgan wrote: I haven't used a GUI to do this, but I have done it for a lot of DVDs*. Whatever method you use you will need to install libdvdcss2 on your machine, so it can decrypt the DVD. In Ubuntu, which is what I tend to use, this isn't simply a package. Installation instructions are here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs It appears there are only two steps required to install it. What I would do is: Install 'libdvdcss2'. Install 'vobcopy'. Open a terminal and type: cd /path/to/USB/stick/ vobcopy -m This will create an unencrypted copy of the DVD in whichever directory you changed to. This does no transcoding or anything, it simply creates a VIDEO_TS structure. It will be the same size as the original, and dual layer DVDs can I believe be up to around 8.7 GB. I don't know of any GUI way to do it, but I don't think those commands are too difficult. :) 'vobcopy -m' will create a directory named the same as the name of the DVD, which sounds great except that a lot of DVDs aren't named very well at all. “DVDVolume” is quite common. I've even got a couple of TV series' where three of the four discs are named with a common format, and one isn't. * I have also travelled outside of the UK to places where copying a DVD for personal use is not illegal. Thank You. That worked well. I watched most of the first episode of TWW instead of doing something useful. Regards, Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Copying DVD's to USB sticks
Hi, I have recently bought a new Samsung Digital TV, and it has a USB port for watching movies, setting up picture shows etc. I am struggling to copy a DVD (the West Wing) to my new 8GB memory stick, certain of the .vob files will not copy. I was using Dolphin in split screen mode. I tried k3b, but couldn't figure out how to set the USB stick as the destination. Has anybody done this, or have any ideas? Peter. PS the new TV is a linux box inside. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Copying DVD's to USB sticks
I haven't used a GUI to do this, but I have done it for a lot of DVDs*. Whatever method you use you will need to install libdvdcss2 on your machine, so it can decrypt the DVD. In Ubuntu, which is what I tend to use, this isn't simply a package. Installation instructions are here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs It appears there are only two steps required to install it. What I would do is: Install 'libdvdcss2'. Install 'vobcopy'. Open a terminal and type: cd /path/to/USB/stick/ vobcopy -m This will create an unencrypted copy of the DVD in whichever directory you changed to. This does no transcoding or anything, it simply creates a VIDEO_TS structure. It will be the same size as the original, and dual layer DVDs can I believe be up to around 8.7 GB. I don't know of any GUI way to do it, but I don't think those commands are too difficult. :) 'vobcopy -m' will create a directory named the same as the name of the DVD, which sounds great except that a lot of DVDs aren't named very well at all. “DVDVolume” is quite common. I've even got a couple of TV series' where three of the four discs are named with a common format, and one isn't. * I have also travelled outside of the UK to places where copying a DVD for personal use is not illegal. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue