Backing up DVD Movies in Linux

[jpc82]

OK, well I got my new Pioneer 106D, and I love it. My only problem is that now I have boot into windows to backup my DVD's ( I hadn't booted into Windows in months before getting my burner).

I'm just posting my current work in progress, and hoping someone has some input.

Now ripping shouldn't be a huge problem, so my challenges are compressing and burning.

I'm a huge fan of DVD Shrink so I wan'ted a way to run it under Linux. I desided to try VMWare, since I don't like wine.

So far I have been able to do a deep analysis, and I'm currently doing a backup right now. So I think I have shrink now working my next problem is getting my burner working under Linux.

Does anyone have burning working?

[courtrrb]

I do all my DVD burning under MDK Linux 9.1&9.2 ever since I got a virus in my WinXP box and the virus got my burner. (Had to reflash to get it working again). With vmware(WinXP) I do all ripping(dvddecripter) & shrinking(IC) of the DVD. Then I use XCdroast with the prodvd plugin to burn the ISO's. I do all video editing in linux and soon capture(In process) and creating(In process) the ISO themselves. XCdroast will also create the DVD images for doing system backup's.

Hope this helps.

[jpc82]

Yes it does,

Basically that what I want to be able to do!!!

I have been trying to get my burner working, and its been giving me alot of problems. Hopefully I'll have it working soon.

[VinnySem]

I just put together my first Linux box (Mandrake 9.1) and I would like to start moving over to that OS 95% (can't go 100% until LucasArts starts porting games over). However I can't find any apps to back up my DVDs. I use DVD2DVD (DVD2SVCD) with CCE and Scenarist and I'd like to find the equivalent on Linux if I can. I'd prefer not to run vmware or wine, I would really like to do this natively in Linux. Thanks for any help.

[sterno]

Do some research on "dvd::rip". It's mainly a front-end to other tools (just like DVD2SVCD), but the documentation should cover what else you need and where you can get it. It may not do everything you need, but it's a place to start.

[VinnySem]

Fantastic, thanks for the tip. Do you know if it does MPEG2 encoding or just MPEG4/DivX?

[sterno]

I think dvd::rip uses transcode for the actual encoding, and I think transcode has an MPEG2 encoder based on bbmpeg.

[egstern]

Aren't bits on a dvd just bits? If you want to back it up to another dvd, why not just dd it from the source disk to an image file, then use your favorite image burning program (cdrecord-prodvd, dvdrecord, growisofs,...) to burn it onto a new disk? Why is there talk of ripping?

Eric

[techt]

Aren't bits on a dvd just bits? If you want to back it up to another dvd, why not just dd it from the source disk to an image file, then use your favorite image burning program (cdrecord-prodvd, dvdrecord, growisofs,...) to burn it onto a new disk? Why is there talk of ripping?

Unfortunately, a DVD-ROM drive will not read the contents of a CSS encrypted disc until it has been authenticated, therefore dd will not work. There is an older program known as csscat which will allow one to authentiicate and copy VOB files from a CSS disc (and there are now better ways to do this), but there is still a problem due to the size of DVD discs. DVD+/-R(W) discs hold a maximum of 4.7GB of data, but many DVD movies are on DVD-9 discs which contain nearly twice the capacity of DVD+/-R(W) discs. This necesitates ripping and re-encoding the video and/or audio to a lower bitrate to fit on the backup media.