[TriLUG] Linux DVD duplication

Ken Mink ken.mink at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 16:44:53 EST 2005


I use Toast to burn isos all the time on my Powerbook, both dvd and cd. It
doesn't support dual layer, so I can't dupe a purchased movie disk. That's
what you need to worry about, dual layer support.

Ken

On 11/9/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ken:
>
> Thanks for the info. I want to make exact duplicates rather then just
> extracting audio or anything like that. I have a TiBook with with DVD
> writer but I have idea if it supports dual layer or not. Can I rip
> the DVDs to an ISO file and burn them on my Mac after copying them to
> the local drive? For some reason I had it set in my head that my Mac
> wouldn't record a DVD iso... If it does, Mac to the rescue!
>
> Greg
>
> On 11/9/05, Ken Mink <ken.mink at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Most purchased DVDs are dual layer pressed disks. They hold roughly
> 8.5GB.
> > If you want to duplicate them, you will need dual layer blanks and a
> dual
> > layer drive. I usually use cdrdao which has a copy command. You can also
> use
> > dd(eg: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my_dvd.iso). Then just burn the iso image to
> a
> > blank with cdrecord. With both of these you get an exact duplicate of
> the
> > original disk, complete with all the features, audio tracks and bonus
> > material. The gotcha is that dual layer media is currently $3-6 per
> disk.
> >
> > If you're looking to rip just the movie track and create a new disk,
> things
> > get complicated. I've used dvdrip (http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/) with
> good
> > results for ripping. It's available from freshrpms. I generally then
> just
> > save the ripped file to a standard data dvd. This simplifies things, but
> > limits playback for computers rather than hardware dvd players. If you
> want
> > a dvd that hardware dvd players can use, you'll need to search for dvd
> > authoring software. I just do that on my Mac, so I can't point you to
> any
> > good Linux ones.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Ken
> >
> > On 11/9/05, mike massey <linuxheels at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Myself I have never used it myself but I have heard
> > > good things about those using K3B for duplicating
> > > dvd's
> > > look into that program. www.k3b.org <http://www.k3b.org> <
> http://www.k3b.org>
> > >
> > > --- Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Scenario: I have a small camper I keep at the beach
> > > > and I travel there
> > > > as many weekends as is practical. I hate dragging
> > > > extra stuff back
> > > > and forth such as DVDs. My iPod now carries all the
> > > > music I want but
> > > > I'm still hauling DVDs back and forth (there is
> > > > little else to do on a
> > > > rainy day). I originally looked at MythTV to rip
> > > > all my DVDs to so I
> > > > could carry that back and forth as needed but that
> > > > isn't going to work
> > > > well either.
> > > >
> > > > Now I just want to duplicate all my *legally
> > > > purchased DVDs* via a
> > > > Linux box to blank DVDs so I can just leave them
> > > > there and not worry
> > > > about them.
> > > >
> > > > So questions are:
> > > >
> > > > 1. What is good DVD duplication software that I can
> > > > run under Linux?
> > > > 2. What is the best brand of DVD writer to use with
> > > > Linux? (I have a
> > > > P4 non HT (2.xx ghz I think) PC running Debian 3.0
> > > > that I can press
> > > > into service for this.
> > > >
> > > > Greg
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