[Cialug] Naïve DVD question
Daniel A. Ramaley
daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
Thu Apr 2 16:49:10 CDT 2009
I tried dd to rip the disc and it worked just fine, thanks. I burned
(burnt? how does one conjugate "to burn" as used for CDs?) a new copy
with cdrecord and tested it in a DVD player.
There isn't any copy protection on the disc. I haven't checked to see if
it has region encoding, but it shouldn't.
On 2009-04-02 at 09:38:19, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>Yes, I believe you can do what you are asking if the media is free of
> copy protection.
>
>I'm pretty sure I have done that in the past. Of course, YMMV.
>
>-Nate
>
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>> Subject: [Cialug] Naïve DVD question
>>
>> I need to make a copy of a video DVD. It is only about 25
>> minutes and my
>> current copy is on a DVD-R so i know it will fit on regular
>> media. But,
>> i've never tried copying a DVD before. I've found instructions on
>> how to rip one and re-encode it for smaller size, but i don't
>> want that. I
>> want an identical copy.
>>
>> Can i treat a video DVD like a data CD and just use dd to rip
>> an image
>> and then cdrecord to burn it to disc? Or is it more like an audio CD
>> that requires more specialized software to rip (i usually use
>> cdparanoia for CDs)?
>>
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