[Cialug] Naïve DVD question

[Bryan Baker]

Yeah, I routinely make images of the dvd's I've produced and when I  
need a new copy just burn from that.
Much faster than re-encoding all the video assets, etc.


On Apr 2, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> 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
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Daniel A. Ramaley
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:03 AM
>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> 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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