On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:38:48 -0600 Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Colin Brace wrote: > > On 3/10/07, Mick Mearns <off_by_1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> I have some older "store-bought" VHS tapes that I want to convert to > >> DVD. > > > > > > This page might be of help: > > > > Converting VHS to DVD under Linux HOWTO > > http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=307679 > > > > On a slightly different topic, my girlfriend has this problem > as well, and also wants to copy several DVDs so she can wear > out the copies rather than the originals. She bought some > commercial software, DVDx I believe, which claims to do that, > and which we tried to run under Wine. We hit some permissions > problems it looks like. > > I tried downloading vobcopy, and it's been running a couple > of *days* trying to rip a two hour movie! > > Anyone here with experience ripping/copying DVDs using > Linux? > > Not trying to give away or sell, just for personal use. > Each time a DVD gets taken out of its case, there are > microcracks and scratches. Wanna play the copies. > This is in the USA. > > Mike dd if=/dev/dvd of=/var/tmp/dvdcopy.iso then growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/var/tmp/dvdcopy.iso Regards, Bob -- Bob Marcan, Consultant mailto:bob.marcan@xxxxxx S&T Slovenija d.d. tel: +386 (1) 5895-300 Leskoskova cesta 6 fax: +386 (1) 5895-202 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia url: http://www.snt.si
