On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:13:29 -0500 Kevin Becker <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the last > time I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using > some commercial tool. But recently my stepfather came to me with a > DVD that had been made from a home video that he wanted several > copies of. It is not copy protected in any way, just a plain DVD > video disk. I have an external USB DVD drive which seems to work > okay, but honestly I barely use it for anything. I tried using > Brasero but it seems to read the disk quickly at first and then > become progressively slower and slower until it gets to 99% and then > stays there for hours and hours. I used the dvdbackup command line > program and was able to make a backup and burn it with growisofs with > no problem so I'm not sure why Brasero didn't work. Does anyone have > any recommendation for a simple GUI DVD copying tool? I'm not > worried about breaking copy protection here. I'm fine with the > command line tools but I do this so infrequently that it would be > nice to have a GUI app that doesn't require me to look up notes or > search the internet for instructions to refresh my memory the next > time I want to do this in 2036. > > Like you, I haven't burned a DVD in a while, but I used the program k3b to do so the last time I did, and it worked fine. I have brasero installed as well, so next time I'll give it a try to see if it will work for me. I wonder if your external drive had a power issue; mine is internal. Or, maybe the lense needs cleaning with some isopropyl alcohol, using a q-tip or cotton ball. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
