It's a brand new drive, and it worked with the command line dvdbackup
tool. But, that doesn't mean it doesn't have some sort of problem.
I'll take a look at k3b as well, thanks.
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From: "stan via users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "stan" <upaitag@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: 2/12/2020 11:14:22 PM
Subject: Re: DVD Backup
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.
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