[mythtv-users] Solution for DVD that MythTV can't rip
David Campbell
dave at cpfc.org
Fri Jun 1 15:38:22 UTC 2007
Tom Greer wrote:
> Being able to select movies from a list on the TV screen and instantly
> view them is such a dream. It sure beats searching through all of my
> DVDs and trying to find the one I want - then physically inserting it
> and waiting for it to load.
>
> Thank you, MythTV! Thank you!
>
> Over the past week, I have been diligently ripping my entire DVD
> collection to disk. As I go along, I find some that Myth cannot rip.
>
> I like to rip the entire ISO file. That way I have the menus, the
> scene selections, and the bonus material.
>
> I searched here and found many possible solutions for the unrippable
> DVDs. Most solutions did not rip the entire ISO. Ones that did were
> very complicated.
>
> Eventually, my googling led me to k9copy. This is easy to use to rip
> the ISO. I simply insert the DVD and tell it to copy to my MythTV
> movie directory. It's just about as fast as Myth in terms of ripping
> time.
>
> Best yet, it has worked everytime.
>
> I still use Myth to rip most. But for any that fail, I just call up
> k9copy and voila!
>
> I'm just posting this here to simplify the search process for the next person.
My 2p
dvdbackup -M -i /dev/dvd -o ~/DVDrips
genisoimage -o /data/DVD/The_MATRIX.iso -dvd-video ~/DVDrips/THE_MATRIX
rm -rf ~/DVDrips/THE_MATRIX
Dave
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