[mythtv-users] DVD ISOs

Richard Morton richard.e.morton at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 16:39:00 UTC 2009


Hi All,

I am attempting to write a script to automate the ripping of DVDs.
I have for various reasons decided that I need to separate the ripping
process from the transcoding process.

I want to create an ISO image programatically from the DVD. I have a
sample of DVDs I am testing with; two specific discs are troublesome.
Both work fine using Brasero but all my command line attempts have
been hit or miss.

I have tried; dvdbackup, dd, vobcopy all fail on this disc. all of
these methods actually try to copy off the data and duplicate the
filesystem on my drive rather than create an ISO... (more details why
below). I can't find a method to create an ISO in one command.

Could people kindly send me some examples of how they script ISO
copies & Is there a way to access the Brasero iso creation?

thanks

Richard

Why it seems to be failing
$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sr0              6.9G  6.9G     0 100% /media/cdrom0

however if I list the contents of the VIDEO_TS folder:

richard at T60:/media/cdrom0/VIDEO_TS$ ls -hl
total 28G
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  48K 2009-08-24 04:22 VIDEO_TS.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  48K 2009-08-24 04:22 VIDEO_TS.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 3.4M 2009-08-24 04:22 VIDEO_TS.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  14K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_01_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  14K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_01_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 444K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_01_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  32K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_02_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  32K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_02_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  21M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_02_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 184M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_02_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  64K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_03_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  64K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_03_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  21M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_03_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 184M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_03_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  32K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_04_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  32K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_04_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  21M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_04_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 184M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_04_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  22K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_05_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  22K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_05_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  21M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_05_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 184M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_05_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  32K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_06_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  32K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_06_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  21M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_06_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 184M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_06_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 128K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 128K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 107M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_2.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_3.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_4.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_5.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 556M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_07_6.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 160K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 160K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 107M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_2.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_3.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_4.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_5.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 556M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_08_6.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 160K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 160K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 107M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_2.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_3.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_4.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_5.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 556M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_09_6.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  88K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  88K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 107M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_0.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_2.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_3.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_4.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1.0G 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_5.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 556M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_10_6.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  14K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_11_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  14K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_11_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  24M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_11_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  96K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_12_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  96K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_12_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 965M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_12_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  96K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_13_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  96K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_13_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 965M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_13_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  96K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_14_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  96K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_14_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 965M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_14_1.VOB
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  30K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_15_0.BUP
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295  30K 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_15_0.IFO
-r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 965M 2009-08-24 04:22 VTS_15_1.VOB

note: 28GB on a DVD; so I guess that the filesystem is purposefully corrupt.


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