[mythtv-users] Using DVD writer as primary DVD drive?

[Dennis Lou]

>YES, DVDs mount very well, but after that,
>whether I try 
>to make an iso image with dd, or to copy the 
>directory
>tree with cp, I always get an I/O error after a 
>few megabytes
>of data.

I think you need to remove CSS protection first.


>I'll try this but does that mencoder command 
>just _copy_
>the dvd, or does it perform some sort of re-
>encode (as the 
>program name suggests)? Also, I don't think an 
>AVI
>will hold the menus, language selection, etc....

The -ovc and -oac options tell it to just copy.
However, you are correct in that it doesn't
grab the menus, etc.  For that, you'll want
vobcopy.  It will also take care of CSS.

-Dennis

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