dvdrip will do it. It's a GUI front-end, but I'm sure an apt-get install
dvdrip will install all you need. you may need the multimedia repositories
mentioned a week or two ago.
Hope this helps,
Tim B.
On Sunday 21 October 2007 13:29, Andy Random wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Any suggestions on the quickest/easiest way to rip some DVDs to files
> viewable on my laptop?
>
> Nothing too illegal here, I have some DVDs that were recorded from the TV
> with my DVD recorder and I'd like to take those away with me when I
> travel, but my laptop doesn't have a DVD drive. Yes I realise that is
> still probably technically illegal, but it comes under fair usage in my
> mind... I'm not trying to circumvent any copy protection, and I probably
> won't keep the ripped files beyond watching them once.
>
> Being able to compress the files a bit more would be nice as well, but not
> essential.
>
> Also while kinda on the subject, any suggestions for just extracting audio
> from a DVD or video clip?
>
> Andy
