On Apr 25, 2012 12:56 PM, "Rob Malpass" <linux@???> wrote:
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> I think I asked something similar a few months back but please bear with
me - as ever this is driving me mad...
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> I want a simple program to turn a DVD into a video file - purely for
personal use - need the space in the living room - I'm not doing anything
knowingly nefarious here. For the moment, let's not concentrate on which
format and therefore which codec. For what should be not far short of a
simple job - I'm coming up against all sorts of weirdness trying to do it
either free or with Linux or both.
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> I've tried k3b, which just hangs
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> I've tried k9copy to produce an iso - which works but not sure what good
that actually is - save for burning the iso back to optical media again as
backup.
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> I've tried dvd:rip which seems to work - until you play the avi back and
you get the equivalent of an analogue TV picture which hasn't been quite
tuned in well i.e. diagonal lines and crackled unintelligible sound.
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> I must be missing something - and I'm getting to the stage where I'd
happily pay for something that works. With umpteen DVDs and a smaller
living room, need something quick (in every sense).
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> Surely there must be a simple program out there to rip DVDs easily. Any
ideas anyone?
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Have tried dvd_backup ?
it comes ubuntu. Has lots of options.
Also dvd_archive, written by me and does the equivalent of dd but for Dvd
videos. Only available on github, and needs a bit of polish.
James
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