>> I'd like to back up the files on my DVD-Audio discs. The files are >> encrypted and I don't want to decrypt them, I just want to back them >> up. I'm getting I/O errors when I try to cp the files, and I'm >> guessing it's because of the encryption. Does anyone know of a method >> that would back these discs up in their encrypted form? Here are the >> errors I get: >> >> # cp -R /mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS DVD-A >> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS/ATS_01_1.AOB': Input/output error >> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS/ATS_01_2.AOB': Input/output error >> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS/ATS_01_3.AOB': Input/output error >> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS/ATS_01_4.AOB': Input/output error >> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS/AUDIO_SV.VOB': Input/output error >> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/AUDIO_TS/AUDIO_TS.VOB': Input/output error >> >> - Grant >> >> > > > Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] command > to create an ISO image? > > dd if=/dev/<your-dvd-device> of=<some-path>/bakup.iso bs=2048 > conv=sync,notrunc
Unfortunately I get: $ dd if=/dev/hda of=DVD-A/dvda.iso bs=2048 conv=sync,notruncdd: reading `/dev/hda': Input/output error 1848+0 records in 1848+0 records out 3784704 bytes (3.8 MB) copied, 2.36347 s, 1.6 MB/s I'm sure it's because of the encryption. I'll have to back it up unencrypted. In case anyone is interested, DVDA-Explorer and DVDFab will both do the job. Both free, both easy to find, both work via wine. - Grant > That will make an exact copy of your DVD into your hard disk. > I don't know if this is what you want to do. > > > > Ricardo. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)
