>> dd only works on DVDs without CSS. Even if you "unlocked" the DVD drive >> using xine, you would be able to copy the encrypted data from the DVD but >> not all of the information required to play a CSS encrypted DVD.
>> Tim >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Ziobro >> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:17 PM >> To: Derek Scollon; Discussion about mythtv >> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DVD rip preserving menus >>> I like being able to use DVD menus and skip from chapter to chapter, so >> I've just switched to xine and it's working great for DVDs. My next question >> is whether MythTV can rip DVDs preserving DVD menus and chapters. I've done >> this in Windows using a little program which makes perfect or compressed >> rips, then Cyberlink PowerDVD can play these directly from hard disk. I've >> been looking around but don't see how this is done in MythTV. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Derek >>> >> This was on the list a while back. >> It will make a perfect copy to the HD of the entire DVD. >> I found you need to open the DVD with xine first to unlock it and >> then you can copy it. >> dd if=/dev/dvd of=/tmp/copy_of.iso bs=2048 >> xine dvd:///tmp/copy_of.dvd/ >> _______________________________________________ >> mythtv-users mailing list >> mythtv-users@mythtv.org >> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > It works and it's brilliant. Is there a way to integrate this > into the MythTV interface though? Actually, I just managed a part of it by adding iso as a file type and entering xine dvd://%s as the command (Thanks Andrew). Is there a way to make dd the default command for ripping a DVD from MythTV? -- Derek
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