On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 10:55 -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 04:38:40PM -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote: > > > > CDs and DVDs are so 1990s. Who in their right mind would spin a thin > > piece of plastic at 26000 RPM? Not only are optical disks loud, slow, > > and inefficient, but damaged disks can even explode (see Mythbusters > > episode 2 for more details). The only time most Linux users use an > > optical disk is when installing their system or importing a DVD, but > > many computers (like netbooks) don't even have optical drives. > > By the way, would anyone be interested in talking about how to backup > your DVDs to your hard drive? This could include the basics like dd, > libdvdcss, ffmpeg, and graphical tools, along with a discussion of how > to deal with ARccOS protection. > > Would this be more or less useful than some of the other things on the > list?
More! I want to know the proper way to backup my DVDs. -- "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
