[mythtv-users] DVD rip preserving menus

[Derek Scollon]

>>> 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/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It works and it's brilliant. Is there a way to integrate this
>> into the MythTV interface though?

> In case you guys don't understand what's going on here, libdvdcss is
> caching the results of the key search when you run it against the
> original DVD; thus, it can use this when working against the dd'ed copy.

> This means that if the cache gets erased, or libdvdcss changes its cache
> format and can't use the old entries, you'll have to play every single
> one of your source DVD's again in order to rebuild that cache before you
> can access the dd'ed versions.  It also means you'll need to either
> share the cache (${HOME}/.dvdcss in my setup) on every machine accessing
> these files, or run xine against every DVD on every machine you'll be
> watching dd'ed DVD's on.

> Just a friendly FYI...

> Kyle

That's interesting Kyle. I guess in that case, it would be a good idea to back up the cache every now and again. Is the cache format likely to change?

-- 
Derek