[mythtv-users] ripping EVERYTHING on a DVD to a single file

[stephen]

Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> How do I just rip an entire DVD (without transcoding) to disk
> as a single file?
> 
> I don't want to rip it to multiple files, because then multiple
> files will show up in the Videos section for the same DVD. But
> I want everything, as DVD menus are necessary for some DVDs
> (i.e. TV series, like CSI - you need the menu to jump around
> from show to show), and other special edition DVDs have all kinds
> of extras that I don't want to lose.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 

I use lsdvd ...

$ lsdvd /dev/cdrom
$ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/to/videos/dir/[filename].iso

Works great.

Stephen