[mythtv-users] Dvd and blueray ripping

[Tony Gould]

Yes, agreed, I tried a few and it was a pain. Given that vlc plays iso 
files quite happily, I just rip straight to an iso. It just doesn't seem 
worth the effort to try anything more sophisticated.

jedi wrote, on 06/05/2014 17:29:
> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 07:45:38PM +0100, Tony Gould wrote:
>>>     DVDs are really trivial.
>>>
>> Agreed. Given how much disk space I have available these days I'm
>> more than happy to go straight to an iso. I find "dd if=/dev/dvd
>> of=title.iso" often works very well. Recently I've started using
>> dcfldd, which is a bit more reliable with better diagnostics. This
>> approach has worked for some box sets I have, but not for all.
>       Box sets are only tricky because you have to sort out the names
> of all of the titles.
>
>       Short of one obscure Mac app, I am aware of no ripper that
> gracefully handles this task. There doesn't seem to be much in the way
> of CD style rippers for DVDs.
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