Mike McCarty wrote: > > On a slightly different topic, my girlfriend has this problem > as well, and also wants to copy several DVDs so she can wear > out the copies rather than the originals. She bought some > commercial software, DVDx I believe, which claims to do that, > and which we tried to run under Wine. We hit some permissions > problems it looks like. > > I tried downloading vobcopy, and it's been running a couple > of *days* trying to rip a two hour movie! > It should not take that long unless it is having a problem reading the disk itself. (Too many scratches/cracks, etc...) > Anyone here with experience ripping/copying DVDs using > Linux? > > Not trying to give away or sell, just for personal use. > Each time a DVD gets taken out of its case, there are > microcracks and scratches. Wanna play the copies. > This is in the USA. > I have had good luck with K9copy. It has the advantage of being able to make the copy on single layer blanks. It is basically a front end for a bunch of other programs. http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
