On 8/24/05, FX Fraipont wrote:

You can also remaster the dvd using dvdshrink (google for it) , which runs fine under wine, to fit the whole dvd into 4.4 GB.

FX

I was after "pure" linux solution :) -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 10:02, Sunny wrote:

On 8/24/05, FX Fraipont wrote:

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You can also remaster the dvd using dvdshrink (google for it) , which runs fine under wine, to fit the whole dvd into 4.4 GB.

FX

I was after "pure" linux solution :)

-- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

Mplayer/Mencoder, transcode, lxdvdrip, avidemux etc, most of them listed in Packman... You can keep busy for weeks learning how to use them. Just make sure you have a large hard drive and don't burn anyting on dvd until you have the proper combination of performance and file size.

Thanks to all for the suggestions so far. mplayer fetches the vob (seemingly unconcerned about the region coding... Is it silently using up the five changes on my dvd drive?) and mencoder seems like it'll be able to create a smaller vob--when I finally work out what options I should be using! But my remaining problem is that I can't see how to get a vob burned onto a DVD disk so that it becomes a real DVD disk. K3B seems to burn ISO images not from vob. What should I look up for this part of the process? Thanks again, Simon --- Sunny wrote:

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On Wednesday 24 August 2005 10:02, Sunny wrote:

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On 8/24/05, FX Fraipont wrote:

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You can also remaster the dvd using dvdshrink (google for it) , which runs fine under wine, to fit the whole dvd into 4.4 GB.

FX

I was after "pure" linux solution :)

-- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

Mplayer/Mencoder, transcode, lxdvdrip, avidemux etc, most of them

On 8/24/05, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote: listed in

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Packman... You can keep busy for weeks learning how to use them. Just make sure you have a large hard drive and don't burn anyting on dvd until you have the proper combination of performance and file size.

I'm aware of all this. I just responded to FX's suggestion about DvdShrink. I already responded to OP with some suggestions :)

Cheers

-- -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

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On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:44 pm, Simon Roberts wrote:

Thanks to all for the suggestions so far. mplayer fetches the vob (seemingly unconcerned about the region coding... Is it silently using up the five changes on my dvd drive?) and mencoder seems like it'll be able to create a smaller vob--when I finally work out what options I should be using!

But my remaining problem is that I can't see how to get a vob burned onto a DVD disk so that it becomes a real DVD disk. K3B seems to burn ISO images not from vob.

What should I look up for this part of the process?

Simon, I just went through what you are doing. Let me tell you my solution, lxdvdrip! what a neat idea. After going through all the machinations to install all the required programs, I now put the dvd in the reader, type lxdvdrip on the command line, play with mommie, then burn a perfect dvd with K3b. It's that easy! I have found a few dvds that I havent been able to copy but most are easy. One more caveat, dont use cheap dvd media! I have a bunch of new printable no-name dvds that make a decent copy for about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way then go nuts. The better media works fine burning the same iso. You can start by looking here: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/lxdvdrip/ Regards, Richard

Sunny wrote:

On 8/24/05, Simon Roberts wrote:

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Hi all,

I want to back up a DVD and change the region code in the process.

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Hi, first, be aware, that backup of a copirighted DVD may be illegal in some countries :)

Nowhere that I know of, but changing the region code probably is :-)

Anyway, to backup a DVD to your hard drive, removing the protection and the region code, you need to install: libdvdread - from packman's site liddvdcss - from videolan site

libdvdread is already in SuSE 9.3, maybe in earlier versions too. I certainly do not remember selecting it, so it must be part of the dependencies from what I did choose. However, I am unable to find out what requires it. libdvdnav is also installed, and nothing seems to depend on it. Maybe I should try to remove them in Yast and see what complaints are triggered :-)

you also nee dvdbackup (google).

There is also an unrelated kdvdbackup which is already on packman in rpm format for SuSE 9.3.