Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3397 mails)

[Alexandr Malusek <Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

How can I copy a DVD-RW to a DVD-R with Linux software?

The DVD-RW was recorded by a DVD recorder (Sony RDR-GX210 in my case)
from TV or a camcoder so it doesn't use any encryption.  Recipes on
the Internet mostly refer to Windows software.

To copy a DVD-R created by the DVD recorder, the ISO image can be
copied:

1) finalize the DVD-R in the DVD recorder
2) dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso
3) growisofs -speed=4 -Z /dev/dvd=dvd.iso

This DVD can be viewed by both the PC (kaffeine, mplayer, ...) and by
the DVD recorder.  But if I apply the same recipe to a DVD-RW, the
resulting DVD-R cannot be played by the DVD recorder.

What is it good for?  For instance the "ShowView" times include at
least several minutes of advertisement before and after a TV program.
It's easy to remove those parts on the DVD-RW by the DVD recorder.
DVD-R media are more durable and cheaper and thus it would be nice to
copy the content of DVD-RW to DVD-R and reuse the DVD-RW for
recording.

--
A.M.