DVD video. Copying

[Polytropon]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:33:26 -0800, john drake via freebsd-questions wrote:
> I am running FreeBSD 10.2 with two r/w dvd drives.
> 
> To copy a video DVD, I place the original DVD video in CD1 and a blank DVD in cd0.
> Then I execute:
> growisofs -Z /dev/cd0 -dvd-video /dev/cd1.
> 
> I get the error message: cannot find appropriate VIDEO_TS directory.  What is wrong.

This doesn't work. The final parameter(s) to growisofs must
in this form specify a file (or files) or a directory, not
a device file.

In some cases, it's possible to read the DVD "as is" into
an image, and then burn that image (not tested):

	% dd if=/dev/cd0 of=/tmp/dvd.img bs=2048k
	% growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/cd0=/tmp/dvd.img

However, I think this does not work when the DVD is in UDF.



> I have no trouble copying data dvds with  -dvd-compat.

Video DVDs often have a size > 4,7 GB, which implies that
you cannot copy them 1:1 to blank DVD media. Personally,
I prefer to use k9copy to get the files into a local
TS tree structure, maybe alter them (e. g., remove un-
wanted languages or subtitles, or content altogether),
then use

	% growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/cd0 -r -J dvd/

on the remaining dvd/ structure.



> Sent from my iPhone

Sent to your eyePhone. ;-)



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