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4 Ways to Rip DVDs on Linux

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4 applications for ripping DVDs or DVD ISO images on Linux: K9Copy, dvd::rip, acidrip and Thoggen.

This article contains 4 applications for ripping DVDs on Linux: K9Copy, dvd::rip, acidrip and Thoggen.

K9Copy
K9Copy is a KDE application which allows ripping DVDs to many formats and it includes the possibility to rip to exact size (for example, rip a DVD into 2 files with 700 MB each). I wrote a full review here.



dvd::rip
Currently at version 0.98.8, dvd::rip is a powerful tool built in GTK, with support for many video codecs, like Xvid, ffmpeg, or divx.



acidrip
acidrip is yet another powerful graphical ripper built in GTK with many codecs available and the option to select the file size of the output.



Thoggen
Thoggen will generate Ogg Theora video files from your DVDs, having the option to rip ISO images or to access DVD data from a directory. You can also set the quality or size of the output video file.

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Comments (8)

jezuch ·
$ sdd if=/dev/dvd of=mydvd.iso

:)

[sdd is a variant of dd]
Bob_Robertson ·
So a .ISO image really is that easy? No need to set sector sizes or block whatevers? nice.
jdixon ·
Does that handle the css encryption? I've always used dvdbackup myself, but it doesn't create an iso image and seems to be somewhat dated at this point.
jezuch ·
Actually, I have no idea if it handles css. I guess it just leaves it alone for ogle (or other player) to descramble.
rijelkentaurus ·
That would be a bit-for-bit copy with css included, and yes, the DVD player would still need to decrypt it. I also don't think you can copy css to a DVD, the commercially available burnable discs already have that portion of the disc overwritten to prevent piracy. Pirated DVDs are pressed, not burned.
jdixon ·
> I guess it just leaves it alone for ogle (or other player) to descramble.

Which will work fine as long as you don't try to burn it to a backup DVD. See above and below.

> I also don't think you can copy css to a DVD, the commercially available burnable discs already have that portion of the disc overwritten to prevent piracy.

My understanding also.

Dvdbackup ties into the necessary libraries to handle css for you you. I haven't tried K9Copy. I need to take a look at it someday.
hkwint ·
The way I did it was mounting the DVD and then use 'mkisofs' with the dir where the DVD was mounted as an argument. Something like:

#mnt /dev/hda1 /mnt/dvd #mkisofs -o dvd.iso /mnt/dvd

A simple way to circumvent simple copy-protection systems which do work in Windows. I hope I don't violate DMCA by writing this...
thenixedreport ·
Nope, you aren't violating anything. It's free speech and is protected under the First Amendment. ;)

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