On Monday 20 October 2003 07:53 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know this is *possible*, and I've read several HOWTOs on the net. I'm > just curious whether anybody on this list has experimented with the > various options out there, and which worked better than others.
For making VCD backups, you will want to look at Video::DVDRip interface, you can find it on http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ > > At the moment I just have a CD-burner so will be making VCDs; in the near > future I will also have a DVD-burner, so would appreciate help on that > also. http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/html/dvd.html#tccat http://www.bunkus.org/dvdripping4linux/single/ http://dvd-create.sourceforge.net/index.shtml > Also, what should I look out for when purchasing my DVD-burner? Which > play better with Linux? If you buy DVD-R, DVD-RW, you need to use a CDrecord hack to record dvds. If you buy DVD+R or DVD+RW, you need to use the dvd+rw tools. You can find all of these on the web googling. Given that there are current versions of drives that support all four standards available for about $200-250, I would recommend that you simply get one that does everything and then pick a format that you prefer. I prefer +RW myself, YMMV. At any rate, I would recommend getting a standard IDE drive and not one of the external USB ones. I don't know of anyone that has gotten the external ones to work under Linux although it is possible I am just not aware of it. > Finally, given that I have european family who don't "get" region > encoding and send us DVDs as xmas gifts, do I want to look at decss, or > other? You will have to look at something to that effect but you may want to query someone off of a public mailing list before asking someone to recommend a method for bypassing Digital Rights Management encryption. At least in the US, discussing such methods violates the DMCA and is punishable under Federal law. The MPAA has shown no reluctance to prosecute either. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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