On 2006-12-03, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never used K3B myself, but its site is not clear whether it > handles the DeCSS part of the DVD rip.
I've never used K3B either. If I want to make an exact (decrypted, dereionalize) copy, I just do this: $ dvdbackup -M -i /dev/sr0 -o dvds <remove original DVD, replace with blank double-layer> $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0 -dvd-video dvds/<TITLENAME> > CSS is the system used to region-restrict DVDs, and AFAICT it > works by encrypting the files on the disk against a key stored > in a special part of the DVD's header. This "header" part of > the DVD is not writable by normal DVD-burners (I have heard > that "authoring" DVD- burners which support it cost several > thousand pounds), so a "bitwise" copy of a DVD cannot be > decrypted (because the key is missing). > > As I understand it, in order to copy DVD movies one must first > make a copy of the DVD's files - with the region-encoding > removed - onto hard-disk, then burn this as a new DVD > "compilation". The result is an R0 disk which should play fine > in any standard player. Exactly. The dvdbackup/growisofs method works fine for making same-size copies. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Then, it's off to at RED CHINA!! visi.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list