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6 vobcopy - copy (rip) files from a dvd to the harddisk
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9 vobcopy [-b size[bkmg] ] [-e size[bkmg] ] [-f] [-F fast_factor ] [-h]
10 [-i input-dir ] [-l] [-m] [-M][-n title-number ] [-o output-dir ] [-q]
11 [-O single_file(s)_to_rip ] [-t name ] [-v [-v]] [-x] [-I] [-V] [-L
12 logfile-path ] [-1 aux_output_dir1 ] [-2 aux_output_dir2 ] [-3 aux_out‐
13 put_dir3 ] [-4 aux_output_dir4 ]
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16 vobcopy copies DVD .vob files to harddisk (thanks to libdvdread) and
17 merges them into file(s) with the name extracted from the DVD. It
18 checks for enough free space on the destination drive and compares the
19 copied size to the size on DVD (in case the size is wrong the files
20 keep the .partial ending ). It should definitely work on linux and now
21 on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris and MacOSX too!
22 theCSSissue: Due to possible legal issues, vobcopy doesn't include any
24 code to descramble CSS "enhanced" DVDs. CSS is sold by the DVD industry
25 as a "copy protection", though it's more of a "view protection" as it
26 makes DVDs unviewable with unlicensed players. Some people have hacked
27 CSS decryption routines, and one of those is available as a libdvdread
28 counterpart. So if you have such a DVD, have a look at the libdvdread
29 page. If you are positive that it's allowed where you live, you can
30 just install that mentioned library and make decrypted backups of all
31 your DVDs...
32 vobcopy without any options will copy the title with the most chapters
34 into files of 2GB size into the current working directory.
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37 -b, --begin SIZE[bkmg]
38 begins to copy from the specified offset-size. Modifiers like b
39 for 512-bytes, k for kilo-bytes, m for mega- and g for giga-
40 bytes can be appended to the number. Example: vobcopy -b 500m
41 will start to copy from 500MB onward till the end.
42 -e, --end SIZE[bkmg]
44 similar to -b, this options lets you specify some size to stop
45 before the end.
46 -f, --force
48 force the output to the specified directory even if vobcopy
49 thinks there is not enough free space
50 -F, --fast fast_factor
52 speed up the copying (experimental). fast_factor is in the range
53 1 to 64
54 -h, --help
56 print the command line options available
57 -i, --input-dir INPUT-DIR
59 provide vobcopy with the path to the mounted dvd drive
60 -l, --large-file
62 write data into one file (needs large file support (LFS))
63 -M, --longest
65 choose the title with the longest playing time. With some DVDs
66 this gets the main title better than the most chapter method,
67 with others it's worse.
68 -m, --mirror
70 mirrors the whole dvd to harddisk. It will create a directory
71 named after the dvd and copy the ifo, bup and vob files there.
72 The title-vobs are decrypted during this.
73 -n, --title-number TITLE-NUMBER
75 specify which title vobcopy shall copy (default is title with
76 most chapters). On the dvd, vts_01_x.vob specify the first title
77 (mostly this is the main feature).
78 -o, --output-dir OUTPUT-DIR
80 specify the output-directory of the data. "stdout" or "-" redi‐
81 rect to stdout. Useful for pipeing it to /dev/null ;-) If you
82 forget to pipe it to some place, your terminal will get garbled,
83 so remember that typing "reset" and then Enter will rescue you.
84 -q, --quiet
86 all info- and error-messages of vobcopy will end up in the cur‐
87 rent directory in vobcopy.bla instead of stderr
88 -O, --onefile single_file(s)_to_rip
90 specify which single file(s) to rip. Parts of names can be given
91 and all files which include the part will be copied. Files can
92 be listed with comma separation. Example: -O video_ts.vob,bup
93 will copy the single file video_ts.vob and all files containing
94 bup
95 -t, --name NAME
97 you can give the file a name if you don't like the one from dvd.
98 -t hallo will result in hallo.vob. (stdout or "-" are deprecated
99 now) If you want to give it names like "Huh I like this movie",
100 do it in quotation marks.
101 -v, --verbose
103 prints more information about whats going on (more verbose).
104 -v -v prints the information given on command line into a log-file in
106 the current directory for inclusion into a bugreport.
107 -x overwrite all existing files without further questions.
109 -L LOGFILE-PATH
111 tells vobcopy where to put the logfile instead of the default.
112 -I, --info
114 prints information about the titles, chapters and angles on the
115 dvd.
116 -V, --version
118 prints version number.
119 -1, --1st_alt_output_dir AUXILIARY-OUTPUT-DIR1
121 if the data doesn't fit on the first output-directory (specified
122 behind -o) writing will continue here (and after -2 there and -3
123 and -4) -> the files will be split according to the remaining
124 free space (try specifying the path _directly_ behind -1, _no_
125 space in between if you have troubles, this might be even neces‐
126 sary at -o...)
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129 Vobcopy is still under development. So expect some. There *might* be
130 problems for users who's system is not large-file ready. If so, please
131 get back to me.
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134 Robos <robos@muon.de>
135Linux Jun 2009 VOBCOPY(1)