1dvdbackup(1) General Commands Manual dvdbackup(1)
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6 dvdbackup - Tool to backup DVDs
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9 dvdbackup [OPTION]...
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12 This manual page documents briefly the dvdbackup command. This manual
13 page was written for the Debian distribution because the original pro‐
14 gram does not have a manual page. dvdbackup is a tool to extract data
15 from video DVDs. It has the advantages of being small, fast, and easy
16 to use.
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19 A summary of options is included below.
20 -h, --help
22 print a brief usage message
23 -V, --version
25 print version information
26 -I, --info
28 for information about the DVD
29 -M, --mirror
31 backup the whole DVD
32 -F, --feature
34 backup the main feature of the DVD
35 -T X, --titleset=X
37 backup title set X
38 -t X, --title=X
40 backup title X
41 -s X, --start=X
43 backup from chapter X
44 -e X, --end=X
46 backup to chapter X
47 -i DEVICE, --input=DEVICE
49 where DEVICE is your DVD device. This switch only needs to be
50 used if your DVD device node is not /dev/dvd
51 -o DIRECTORY, --output=DIRECTORY
53 where DIRECTORY is your backup target. If not given, the cur‐
54 rent working directory will be used.
55 -v, --verbose
57 print more information about progress
58 -n NAME, --name=NAME
60 (optional) set the title - useful if autodetection fails
61 -a 0, --aspect=0
63 to get aspect ratio 4:3 instead of 16:9 if both are present
64 -r {a,b,m}, --error={a,b,m}
66 select read error handling: a=abort, b=skip block, m=skip multi‐
67 ple blocks (default)
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70 -a is option to the -F switch and has no effect on other options
71 -s and -e should preferably be used together with -t
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74 If your backup directory is /my/dvd/backup/dir/ specified with the -o
75 flag, then dvdbackup will create a DVD-Video structure under
76 /my/dvd/backup/dir/TITLE_NAME/VIDEO_TS. If the -o flag is omitted, the
77 current directory is used.
78 Since the title is "unique" you can use the same directory for all your
80 DVD backups. If it happens to have a generic title dvdbackup will exit
81 with a return value of 2, and you will need to specify a title name
82 with the -n switch.
83 dvdbackup will always mimic the original DVD-Video structure. Hence if
85 you e.g. use the -M (mirror) you will get an exact duplicate of the
86 original. This means that every file will have the same size as the
87 original one. Likewise also for the -F and the -T switch.
88 However the -t and (-t -s/-e) switch is a bit different the titles sec‐
90 tors will be written to the original file but not at the same offset as
91 the original one since there may be gaps in the cell structure that we
92 do not fill.
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95 dvdbackup -I
96 gathers information about the DVD. /dev/dvd is the default
97 device tried - you need to use -i if your device name is differ‐
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99 dvdbackup -M
101 backups the whole DVD. This action creates a valid DVD-Video
102 structure that can be burned to a DVD-/+R(W) with help of
103 genisoimage.
104 dvdbackup -F
106 backups the main feature of the DVD. This action creates a
107 valid DVD-Video structure of the feature title set. Note that
108 this will not result in an image immediately watchable - you
109 will need another program like dvdauthor to help construct the
110 IFO files.
111 dvdbackup defaults to get the 16:9 version of the main feature
113 if a 4:3 is also present on the DVD. To get the 4:3 version use
114 -a 0.
115 dvdbackup makes it best to make a intelligent guess what is the
117 main feature of the DVD - in case it fails please send a bug
118 report.
119 dvdbackup -T 2
121 backups the title set 2 i.e. all VTS_02_X.XXX files. This
122 action creates a valid DVD-Video structure of the specified
123 title set. Note that this will not result in an image immedi‐
124 ately watchable - you will need another program like dvdauthor
125 to help construct the IFO files.
126 dvdbackup -t 1
128 backups the title 1. This action backups all cells that forms
129 the specified title. Note that there can be sector gaps in
130 between one cell and another. dvdbackup will backup all sectors
131 that belongs to the title but will skip sectors that are not a
132 part of the title.
133 dvdbackup -t 1 -s 20 -e 25
135 This action will backup chapter 20 to 25 in title 1, as with the
136 backup of a title there can be sector gaps between one chapter
137 (cell) and on other. dvdbackup will backup all sectors that
138 belongs to the title 1 chapter 20 to 25 but will skip sectors
139 that are not a part of the title 1 chapter 20 to 25.
140 To backup a single chapter e.g. chapter 20 do -s 20 -e 20.
142 To backup from chapter 20 to the end chapter use only -s 20.
143 To backup to chapter 20 from the first chapter use only -e 20.
144 You can skip the -t switch and let the program guess the title
146 although it is not recommended.
147 If you specify a chapter that is higher than the last chapter of
149 the title dvdbackup will truncate to the highest chapter of the
150 title.
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153 0 on success
154 1 on usage error
156 2 on title name error
158 -1 on failure
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162 dvdbackup was written by Olaf Beck <olaf_sc@yahoo.com>, but is now
163 maintained by Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@gmail.com> and Stephen
164 Gran <sgran@debian.org>. This manual page was written by Stephen Gran
165 <sgran@debian.org>.
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