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)
68 -p, --progress
70 print progress information while copying VOBs
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73 -a is option to the -F switch and has no effect on other options
74 -s and -e should preferably be used together with -t
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77 If your backup directory is /my/dvd/backup/dir/ specified with the -o
78 flag, then dvdbackup will create a DVD-Video structure under
79 /my/dvd/backup/dir/TITLE_NAME/VIDEO_TS. If the -o flag is omitted, the
80 current directory is used.
81 Since the title is "unique" you can use the same directory for all your
83 DVD backups. If it happens to have a generic title dvdbackup will exit
84 with a return value of 2, and you will need to specify a title name
85 with the -n switch.
86 dvdbackup will always mimic the original DVD-Video structure. Hence if
88 you e.g. use the -M (mirror) you will get an exact duplicate of the
89 original. This means that every file will have the same size as the
90 original one. Likewise also for the -F and the -T switch.
91 However the -t and (-t -s/-e) switch is a bit different the titles sec‐
93 tors will be written to the original file but not at the same offset as
94 the original one since there may be gaps in the cell structure that we
95 do not fill.
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98 dvdbackup -I
99 gathers information about the DVD. /dev/dvd is the default
100 device tried - you need to use -i if your device name is differ‐
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102 dvdbackup -M
104 backups the whole DVD. This action creates a valid DVD-Video
105 structure that can be burned to a DVD-/+R(W) with help of
106 genisoimage.
107 dvdbackup -F
109 backups the main feature of the DVD. This action creates a
110 valid DVD-Video structure of the feature title set. Note that
111 this will not result in an image immediately watchable - you
112 will need another program like dvdauthor to help construct the
113 IFO files.
114 dvdbackup defaults to get the 16:9 version of the main feature
116 if a 4:3 is also present on the DVD. To get the 4:3 version use
117 -a 0.
118 dvdbackup makes it best to make a intelligent guess what is the
120 main feature of the DVD - in case it fails please send a bug
121 report.
122 dvdbackup -T 2
124 backups the title set 2 i.e. all VTS_02_X.XXX files. This
125 action creates a valid DVD-Video structure of the specified
126 title set. Note that this will not result in an image immedi‐
127 ately watchable - you will need another program like dvdauthor
128 to help construct the IFO files.
129 dvdbackup -t 1
131 backups the title 1. This action backups all cells that forms
132 the specified title. Note that there can be sector gaps in
133 between one cell and another. dvdbackup will backup all sectors
134 that belongs to the title but will skip sectors that are not a
135 part of the title.
136 dvdbackup -t 1 -s 20 -e 25
138 This action will backup chapter 20 to 25 in title 1, as with the
139 backup of a title there can be sector gaps between one chapter
140 (cell) and on other. dvdbackup will backup all sectors that
141 belongs to the title 1 chapter 20 to 25 but will skip sectors
142 that are not a part of the title 1 chapter 20 to 25.
143 To backup a single chapter e.g. chapter 20 do -s 20 -e 20.
145 To backup from chapter 20 to the end chapter use only -s 20.
146 To backup to chapter 20 from the first chapter use only -e 20.
147 You can skip the -t switch and let the program guess the title
149 although it is not recommended.
150 If you specify a chapter that is higher than the last chapter of
152 the title dvdbackup will truncate to the highest chapter of the
153 title.
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156 0 on success
157 1 on usage error
159 2 on title name error
161 -1 on failure
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165 dvdbackup was written by Olaf Beck <olaf_sc@yahoo.com>, but is now
166 maintained by Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@gmail.com> and Stephen
167 Gran <sgran@debian.org>. This manual page was written by Stephen Gran
168 <sgran@debian.org>.
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