1dvdbackup(1)                General Commands Manual               dvdbackup(1)
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NAME

6       dvdbackup - Tool to backup DVDs
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SYNOPSIS

9       dvdbackup [OPTION]...
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DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

19       A summary of options is included below.
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21       -h, --help
22              print a brief usage message
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24       -V, --version
25              print version information
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27       -I, --info
28              for information about the DVD
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30       -M, --mirror
31              backup the whole DVD
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33       -F, --feature
34              backup the main feature of the DVD
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36       -T X, --titleset=X
37              backup title set X
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39       -t X, --title=X
40              backup title X
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42       -s X, --start=X
43              backup from chapter X
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45       -e X, --end=X
46              backup to chapter X
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48       -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
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52       -o DIRECTORY, --output=DIRECTORY
53              where DIRECTORY is your backup target.  If not given,  the  cur‐
54              rent working directory will be used.
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56       -v, --verbose
57              print more information about progress
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59       -n NAME, --name=NAME
60              (optional) set the title - useful if autodetection fails
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62       -a 0, --aspect=0
63              to get aspect ratio 4:3 instead of 16:9 if both are present
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65       -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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69       -p, --progress
70              print progress information while copying VOBs
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Option notes

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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General backup information

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.
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82       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.
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87       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.
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92       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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EXAMPLES

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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103       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.
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108       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.
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115              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.
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119              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.
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123       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.
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130       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.
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137       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.
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144              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.
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148              You can skip the -t switch and let the program guess  the  title
149              although it is not recommended.
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151              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
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EXIT STATUS

156       0      on success
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158       1      on usage error
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160       2      on title name error
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162       -1     on failure
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AUTHORS

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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