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March 7, 2008
Have you ever wanted to backup a DVD (without losing quality) onto your hard drive in Ubuntu? There are a few programs that will do it, but the simplest way is by using the terminal.
First, open the terminal. Then type:
sudo dd if=/dev/dvd of=Name_of_DVD.iso
Where I have ‘Name_of_DVD’ you should put the title of the movie you’re trying to rip.
The iso image will be automatically saved in your home folder. You will need around 5GB of space in your home folder as the iso file will be about 4-5GB. Once you have the file, just right click and open it with VLC.
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Cheers!
Doesn’t work. If you try to burn that so-called “.iso”, the result is unplayable – it is not an exact copy because dd can’t handle variable block sizes; it is a fixed block size only routine.
Use K3B instead. Select the Copy Medium function, and set the session parameters to only save to a local .iso file instead of a DVD-R disc. That .iso file will burn an accurate copy later, if you wish; in the meantime, VLC plays it perfectly from the hard drive and that fits the point.
I found this post via Google search, tried the instructions, and they worked great for me, no issues at all, and the playback is very nice. I run Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
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