DVD Backups on Linux

[SuPeRBiT]

Ive seen many posts about using linux to make xvid's and svcds but i havent seen a link while using search about Making DVD Backups with linux.. i apologize before hand if this topic has been brought up before but i did search. So if anyone could point me to a link i would gladly appreciate it.

[mikeX]

well if you take a closer look at this thread here, you'll find a good starting point (hint: look at the post by doug_s):
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=55118&perpage=20&pagenumber=2

the following guide (also linked to in the post i mentioned) is a bit outdated but updates are hopefully under way
http://www.bunkus.org/dvdripping4linux/index.html

you might wanna take a look here too:
http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/

--:edit:

come to think of it again, did you mean backups as in DVD to DVD??

[SuPeRBiT]

yes like i said ive seen the posts that show how to make xvids and svcds with linux but im more intrested in DVD9 to DVDR backups.

[madluther]

The biggest problem with DVD9 -> DVD+/-R is the lack of authoring tools.

If your not opposed to using wine for some apps, search the linux forum here with keywords wine scenarist

HTH

Mad.

[SuPeRBiT]

thanks madluther, i found your post and found it very helpful :)

[mikeX]

this link might be helpful as well:
http://linuxwiki.de/DvdAuthoring (it's in german)

[zhak]

I've had pretty good success with DVDShrink under wine. My process:

1) dvdbackup -M -i /dev/dvdreader -o /tmp/outdir/
2) dvdshrink (3.15 via wine) and open the outdir
3) mkisofs -dvd-video -v -o /tmp/imagename.iso /tmp/dvdshrinkoutdir/
4) growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdwriter=/tmp/imagename.iso

I found that (writing to dvd+r), I have to set dvdshrink to use 4400MB as max instead of it's default (4464 i think), otherwise I get burn errors when creating the dvd. In DVDShrink, I use "backup" (not re-author), deep analysis, use the "custom" setting on everything except the main feature and set them to lowest possible, drop non-English languages/subs, and let DVDShrink determine the ratio for the main feature to fill the disk. Quality has been very good with the 10 or so movies I've done so far (on a 32" tv, anyway) and all the menus/special features (even the easter egg on LOTRTTEE) work with the discs I've burnt (burned?).

Total process usually takes about an hour (I've never actually timed it) on a P4 1.8G running gentoo.

[mats.hogberg]

If you're comfortable with command line tools (and if you aren't - what are you doing with Linux?!?:) ) it's pretty simple with trascode/tcrequant (or other transcoder), dvdauthor and growisofs. dvdauthor has developed a lot lately.

/Mats

[bilu]

It's a Windows thread about Mencoder, but you may find it useful for Linux as well:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71991


Bilu

[mean]

Did you try the output on some dvd players ?
Especially pioneer ones ?

[bilu]

Others may have, I'm still testing on PC with other guys checking on standalones.

That's because I'm still new to MPEG-2 and I'm learning how to encode first, and then how to author. Besides I haven't buyed a DVD recorder yet :D

You'll have to take a look at the threads in KVCD.net for that sort of feedback, but feedback so far seems fine :)


Bilu

[Thesee]

Maybe it's just a stupid question, but do you recreate the structure AUDIO_TS/VIDEO_TS when you authored the dvd with dvdshrink?
i ask that because i tried to burn a dvd and i can't read it.
The authored image work because i tried it with mplayer.
With dvdshrink, i have all the vobs and ifo, but when i tried to do an image like zhak said, it doesn't work :(

[Thesee]

ok, my bad, there was no VIDEO_TS.IFO :)
anyway, now, i found a complete native linux way to auhtor my dvd, so now, no more need of dvdshrink :)