DVD Backup

[Kevin Becker]

I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the last time
I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using some
commercial tool.  But recently my stepfather came to me with a DVD that
had been made from a home video that he wanted several copies of.  It
is not copy protected in any way, just a plain DVD video disk.  I have
an external USB DVD drive which seems to work okay, but honestly I
barely use it for anything.  I tried using Brasero but it seems to read
the disk quickly at first and then become progressively slower and
slower until it gets to 99% and then stays there for hours and hours. 
I used the dvdbackup command line program and was able to make a backup
and burn it with growisofs with no problem so I'm not sure why Brasero
didn't work.  Does anyone have any recommendation for a simple GUI DVD
copying tool?  I'm not worried about breaking copy protection here. 
I'm fine with the command line tools but I do this so infrequently that
it would be nice to have a GUI app that doesn't require me to look up
notes or search the internet for instructions to refresh my memory the
next time I want to do this in 2036.

[Cameron Simpson]

On 12Feb2020 22:13, Kevin Becker <kevin(a)kevinbecker.org&gt; wrote:
> I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the last
> time
> I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using some
> commercial tool.  But recently my stepfather came to me with a DVD that
> had been made from a home video that he wanted several copies of.  It
> is not copy protected in any way, just a plain DVD video disk.  I have
> an external USB DVD drive which seems to work okay, but honestly I
> barely use it for anything.  I tried using Brasero but it seems to read
> the disk quickly at first and then become progressively slower and
> slower until it gets to 99% and then stays there for hours and hours.
> I used the dvdbackup command line program and was able to make a backup
> and burn it with growisofs with no problem so I'm not sure why Brasero
> didn't work.  Does anyone have any recommendation for a simple GUI DVD
> copying tool?  I'm not worried about breaking copy protection here.
> I'm fine with the command line tools but I do this so infrequently that
> it would be nice to have a GUI app that doesn't require me to look up
> notes or search the internet for instructions to refresh my memory the
> next time I want to do this in 2036. 
Why not just dd it? DVDs have a block size of 2048 bytes, BTW, so any 
multiple of that should be efficient, eg:

  dd if=/dev/the-dvd-device of=my-dvd-image.iso bs=64k progress=status

That should get you a pretty direct indication of the copy speed. And 
then you can dd the ISO onto another DVD, or mount it or whatever.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)cskk.id.au&gt;

[stan]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:13:29 -0500
Kevin Becker <kevin(a)kevinbecker.org&gt; wrote:

>  I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the
> last
>  time I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using
>  some commercial tool.  But recently my stepfather came to me with a
>  DVD that had been made from a home video that he wanted several
>  copies of.  It is not copy protected in any way, just a plain DVD
>  video disk.  I have an external USB DVD drive which seems to work
>  okay, but honestly I barely use it for anything.  I tried using
>  Brasero but it seems to read the disk quickly at first and then
>  become progressively slower and slower until it gets to 99% and then
>  stays there for hours and hours. I used the dvdbackup command line
>  program and was able to make a backup and burn it with growisofs with
>  no problem so I'm not sure why Brasero didn't work.  Does anyone have
>  any recommendation for a simple GUI DVD copying tool?  I'm not
>  worried about breaking copy protection here. I'm fine with the
>  command line tools but I do this so infrequently that it would be
>  nice to have a GUI app that doesn't require me to look up notes or
>  search the internet for instructions to refresh my memory the next
>  time I want to do this in 2036.
>  
>   
Like you, I haven't burned a DVD in a while, but I used the program k3b
to do so the last time I did, and it worked fine.  I have brasero
installed as well, so next time I'll give it a try to see if it will
work for me.

I wonder if your external drive had a power issue; mine is internal.
Or, maybe the lense needs cleaning with some isopropyl alcohol, using a
q-tip or cotton ball.

[Kevin Becker]

It's a brand new drive, and it worked with the command line dvdbackup 
tool.  But, that doesn't mean it doesn't have some sort of problem.  
I'll take a look at k3b as well, thanks.


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From: "stan via users" <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Cc: "stan" <upaitag(a)zoho.com&gt;
Sent: 2/12/2020 11:14:22 PM
Subject: Re: DVD Backup

> On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:13:29 -0500
> Kevin Becker <kevin(a)kevinbecker.org&gt; wrote:
>
> >  I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the last
> >  time I did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using
> >  some commercial tool.  But recently my stepfather came to me with a
> >  DVD that had been made from a home video that he wanted several
> >  copies of.  It is not copy protected in any way, just a plain DVD
> >  video disk.  I have an external USB DVD drive which seems to work
> >  okay, but honestly I barely use it for anything.  I tried using
> >  Brasero but it seems to read the disk quickly at first and then
> >  become progressively slower and slower until it gets to 99% and then
> >  stays there for hours and hours. I used the dvdbackup command line
> >  program and was able to make a backup and burn it with growisofs with
> >  no problem so I'm not sure why Brasero didn't work.  Does anyone have
> >  any recommendation for a simple GUI DVD copying tool?  I'm not
> >  worried about breaking copy protection here. I'm fine with the
> >  command line tools but I do this so infrequently that it would be
> >  nice to have a GUI app that doesn't require me to look up notes or
> >  search the internet for instructions to refresh my memory the next
> >  time I want to do this in 2036.
> >
> >
> Like you, I haven't burned a DVD in a while, but I used the program k3b
> to do so the last time I did, and it worked fine.  I have brasero
> installed as well, so next time I'll give it a try to see if it will
> work for me.
>
> I wonder if your external drive had a power issue; mine is internal.
> Or, maybe the lense needs cleaning with some isopropyl alcohol, using a
> q-tip or cotton ball.
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[John Pilkington]

On 13/02/2020 16:00, Kevin Becker wrote:
>  It's a brand new drive, and it worked with the command line
> dvdbackup 
>  tool.  But, that doesn't mean it doesn't have some sort of problem. I'll 
>  take a look at k3b as well, thanks.
>  
>   
k3b > Tools > Copy medium > Only create image

k3b > Tools > Burn image (has multi-copy and verify options)

used to work for me from DVD +/- R, but commercial pressings may be too 
big or have copy-defeat features

John P

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/12/20 7:13 PM, Kevin Becker wrote:
>  Does anyone have any recommendation for a simple GUI DVD copying
> tool? 
>  I'm not worried about breaking copy protection here. I'm fine with the 
>  command line tools but I do this so infrequently that it would be nice 
>  to have a GUI app that doesn't require me to look up notes or search the 
>  internet for instructions to refresh my memory the next time I want to 
>  do this in 2036. 
I've just used "vobcopy" in the past for the rare occasions that I've 
needed it.  There was a program called k9copy that I had used way back, 
but it seems to be retired now.  The last successful build was:
http://koji.rpmfusion.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=8011
No guarantees that it will even run with a current release.

[Anthony F McInerney]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 03:14, Kevin Becker <kevin(a)kevinbecker.org&gt; wrote:

>  I haven't had the need to copy a DVD in over a decade and the
> last time I
>  did it was probably under OS X, possibly even Windows, using some
>  commercial tool. But recently my stepfather came to me with a DVD that had
>  been made from a home video that he wanted several copies of. It is not
>  copy protected in any way, just a plain DVD video disk. I have an external
>  USB DVD drive which seems to work okay, but honestly I barely use it for
>  anything. I tried using Brasero but it seems to read the disk quickly at
>  first and then become progressively slower and slower until it gets to 99%
>  and then stays there for hours and hours. I used the dvdbackup command line
>  program and was able to make a backup and burn it with growisofs with no
>  problem so I'm not sure why Brasero didn't work. Does anyone have any
>  recommendation for a simple GUI DVD copying tool? I'm not worried about
>  breaking copy protection here. I'm fine with the command line tools but I
>  do this so infrequently that it would be nice to have a GUI app that
>  doesn't require me to look up notes or search the internet for instructions
>  to refresh my memory the next time I want to do this in 2036.
>
>
>  xfburn does the job. It's one of those 'Does exactly what it says on the
tin' jobs. I've used all burning GUI utilities for linux, the best
non-coaster producer was Nero4Linux (I bought it). Nothing else came close,
except xfburn.
I've probably done something like 1000+ easy.