How to rip a DVD?

[Thomas Cameron]

On 04/01/2016 09:47 AM, Peter Reed wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 09:23:19 -0500
> Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 03/31/2016 11:23 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:
>>> On 16/03/31 22:02, Thomas Cameron wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Does anyone know a way of doing this on Fedora? My Google-fu must
>>>> not be good, as I've found references to this being copy
>>>> protected, but am only finding links to closed source Windows
>>>> software to make copies.  
>>>
>>> http://negativo17.org/handbrake/  
>>
>>
>> Handbrake errors out. Sorry, thought I'd mentioned that is my usual
>> go-to.
> 
> How about makemkv from the same source above. Then use handbrake to
> convert it to mp4. I often do that when handbrake fails to rip the dvd.

This seems to have worked perfectly. Note that I did check the box that
says "decrypt disk" or something like that.

I now have an mp4 file for my kid's tablet. Thanks, all!

Thomas