TIL you can use VLC to rip raw content. Works for Blu-ray too?

Thanks,
Alexander.

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On Sat, Sep 4, 2021, 17:32 Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Not having libdvdcss in the flatpak sandbox would probably be the
> culprit.  I just tried installing the flatpak myself to see if I could
> figure out how to make handbrake aware of the dvdcss library and
> immediately remembered why I got rid of any and all flatpak stuff on my
> system.  It wanted to download a gigabyte of support flatpak crap to go
> along with the handbrake install.  That might be fine if I was going to use
> a ton of flatpaked stuff, but it's seems rather excessive for the one or 2
> flatpaks I've ever come across that I might want.
> ...so it didn't get installed.  I'll find a different way to get the
> latest version on my system.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 9/4/21 2:50 PM, Steve B wrote:
>
> I uninstalled the Flatpak version and installed an older Deb package and
> now everything is working again.
>
> Could it be that libdvdcss is not part of the Flatpak version, or that the
> Flatpak technology is unable to access libdvdcss outside of it's sandbox?
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 10:08 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you are missing libdvdcss available from:
>> https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html
>>
>> Without that installed the system has no way to decrypt your DVDs so they
>> will appear pixelated
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 8/31/21 8:07 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>
>> Recently I reinstalled Handbrake to Linux (Pop OS) hoping to start
>> ripping DVDs again. Previously it was a deb package but it appears
>> Handbrake has moved to Flatpak for Linux distribution.
>>
>> This version of Handbrake is not working for me and I'm struggling to
>> understand what I am doing wrong. When Handbrake scans the DVD it does not
>> find anything. I have to open and start the DVD in VLC and then Handbrake
>> it will find it in its scan. What it does find shows as pixelated in both
>> the preview as well as any rip it makes for me. I've tried a handful of the
>> presets and no matter what I chose I get the same pixelated output.
>>
>> Are there any other Flatpak/Handbrake users in this group that have it
>> working successfully for them who can give me some guidance?
>>
>> Steve
>>
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