Re: How to copy a DVD?

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Author: Joseph Sinclair
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To: joe, Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: How to copy a DVD?
Try Tools|CD|Burn CD Image, That's where you can choose a different image type (sorry for the confusion). Don't know if it'll work, but at least the screen might tell you what the image type really is...

Josef Lowder wrote:
> Thanks to all who have responded ... but I still can't get it to work.
>
> I think the question may boil down to: how can I convert the .img
> file that I have into a .iso file? Somewhere I have read that a Linux
> utility called 'growisofs' is supposed to be able to do that, but I can't
> find how to do that on the 'growisofs' man page.
>
> Joseph Sinclair last wrote:
>
>>K3B is generating a "RAW" image file of the DVD (that's the .img file),
>>there may also be another file along with it that contains the TOC(table
>>of contents) for the disc. You need to set the image type to CUE/BIN or
>>TOC (in the dropdown in the upper right corner, might also try
>>auto-detect) in the dialog where you choose the image file,
>>then K3B should be able to handle things from there.
>
>
> The only file I can find as a result of using: tools -> DVD -> copy DVD
> is a single .img file and no other files seem to have been generated.
> I cannot find a separate "TOC" file. However, when I do a command line:
> strings k3b_image.img ... I do see a table of contents listed within the
> .img file.
>
> You suggested: "You need to set the image type to CUE/BIN or TOC ..."
> I don't know how to do that. As far as I can tell, there is no "dropdown in
> the upper right corner" ... and I cannot find any "auto-detect" button or
> option in the dialog.
>
> The first phase of K3B's: Tools -> DVD -> Copy DVD works fine.
> But when I try the second part: Tools -> DVD -> Burn DVD ISO image
> there is no "Start" button available - it is grayed out,
> and the dialog box says: "Not an ISO 9660 image."
>
> Every time I have struggled with something like this in the past, it has
> eventually turned out that an amazingly simple one or two or three short
> command line commands was all I really needed. I'll bet that will
> eventually turn out to be true here, also ... just a very few short commands
> hidden behind a fancy GUI that doesn't work.
>
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