How to copy a DVD?

[Ric Whitney]

Josef!

Tools -> DVD -> Burn DVD ISO image

Choose the image you just created

Sorry I left that out

Ric

Quoting Josef Lowder <joe at actionline.com>:

>
> Well, I received one reply sent to me privately to the subject question
> and from that, I was able to copy the DVD contents onto my hard disk.
>
> But so far, I have burned two apparent coasters, both of which do not
> work when I try to view the contents on my TV's DVD player.
>
> When I open k3b, I see five tab-headings, each of which then
> list numerous options and I have no idea which options to select.
> Burning DVDs with the default options did not work.  I see:
> Writing - Settings - Volume Desc - Filesystem - Advanced
>
> Under the first tab-heading, I find:
> Writing Mode:
> - Auto
> - DAO
> - Overwrite
> - Incremental
> Options:
> - Simulate
> - On the fly
> - Only create image
> - Verify written data
>
> Under the next four tab-heading there are many more options.
>
> How is one supposed to figure out what combination of options
> to choose?
>
>
> == One reply - on Monday 24 October 2005 19:17:
>> run k3b
>> select Tools -> DVD -> Copy DVD
>>
>> check the box that says 'only create image'
>>
>>
> == Original inquiry:
>> > What is the easiest way to copy a DVD?
>> >
>> > We hired a professional photographer to take the photos of our
>> > daughter's wedding under an agreement that we would have the
>> > legal rights to all of the digital images, etc.  (He did a great job,
>> > by the way; and the media plainly states that he releases all rights
>> > to the content.  We received three CDs and one DVD and he
>> > charges $15 for each additional DVD.
>> >
>> > I am able to burn additional CDs, and I do have a DVD burner
>> > (but not a separate DVD player), and I don't know how to make DVDs.
>> >
>> > Whenever possible, I prefer to do things like this via the command line.
>> > These two simple steps are what I use to burn CDs:
>> >
>> > mkisofs -r -o cdimage /home/joe
>> > cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0 cdimage
>> >
>> > Can anybody tell me a similar simple command line procedure
>> > for copying the DVD?
>> >
>> > I assume that I need to copy all the DVD contents to the hard drive.
>> > Is there any special command to do that?
>> >
>> > I do have K3B but haven't used it much and the "help" pages
>> > were a bit confusing to me on this point.
>> >
>> > joe at actionline.com
>> >
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