How to copy a DVD?

[Joseph Sinclair]

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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