dvdbackup

[Paul Smith]

On 1/28/06, J. K. Cliburn <jcliburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have a direct answer to your question, but I do have an
> alternative if you run into a dead end.  I've recently been exploring
> different packages alleged to do different things with DVD video, but I
> always seemed to hit a roadblock.  (The most recent was a bug in
> transcode that broke dvd::rip.)  Then I saw in a forum somewhere someone
> recommended dvdshrink (a Windows app) running under wine.  I figured
> what the hell, nothing has worked well yet, so why not...  I downloaded
> the latest wine rpm for FC4 from winehq, then grabbed the latest
> dvdshrink, and installed both.  Unbelievable.  I was stunned.  It worked
> the VERY first time without a single hitch.

There is yet another alternative: k9copy, a Linux DVD shrink. Its site:

http://k9copy.free.fr/

Paul