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Make iso image from vobcopy
Vobcopy and Mkisofs to the rescue again
Firstly, vobcopy does not make iso images directly. You first need to extract all the required files from the dvd you are making an iso image of.
To do this take a look here.
Short version is this.
- $ vobcopy -m /path/to/dvd .
This will place all the files in the current directory. So make sure that you are in the directory you want all your files in.
Then run this command in the directory that holds the VIDEO_TS sub directory.
Copy everything from a dvd to harddrive using dd
DVD Copying to hard drive with dd
In adddition to using vobcopy, and mkisofs you could also use plain old dd to do the trick ( sometimes )
It sometimes works, and when it does it works well.
From the command line in *nix ( Unix, Linux, OS X, etc. )
> dd if=/dev/dvd of=/tmp/dvdfilenametocreate
Lets break this down. dd is the command you are running, and if is the input file, everything is a file in *nix, and of is the output file you wish to write.
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