Re: [Hampshire] Legal DVD ripping

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Author: Sean Gibbins
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Legal DVD ripping
Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm trying to rip some DVDs I've burned myself so no worries about
> legality or indeed copy protection but having all sorts of trouble.
>
> All the googling I've done suggests k3b is best (on Hardy 64-bit).
> Trouble is - k3b just doesn't respond to the rip video dvd option.
> More googling turns up I actually need to recompile the darn thing
> from scratch with the right libraries installed. I've no wish to try
> this - would probably lead to all sorts of other problems in my
> experience - I hate compiling huge projects from source - 99% failure
> rate IMHO.
>
> So is there another simple dvd ripper out there? All I want is if I
> have a disk with 4 titles, I want 4 avis / mpgs or whatever in a
> folder.
>
> Cheers
> Rob


Hi Rob,

I have used dvd::rip successfully on several titles, although it did
fall down on the last one I tried it on, which appeared to have some
clever way of obscuring the contents. It's in the Ubuntu repositories, FWIW.

Sean

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