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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