[SOLVED] DVD Ripping

GPGAgent · 09-05-2021, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

I was trying to suggest that various flaws in a disc either by design or some mechanical or software issue tend to be ignored in standalone drives for tv. The computer drives seem to be much more strict.

Pity this van't be emulated on computer drives. Maybe extraction one from a cheap dvd player and using it on a computer may work :-) Who's going to try?

jefro · 09-05-2021, 03:17 PM

There are hdmi copiers that may allow one to copy protected hdmi.

GPGAgent · 09-05-2021, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

There are hdmi copiers that may allow one to copy protected hdmi.

Not sure what you mean by protected hdmi, maybe you meant to say HDCP - High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

More here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-b...ent_Protection

This is getting a bit beyond me now, thanks anyway

computersavvy · 09-05-2021, 06:52 PM

Glad you are able to make it work. Yes, there is a difference in the encryption used for DVD (css) and for HD DVD (AACS). That explains why handbrake choked on it since the AACS library is not readily available to us as was libdvdcss for the standard DVDs.

I apologize for not noting you mentioned that set of DVDs, but you have been saying DVDs as in-general. I must stress that you have been saying you were unable to rip DVDs and not once have you mentioned HD DVDs were the ones with the issue. I only found that link by happenstance in searching about DVD encryption changes (which I did just to verify my memory about DVD encryption was not faulty.) I posted it as a "perhaps?"

ondoho · 09-06-2021, 12:16 AM

It saddens me that people prefer to use closed-source software for something that is so well covered by some of our best FOSS projects (graphical or not).
Probably because it's "easier to use".
It's almost like some people care about Linux only because it's "free as in beer".

PS: and don't bother explaining to me how MakeMKV is great and reliable software.

GPGAgent · 09-06-2021, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

It saddens me that people prefer to use closed-source software for something that is so well covered by some of our best FOSS projects (graphical or not).
Probably because it's "easier to use".
It's almost like some people care about Linux only because it's "free as in beer".

PS: and don't bother explaining to me how MakeMKV is great and reliable software.

I agree, makeMKV isn't great - it works sort of. I would rather use aCLi approach, but sofar no luck, any CLI you could suggest would be great.

I've tried, HandBrakeCLI, ,dvdbackup, vobcopy so far. Any other suggestions would be good.

GPGAgent · 09-07-2021, 05:24 PM

Update, I've got HandBrakeCLI to work on the Bewitched dvd boxset - how I hear you ask. Well, all you good people who joined in this thread made me aware of AACS encryption and after a bit of digging around I found that you could install libaacs

Code:

sudo apt-get install libaacs

or install libaacs0 with the Synaptic Package Manager, free-and-libre implementation of AACS

Then you can use lsdvd to find the titles to rip, and you could use vobcopy to extract the vob's, or as I di this script to use handBrakeCLI

Code:

echo "progress P.txt" > P.txt; T=11;for tt in {1..8}; do echo "Progress Title: $tt - $T" >> P.txt; HandBrakeCLI -i /dev/sr1 -t $tt -r 25 -e x264 --encoder-preset veryfast  -5 -q 24 -2 -o Season-05-Disc-02-Title-0$T-$tt.mp4 ;T=$(($T+1)); done

Progress is eported in P.txt. Variable T allows you to use an alternate title number to reflect the series of progtram, and t is the dvd title number.

So far I've ripped five disks with out a problem, on my twin Xeon machine takes about 4-5 mins per 25 minute title.

Altho' makeMKV does extract a copy of each title, and i could easily handBrakeCLI them to my preffered mp4 format, it would take longer.

Hope that helps

jefro · 09-07-2021, 05:49 PM

Thanks for the update.

GPGAgent · 09-11-2021, 08:43 AM

I've found if I play the disc with VLC, just open it, get the dvd menu up then close vlc I can dd the disk.
I've written this script - DVDdd.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash
renice 19 -p $$
LOGFILE="DVDdd.txt"
echot() {
            echo “$*” | tee -a ${LOGFILE}
}

titles_report(){
    SRC="$1.iso"
    now=$(date +"%T")
    echot "$now - Generating the $1.txt report"          
    echo "Generating the $1.txt report" > "$1.txt"         
    echo "HandBrakeCLI -i ${SRC} -t 0 2>&1 | grep -E \"title.+ chapter\"" >> "$1.txt"
    HandBrakeCLI -i ${SRC} -t 0 2>&1 | grep -E "title.+ chapter" >> "$1.txt"
    echo "========== alternate =========================" >> "$1.txt"
    HandBrakeCLI -i ${SRC} -t 0 2>&1 | egrep  '+ title' | egrep -v 'scanning|decoding|preview|angle|subtitle|hb_scan|bluray|^\+ title' >> "$1.txt"
    echo "========== alternate =========================" >> "$1.txt"
    lsdvd ${SRC} | awk '{print $1,$2,$3,$4}' >> "$1.txt"
    echo "========== finished ==========================" >> "$1.txt"
    now=$(date +"%T")
    echot "$now - Completed $1 report - see $1.txt"
}

if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "==========================================================="
    echo "Please enter the iso filename to output to, ABC for example"
    echo "==========================================================="
    exit 1
fi

VS=$(isoinfo -d -i /dev/sr0|grep 'Volume size is:'|awk '{print  $4}')
echo "Blocks in $1.iso: $VS      Total Size is: $(( $VS * 2048 ))"  # 2048
echo "$(( $VS * 2048 ))"  # 2048
dd if=/dev/sr0 of="$1.iso" bs=2048 count=$VS status=progress  #8192
eject /dev/sr0
titles_report $1

which works just fine and produced this - before using VLC to open the dvd

Code:

$ DVDdd.sh Bewitched-S7D1
5464 (process ID) old priority 0, new priority 19
Blocks in Bewitched-S7D1.iso: 3815616      Total Size is: 7814381568
7814381568
dd: error reading '/dev/sr0': Input/output error
550+0 records in
550+0 records out
1126400 bytes (1.1 MB, 1.1 MiB) copied, 1.0547 s, 1.1 MB/s
“14:14:56 - Generating the Bewitched-S7D1.txt report”
libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 2 (VTS_02_0.BUP).
libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 3 (VTS_03_0.BUP).

libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 22 (VTS_22_0.BUP).
libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 23 (VTS_23_0.BUP).
libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 24 (VTS_24_0.BUP).
“14:14:57 - Completed Bewitched-S7D1 report - see Bewitched-S7D1.txt”
$

It fails
Open dvd with vlc

Code:

$ DVDdd.sh Bewitched-S7D1
5609 (process ID) old priority 0, new priority 19
Blocks in Bewitched-S7D1.iso: 3815616      Total Size is: 7814381568
7814381568
7812147200 bytes (7.8 GB, 7.3 GiB) copied, 783 s, 10.0 MB/s
3815616+0 records in
3815616+0 records out
7814381568 bytes (7.8 GB, 7.3 GiB) copied, 783.313 s, 10.0 MB/s
“14:29:24 - Generating the Bewitched-S7D1.txt report”
“14:29:35 - Completed Bewitched-S7D1 report - see Bewitched-S7D1.txt”
$

success!
And the report it generates is this

Code:

Generating the Bewitched-S7D1.txt report
HandBrakeCLI -i Bewitched-S7D1.iso -t 0 2>&1 | grep -E "title.+ chapter"
[14:29:25] scan: title 1 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 2 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 3 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 4 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 5 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 6 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 7 has 6 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 8 has 2 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 9 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 10 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 11 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 12 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 13 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 14 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 15 has 1 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 16 has 2 chapters
[14:29:25] scan: title 17 has 1 chapters
========== alternate =========================
[14:29:33] scan: DVD has 24 title(s)
[14:29:33] scan: title 1 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 2 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 3 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 4 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 5 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 6 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 7 has 6 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 8 has 2 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 9 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 10 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 11 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 12 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 13 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 14 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 15 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 16 has 2 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: title 17 has 1 chapters
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:33] scan: ignoring title (too short)
[14:29:35] libhb: scan thread found 17 valid title(s)
========== alternate =========================
Disc Title: BEWITCHED_SEASON_7_DISC_1 
Title: 01, Length: 00:24:24.600
Title: 02, Length: 00:24:23.400
Title: 03, Length: 00:24:25.680
Title: 04, Length: 00:24:25.400
Title: 05, Length: 00:24:24.200
Title: 06, Length: 00:24:27.600
Title: 07, Length: 00:24:26.680
Title: 08, Length: 00:00:14.360
Title: 09, Length: 00:00:10.400
Title: 10, Length: 00:00:10.400
Title: 11, Length: 00:00:19.000
Title: 12, Length: 00:00:40.320
Title: 13, Length: 00:00:10.400
Title: 14, Length: 00:00:12.400
Title: 15, Length: 00:00:10.000
Title: 16, Length: 00:00:45.000
Title: 17, Length: 00:00:11.800
Title: 18, Length: 00:00:07.400
Title: 19, Length: 00:00:07.400
Title: 20, Length: 00:00:07.400
Title: 21, Length: 00:00:07.400
Title: 22, Length: 00:00:07.400
Title: 23, Length: 00:00:07.400
Title: 24, Length: 00:00:06.920
Longest track: 06 
========== finished ==========================

cool isn't it!

Now I can use the .iso file to extract and re-encode any title I like, like this

Code:

HandBrakeCLI -i test.iso -t 5 -r 25 -e x264 --encoder-preset veryfast  -5 -q 24 -2 -o Season-02-Title-5-32.mp4

This will process title 5

watchingu · 09-20-2021, 08:43 PM

When I used Windows, I used a program by Slysoft called AnyDVD that always worked flawlessly when ripping DVDs. AnyDVD was dead simple to use as well. Slysoft went away, but some of the developers continued the work under another company name called RedFox. There's chatter of a possible Linux version at some point in the future, but no ETA. I'd buy AnyDVD in a heartbeat if it became available for Linux.

GPGAgent · 11-05-2021, 07:28 AM

Update - I've added a vlc command line to my DVDdd.sh script

Code:

.....
..
.......
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "==========================================================="
    echo "Please enter the iso filename to output to, ABC for example"
    echo "==========================================================="
    exit 1
fi
             #
qvlc dvd://  # added this to open the dvd - when it's got to the menu screen close it to start the dd process
             #
VS=$(isoinfo -d -i /dev/sr0|grep 'Volume size is:'|awk '{print  $4}')
echo "Blocks in $1.iso: $VS      Total Size is: $(( $VS * 2048 ))"  # 2048
echo "$(( $VS * 2048 ))"  # 2048
dd if=/dev/sr0 of="$1.iso" bs=2048 count=$VS status=progress  #8192
eject /dev/sr0
titles_report $1
.....
..
.....

This opens the dvd with vlc, you let it do it's decrypting, once the dvd menu displays just close the vlc screen and the script begins the dd process, sweet!