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Can I use dd to make an ISO of a DVD that is only as large as the data on the DVD?
I am starting to make backups of my movie DVDs at home. I am using DD to make ISO images of my DVD as follows:
dd if=/dev/dvd of=~/dvd/abc.iso
However, even though the content of the DVD is only, ...
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Novice Ubuntu 12.04 user needs help! [closed]
I'm new to Unix/Linux and someone suggested I try Ubuntu. I like it but I can't figure a couple of things out and don't really have time to google up ways to solve the problem. Answers from a quick ...
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How to burn iso image to DVD using dd command
I was looking at the command to burn iso image to a dvd. But I couldnt get the name of the device. In the /dev/ I could see cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw. I am using debian.
When I gave the command, I got ...
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Read the title from a DVD?
I've noticed that each DVD image has a semi-unique uppercase name. Is there a standardized way for me to simply read this name as a non-root user in Linux? I'm on an Ubuntu 12.04 derivative running ...
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Why do I have to use sh to execute scripts from CD/DVD media?
I hit again on this strange behaviour of the system. I'm running Debian 6.0.6 and had quite some troubles executing a script directly from CD/DVD. Finally I had to use:
sh /media/cdrom/command
to ...
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Adding RPM's to SLES installation DVD
For a custom installation, I need to add a few rpms from the SDK dvd that comes with the main SLES dvd, onto the main SLES installation dvd. This is because my superiors want 1 single dvd to install ...
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Multi-Distro boot DVD with SystemRescueCD 2.8.0 fails to boot the SRCD portion
I'm trying to create a multi-distro mutli-boot dvd image containing (amongst others) the SystemRescueCD iso. I'm using GRUB as the boot loader and I've managed to get most of the other ISOs booting ...
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Can't Get “lsdvd” To Work On Remastered Live CD's
I have attempted to make Tiny Core Linux, Archboot (didn't get very far), and SliTaz remastered live CD's with lsdvd included, in order to create a lightweight transcoding solution that allows as much ...
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Rip chapters of a DVD to separate files
I have a DVD with cartoons for kids and there are a couple of episodes on every one of them. How can I rip them such that every episode is in a separate file? I think every episode is written as a ...
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Verify if a system has DVD burners?
Is it possible to verify if the system has a DVD burner installed? I need this for a script.
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Why can't I copy my DVD with dd?
I tried dd, dd_rescue and ddrescue, all failed. I thought these tools bypass the filesystem and make a bitwise copy.
dd is fooled, it finishes but just produces a small file and states it's finished.
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Backing up to DVD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Splitting large directory tree into specified-size chunks?
I have a partition that is about 14G and I need to back it up to DVD in such a way that I can use each disc to ...
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How to rip a DVD to a format like ogm/mkv
I'm trying to convert a DVD to some reasonable format. I'm not opposed to 1:1 conversion, but I want to at least change the container to ogm/mkv.
I have already tried various GUI tools like dvd::rip ...
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How do I get DVDs to play in Debian?
I just installed Debian Live and movie or video DVDs do not play. Totem gives me this error:
Could not read from resource.
Opening the disk in VLC has no response. How can I play DVDs?
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Recover files from corrupt DVD
I have a DVD+RW containing a lot of images and videos. Multiple DVD drives fail to read or mount it. I tried to follow this to try and recover the files using DVDisaster, and have created an iso file. ...
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How to create UDF images and burn them to DVD or CDROM?
Writing CDs with cdrecord and making images with genisoimage is no problem.
I want to write DVDs in a similar manner, first creating an image, then burning it to disk. This is quite beneficial, since ...
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Why does installing Debian from DVD download many packages?
I know Debian is general purpose, so a Debian install could just as easily be a server as a desktop. It seems, however, that even with a DVD of disk1 from Debian, it is downloading a tremendous number ...
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How to export/extract audio from a DVD under Fedora 14?
i have a DVD's content on my HDD: i have these 2 usually folders, ok:
AUDIO_TS
VIDEO_TS
I just can't google a working way to extract the audio from the DVD. the howtos usually write about when the ...
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Can't burn DVD — incompatible format
I have been trying to burn a few ISOs lately with no success and have certainly used this hardware in the past, so I am not sure what's going on. I am using DVD-R media (tried multiple discs) which ...
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How to create a copy of DVD that is larger than maximum size of file on filesystem?
How to create copy of DVD, which ISO image size is larger than maximum size of file on filesystem? There is only one DVD drive.
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Is there a CD/DVD disk reading test tool for Linux?
When I was using DOS and Windows I've seen quite a selection of tools to check optical disks for readability and benchmark an optical drive itself. Most of them were even visualising the results in ...
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How to re-encode a DVD into a single file?
A DVD file layout has a directory named "VIDEO_TS" which contains a variety of files. These files can include multiple video and audio channels, subtitles, and menu structure (UI).
Is there a format ...
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How do I copy DVDs
Preamble:
We are down to the final stages for creating a school-play dvd. Editing is almost done, discs are printed and ready. Just need to burn the dvd's now. However, doing our pencil calculations, ...
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How to convert a PDF file to a DVD movie?
Each page would be navigable with the player's 'next' button. The result should have a directory called VIDEO_TS, to ensure it will play in old players.
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What is the Linux equivalent of the Windows registry?
I have a DVD+-RW drive that has quit working. Apparently many users of this laptop model experience the same problem under windows and are required to edit the registry to correct the problem. So ...
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DVD drive constanly spins up/down when idle
DVD drive constantly spins up/down when idle on notebook. I cannot track what is causing it.
The process of spinning up/down is quite noisy and disturbing.
lsof cannot find anything that have device ...
