From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GW3mA-0003C4-CL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:27:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k974Pqt4029944; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 04:25:52 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k974LbmG004813 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 04:21:38 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B043DC4B7 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 04:21:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id zRHKsgOxuBBB for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 04:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C5E6E3D for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 04:21:35 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative? Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 23:21:33 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <49bf44f10610050957q6a1758apded3e4b5ffce987@mail.gmail.com> <200610061731.10017.bss03@volumehost.net> <49bf44f10610061854r514c2cc9q304b00a94a65470b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10610061854r514c2cc9q304b00a94a65470b@mail.gmail.com> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3565901.3t6MijIinf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200610062321.34375.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: 19056387-16be-4c8c-952f-db94e7f331ee X-Archives-Hash: 9383501bfa4980975cbcff736517b59d --nextPart3565901.3t6MijIinf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 06 October 2006 20:54, Grant wrote=20 about 'Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?': > > > dd if=3D/dev/dvd of=3Dimage.dvd > > This is it's a standard store-bought DVD, this will end up copying the > > encrypted (CSS) data to your HD, which will add CPU overhead at play > > time. > > > > dvdbackup (in portage) does roughly the same thing, but decrypts once, > > at rip time. > I have a couple problems with dvdbackup. > > It doesn't seem to have an option for mirroring the entire DVD > structure into a single file That's true, but xine, mplayer, and gstreamer all will play from a=20 directory as fast or faster then they will play from an ISO. I too prefer= =20 the single-file layout, but it's more important for me to have the CSS=20 removed. > The other thing is, it doesn't seem to do so well with my "The Life of > Mammals" DVD. When mirrored with dvdbackup, a couple of "Error > cracking CSS key" messages are displayed in the terminal. Never seen that one, but I'll bet that's a limitation of DeCSS, not=20 dvdbackup. I've sure VLC (when playing the dd image) encounters the same=20 issues, it is just more forgiving of dropped or otherwise unavailable data= =20 in the stream than other clients. I'm not sure what dvdbackup writes when= =20 it can't DeCSS. It is probably all zeros or complete trash. In either of=20 those cases it's not surprising all your video players choke on it, even=20 if they can handle the case of missing data. In any case, it makes sense for you to use something that doesn't perform=20 the DeCSS at rip time and instead have VLC handle the lack of data each=20 time you play it, at least for that DVD. =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart3565901.3t6MijIinf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFJytOq72nDbhDXToRAqNXAJ0YC4hgUq6k3S40fcS6sJTglPwEOACfXK3a cmd0FCSQm4uPlb8xG4hkFks= =8v+L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3565901.3t6MijIinf-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list