Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVD copy

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 24 Aug 2009, at 17:48, alain.didierjean@free.fr wrote:
> ...
> I just received a nice present from an american friend: a DVD. Of  
> course, it's
> region 1 and I have a player set for France (region 2). I don't feel  
> like
> hacking the player for a single region 1 DVD. Is there a way to make  
> a copy of
> it without the region info (or set to region 0 or 2).



$ eix vobcopy -o cpdvd
[I] media-video/cpdvd
      Available versions:  1.10 ~1.10-r1
      Installed versions:  1.10(08:05:49 07/08/09)
      Homepage:            http://www.lallafa.de/bp/cpdvd.html
      Description:         transfer a DVD title to your harddisk with  
ease on Linux

[I] media-video/vobcopy
      Available versions:  1.1.0 ~1.1.1 1.1.2
      Installed versions:  1.1.2(23:44:25 05/08/09)
      Homepage:            http://lpn.rnbhq.org/
      Description:         copies DVD .vob files to harddisk,  
decrypting them on the way

Found 2 matches.
$


media-video/dvd9to5 allows you to copy dual-layer disks to single- 
layer disks, with the penalty of some quality loss.

<http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/194658#194658>  
discusses buring dual-layer media.

There are also some GUI utilities that are probably easier to use.

Honestly, it may be easier to hack your player, depending upon the  
model. The majority of cheap Chinese DVD players sold in supermarkets  
are unlocked by pressing a few buttons on their remotes (eg. menu, 1,  
2, 3, 4, eject), the code easily found on the net by searching Google  
(for "model number region unlock" or "model number region free"). If  
this applies to your DVD player then it will be much quicker & many  
fewer button presses than copying the DVD.

Stroller.