From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 16:20:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D8C916A418 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1323313C467 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id lBCGKEgh085857; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:20:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id lBCGKEVf085856; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:20:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.jnielsen.net: www set sender to lists@jnielsen.net using -f Received: from nc-2wac-zop08.wachovia.com (nc-2wac-zop08.wachovia.com [162.111.235.19]) by newwebmail.jnielsen.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:20:14 -0500 Message-ID: <20071212112014.ju3k4ojq68ck40cc@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:20:14 -0500 From: John Nielsen To: Gary Kline References: <20071211102810.GA99652@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <20071211214323.GD28415@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20071211214323.GD28415@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: still no luck in coping a 6 G dvd to a 4.7 dvd. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:20:15 -0000 Quoting Gary Kline : > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:28:10AM +0100, Michel Talon wrote: >> Gary Kline wrote: >> >> > Guys, I've set up a test account which is pure KDE. Still, using both >> > my Pioneer and the Lite-on burners, no luck in burning a DVD that is >> > larger than thee default. >> >> How do want this to work? You have to recompress the initial DVD stream, >> and for that there is an excellent program to run under your KDE account >> (k9copy). >> > > i don't seem too get very far with k9copy. I have two burners, > and can open either device. I had it set to read from cd0 and > wwrite to cd1. The app reports that there is no documentation > available for k9copy. Is there a front commmand string I can use > here? Or online docs? FWIW the most useful howto on DVD backup techniques I've ever seen is here: http://kavlon.org/index.php/dvdbackup It says it's for Linux but all of the programs needed are available in FreeBSD's ports tree. It's command-line based, but parts of it could be scripted, etc. One additional note on the original ripping phase: I find tccat to be more reliable than vobcopy, although with some DVD's it makes sense to try both. And vobcopy is better at guessing which title is the feature if there is more than one. JN