Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:29:59 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: af300wsm@gmail.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: having problems copying a dvd Message-ID: <20090902072959.231d0045.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <0016e64cae6a217e26047290e16e@google.com> References: <0016e64cae6a217e26047290e16e@google.com>
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On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:41:24 +0000, af300wsm@gmail.com wrote:
> If dd will work but I just forgot to get the block size
> right, what is that supposed to be.
If you call dd without bs= parameter, the default of 512 is
assumed. This may not be correct for video DVDs. You could
try bs=1m, but I'm not sure what the correct block size for
DVDs is...
For copying them, I always felt comfortable with the vobcopy
tool (for reading), and growisofs -dvd-compat (for writing).
Both tools can be installed via ports or packages.
> [root@sniper ~]# cp /dev/acd0 /usr/local/dvds/biggest_loser.iso
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Just a side note: I don't think /usr/local is a good place
to store DVD images. Some path like /usr/home/dvds would be
good. The /usr/local subtree is "reserved" for locally installed
applications; see "man hier" for details.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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