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A script to copy a standard DVD9 to a DVD5, decrypting along the way. Just wraps standard tools like growisofs, and mencoder.

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:50:44 -0500

Dvdcopy

NOTICE - Don't use this to copy copyrighted shit. Although, it is very good at it :).

What it looks like

Usage

  usage: dvdcopy [option] [argument] [option] [argument] ...

    flag           effect                     default

    -M             stop after making mpeg     no
    -A             stop after authoring dvd   no
    -I             stop after creating ISO    no

    -s KB          choose finished size       4193404 (standard DVD5)
    -t number      choose title               longest
    -d device      choose device              /dev/sr0

    -w directory   choose working directory   ./dvdcopy
    -k             keep all working files     false

    -m directory   save mpeg here             null ($PWD with -M)
    -r directory   save rip here              null ($PWD with -I)
    -c file        choose catalog file        null

    -b             hardcode subtitles         false

    -f             disable option validation  false

    -q             be quiet                   false
    -v             be verbose                 false

    -h             display this

What's it do?

Pop in a standard DVD9 (~9GB) and type dvdcopy. The script will calculate the video bitrate required to create an ISO under 4.3GB (standard DVD5). It will then use mencoder to create an authorable image and burn it back to a disc playable on any standard player.

Defaults are sane (IMO), but can be adjusted through the config file that will be created on first run. I've now added a lot of cool features as described in the help; most if not all commandline flags can be set in the config file.

How to get it

  wget -O ./dvdcopy http://pbrisbin.com/bin/dvdcopy
  chmod +x ./dvdcopy
  sudo mv ./dvdcopy /usr/bin

Enjoy.

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