DVD Ripping and Read/Write NTFS on Fedora Core 3?

Raveolution · 06-01-2005, 06:54 AM

I have NTFS partitions on my system that can't be changed to vfat (neither XP nor Linux will let me format them to VFAT because they're 250gb)... is there any way for Linux to write to these partitions?

Also, is there any way to rip DVD's on FC3?

Thanks

rjwilmsi · 06-01-2005, 07:14 AM

To answer your first question, Linux doesn't support writing to NTFS partitions. I think there are some projects working on this (one's called Captive) but they're not included in the main distros, presumably as the risk of data loss is too high.

As for your second question, I've never wanted to rip a DVD, so I don't know, although there must be some application that does this.

snarkout · 06-01-2005, 09:01 AM

Rip DVD's how? There are dozens of apps that rip DVD to mpeg, avi or ogm. There are a few that allow you to rip the full DVD as well - some even convert from DVD9 to DVD5.

Raveolution · 06-01-2005, 09:38 AM

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Originally posted by snarkout
Rip DVD's how? There are dozens of apps that rip DVD to mpeg, avi or ogm. There are a few that allow you to rip the full DVD as well - some even convert from DVD9 to DVD5.

Well, any of the above would be fine... what Linux programs convert DVD9 to DVD5 or Rip DVD to mpg/avi/ogm? Thanks

KimVette · 06-01-2005, 10:05 AM

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Originally posted by rjwilmsi
To answer your first question, Linux doesn't support writing to NTFS partitions. I think there are some projects working on this (one's called Captive) but they're not included in the main distros, presumably as the risk of data loss is too high.

Well it does, if the option is compiled into the kernel; it is considered risky though. I've used live CDs with the r-w option compiled in to actually recover data on a couple of NTFS drives that Windows could not mount, and I've used it to reset Windows passwords.

If you want "safe" read-write functionality, google/yahoo for "Captive-NTFS"

Quote:

As for your second question, I've never wanted to rip a DVD, so I don't know, although there must be some application that does this.

DVD::RIP is hands-down THE best program for ripping a DVD. I rip DVDs all the time so I can watch them on my PocketPC.

snarkout · 06-01-2005, 03:30 PM

lxdvdrip is good for shrinking and burning nackups of your legally purchased DVDs, and is a lifesaver if you have a two year old who isn't kind to his Disney DVDs.

Raveolution · 06-02-2005, 01:18 AM

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Originally posted by KimVette

Well it does, if the option is compiled into the kernel; it is considered risky though. I've used live CDs with the r-w option compiled in to actually recover data on a couple of NTFS drives that Windows could not mount, and I've used it to reset Windows passwords.

If you want "safe" read-write functionality, google/yahoo for "Captive-NTFS"

DVD::RIP is hands-down THE best program for ripping a DVD. I rip DVDs all the time so I can watch them on my PocketPC.

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DVD::RIP requires I have a DVD in the drive but then it won't run because it cannot write to that directory. Odd. I found a way around it by copying my DVD to a directory but some DVDs are CSS protected (or worse) and they won't read normally. Ack!

DVD::RIP does look slick although it works exclusively with mplayer and not xine.

ravee · 06-02-2005, 04:17 AM

You can only mount NTFS as read only as of this date. Though I think there is a hack on writing to NTFS - which is unreliable. I have mounted my NTFS partition as read only . I have detailed all about it here.

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/0...-in-linux.html

Hope this helps.

KimVette · 06-02-2005, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by ravee
You can only mount NTFS as read only as of this date. Though I think there is a hack on writing to NTFS - which is unreliable. I have mounted my NTFS partition as read only . I have detailed all about it here.

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/0...-in-linux.html

Hope this helps.

**sigh** skimming?

Reposting, from above:

Well it does, if the option is compiled into the kernel; it is considered risky though. I've used live CDs with the r-w option compiled in to actually recover data on a couple of NTFS drives that Windows could not mount, and I've used it to reset Windows passwords.

If you want "safe" read-write functionality, google/yahoo for "Captive-NTFS"