DVD copy question (using an ISO)

eallen · 03-10-2003, 07:40 PM

Hi all,

Was wondering - if I were to copy a DVD directly from the device to a file, (for example: #>cp /dev/dvd isofile) could I then burn that "isofile" direclty to a DVD? This should work, right? Am I missing something?

Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find any info on it.

mcleodnine · 03-10-2003, 08:04 PM

dd if=/dev/dvd of=yourfile.iso

But I'm not sure about the capacity... I thought that DVD-R's were only capable of around 4.4GB and off-the-shelf DVDs peg at aroung 9GB.

eallen · 03-10-2003, 09:02 PM

Thanks... forgot about dd. I think the capacity might have to do with how many layers the DVD has. Does anyone know how many layers a DVD movie usually has?

I want to be able to "archive" my DVD movies but 1 DVD per DVD-R Can this be done?

nakkaya · 03-10-2003, 09:40 PM

dd if=/dev/dvd of=yourfile.iso

can you explain this command in detail i used it some other time ago for parted but dont know exeacly what it does

Z28kid · 03-10-2003, 11:00 PM

yea it can be done pm me if you want info.