k3b not copying my DVDs

lokirulez · 07-18-2005, 06:48 PM

I have installed the current version of k3b and all the necessary dependencies. When I try to copy a dvd It get this error:

Problem while reading. Retrying from sector 350.
Error while reading sector 352

And then it just stops and says FAILURE to burn!
After many google searches I found nothing. It wasn't until I tried burning a dvd which I had previously burned with a windows program many moons ago, and it worked. I figured that k3b was missing something and was not allowing me to burn copyrighted dvds. It turns out I was missing dvd author. So I installed it and thought everything was good. But it was not! I still am unable to copy dvds. When I got to the configure options in k3b it lists all the external programs used and dvd author is not listed. I have tried everything but it does cannot find the program.

Does anyone know how I would go about using dvd author in k3b?

ylawayjdp · 07-18-2005, 07:27 PM

I thought that you had to run dvdshrink through wine, then use k3b to burn the file created?

google for the how to

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dvd...-GB:unofficial

hope you figure it out
J

mykrob · 07-18-2005, 11:31 PM

if you are trying to copy commericial dvd's you will either need to :

A: use lxdvdrip command line tool: http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en...title=lxdvdrip
B: use ldvd gui tool: http://ldvd9to5.gff-clan.net/viewforum.php?f=5
C: use wine and dvdshrink

I have used all three, and all three work fine. Hate to say, but i usually just use dvdshrink and wine. Its just what i'm used to coming from windows.

lxdvdrip works great, and you dont have to knwo a lot of command line. YOu just put in your dvd, open a console, run lxdvdrip and go find somethign to do until it tells you to insert a blank.

Hope this helps,
-myk

lokirulez · 07-20-2005, 06:14 PM

I read somewhere that I could use dvdauthor through k3b to make back ups of my DVDs. Was this just a myth? I would hate to have to use wine and dvds shrink. I'm sure that works great, but I would rather use that as a last resort. If I cannot find a solution for using dvdauthor with k3b, then I might go with option B, which would be using lxdvdrip. Is there anyone out there that has used k3b and dvdauthor to copy their DVDs?

dcdbutler · 07-20-2005, 06:36 PM

And here's a guide to copying using dvd:rip. I've used this guide before, it's basic but it works well.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=308

Cheers

lokirulez · 07-24-2005, 03:51 AM

There are too many dependencies required! Every time I think I have them all, those dependencies have dependencies. I cannot install ldvd because it requires dependencies, some of which I cannot find on the net. I found most of them, but some require these new versions that I cannot locate. It cannot find these specific versions....
libavcodeccvs (>= 3:20050716-0.3)
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.0-9)
libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5)

There are more but I will not list them for now. I think it would be much easier to get k3b to use dvd author but I cannot figure out how to do this.

mykrob · 07-24-2005, 08:44 AM

what distribution are you using?? Most people find the bulk of the dependencies they need included with their distribution but just not installed yet.

Also, check here:
http://rpm.pbone.net/

great place to hunt down RPM's specific for just about any distribution.

-myk

lokirulez · 07-24-2005, 05:05 PM

I decided to go with the command line and use dvdbackup for now because I already had it installed. When I attempted to backup a DVD I got a message saying I needed the css library, so I downloaded it. Then in the installation instructions it says I should use the following to complile dvdbackup.c:

Code:

gcc -o dvdbackup -I/usr/lib/ -L/usr/lib -ldvdread  dvdbackup.c

But all this does is spit tons of info out and does not compile it. Below is what I am talking about, but I will not post all of it because it is very long. I am at a lose, this program seems like my best option, but it does not want to compile with the css library.

Code:

dvdbackup.c:33:32: dvdread/dvd_reader.h: No such file or directory
dvdbackup.c:34:30: dvdread/ifo_read.h: No such file or directory
dvdbackup.c:35:31: dvdread/ifo_print.h: No such file or directory
dvdbackup.c:295: error: syntax error before '*' token
dvdbackup.c: In function `DVDWriteCells':
dvdbackup.c:332: error: `dvd_file_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:332: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
dvdbackup.c:332: error: for each function it appears in.)
dvdbackup.c:332: error: `dvd_file' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:343: error: `titles_info' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:343: error: `titles' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:344: error: `title_set_info' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:356: error: `targetdir' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:356: error: `title_name' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:370: error: `length' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:395: error: `cell_start_sector' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:401: error: `cell_end_sector' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:455: error: `dvd' undeclared (first use in this function)
dvdbackup.c:455: error: `DVD_READ_TITLE_VOBS' undeclared (first use in this function)

lokirulez · 07-28-2005, 06:17 AM

I have done it! Well....almost. I managed to burn 3 DVDs using k3b and it's dependencies. However, when I tried to make a backup of a movie it was about 7 Gigs and would not fit on a regular DVD. After doing some research it turns out that I have to shrink the image file. I searched and searched and found that I have to use dvdshrink through Xine in order to accomplish. Well because I decided to give up windows for good many months ago, I refuse to use their software! I have discovered an alternative.....Xdvdshrink by Ozzzy.....It's great, however as you may have guessed there is a minor problem. Whenever I start it up, it says I need the tools in mjpegtools and that they are not found or not executable. I know for a fact that they are installed, and I have re-installed them many times. What is going on? Is anyone else using Xdvdshrink? Or have I stumbled on gold?

wankelrx8 · 08-21-2005, 10:56 AM

lokirulez,

I am getting similar errors trying to use k3b to copy my DVDs:

Problem while reading. Retrying from sector 350.
Error while reading sector 352

Can you explain what you did to correct these errors?

Thanks in advance!

wankelrx8 · 08-21-2005, 11:08 AM

Nevermind, I found the problem myself:

After trying to play the cd with xine, I noticed the messages from xine saying:
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading

So I checked the link for /dev/dvd and it was pointing to my cd burner instead of the new DVD burner I installed.

I fixed the problem by doing:

# rm /dev/dvd
# ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/hdc # your actual DVD device name may differ.

wankelrx8 · 08-21-2005, 11:11 AM

Correction:
# ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/hdc

Should have been:
# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd #(I didn't cut-and-paste the original from my terminal)

So, k3b seems to be copying the DVD just fine now...

rocksniffer · 09-02-2005, 12:14 PM

I can't get k3b to burn a dvd udf file structure. I set the udf button under burn but my player just spits it back out to me. If I use mkisofs and then use k3b to burn the iso it works fine. I would like to skip that step.

Rock