well i found a couple of ways to do it.
bjoneson Wrote:I think you could just set up a "program" to execute "dd if=/dev/dvd of=<output file>.iso"
bjoneson: sorry, i did not understand your post, i thought you meant that there is "a program" that i have to setup and then execute the command. :o:o
actually this is one of the ways:
Code:
dd if=/dev/dvd of=xxxx.iso
this will create an iso file of the entire DVD, and this is a link to other options to do with dd
http://linux-guider.blogspot.com/2009/01...e-md5.html
the second way is a bit more and requires (im using ubuntu 8.10):
Code:
sudo apt-get install dvdbackup
then execute:
Code:
dvdbackup -M -n <name> -o <folder>
you could do:
to read all the paramaters
this dvdbackup will actually copy the entire dvd (that's the parameter -M) into the destination folder(the -o param) which will be name <name> (the -n param)
now to make this folder (or for that matter anything) into an iso file, we do:
Code:
mkisofs -o xxxx.iso <folder>
ex.: i want to backup my dvd into /home/videos i will do:
Code:
dvdbackup -M -n mydvd -o /home/videos
mkisofs -o mydvd.iso /home/videos
well, i tried both ways, they both take the same amount of time (which is a bit too long, almost 30 min. for a 3.5GB dvd) and for some reason xbmc won't play from iso (i never tried it before, so maybe im missing some config's to make it read iso's) but i'm happy for now with just copying the dvd to a folder (which xbmc can also recognise as a dvd and play it)
now, if anyone with the skills can take these and put them into a plugin, that will be great
but plz, give the user to option to name folder/iso file and select the destination also (dvdbackup has some options to read various things off the dvd like name and chapters and other things - man dvdbackup will give you some ideas)
this is also a small guide on making iso files and md5 checksum (and actually has some trick on how to mount and unmount an iso file):
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/l...icatecddvd