Trying to copy DVD to hard drive using Dolphin

[Old-Polack]

HI guys Iam back .I been trying to work why some DVDs  copy & others dont  I was hoping it  had something to do with the physical size of DVDs as the first DVD I copied sucessfully        was   about 4.GB & the 2nd was about 7.GB & failed I  tried copying 10 DVDs of varying sizes 3 GB to 7.2GB Although the failure rate was 50% non of the larger DVDs would copy. Totaley inconclusive I know but If someone could could trying to reproduce this Errno:5 issue it might be more valid than uploading the screenshot I took.

Also I tried downloading PCLinuxOS     404 ERR  Mini version as well was going to run fsck in live mode as suggested

still dont know how to indent help again please

What filesystem are you trying to copy to?

[dixdocs]

Iam now trying to use Handbrake ask me in 3hrs 14mins if it is a sucses .

All the DVDs Iwas trying to copy  /movies .
The link about Errno:5 referred to either problems with DVD  Players and     or hard-drive is there anything  I can do      to identify the cause
     

fsck was     mentioned on a live cd  how is it done?

any other help always appreciated

[Phil]

Hi dd,

You there yet, just curious. Handbrake is good. I prefer the ffmpeg encoder as the H?? takes an eternity. Not all disks work, most do. Mine take about an hour on an ok machine (I prefer to use acidrip)

fsck - you need to use a live disk so that your system partition and other partitions are not in use. You need to be root:

#man fsck
#fsck /dev/? (this is just a check)
#fsck -fy /dev/??? (this fixes anythig, fix and say yes to everything)

There are variations. Type #fsck and then press tab, those are the different file type options, you may have an ext4 partition.

[dixdocs]

I have been trying to download the latest  KDE 2012 Desktop by clicking on the download but I get a  404error I did mention it in a previous post Iam downloading now from the list of mirrors at the bottom of page.

The reason I was using Dolphin to copy movies to hard drive was it only took10-15 mins

when it worked.
Dolphin kept  all DVDs start options  intact & worked fawlesley  with Vlc & can burn copies that work in DVD player
Something that handbrake  & acidrip cant do Any other software you can think .Getting rid Dolphin Errno:no5 would a big diferrance         
Ive got 40mins left on the download
Thanx for the help so far
PS still dont know how to indent what  key do a press         

[Just17]

Those packages such as DVD Rip etc are designed to CONVERT the DVD to something else.

IMO, the easiest thing to do is create an ISO of the DVD, which can be played by VLC or burned to another DVD ........   if you want the complete DVD stored.

Otherwise there are various methods you can use to copy only the main title and selection links and not the extra audio channels, or adverts and such .....  in other words limit whay is copied and so reduce the stored size somewhat.

The best bet for the error remains a hardware problem.

Try a different optical drive to see if you still get the error.

[dixdocs]

I had been looking at alternative  software that I could use to solve this problem K9copy came to
       mind. I came across DVD95 which I hoped does a similar thing.
 
      NOw it is installed I cant get it do run       I get an           Error reading DVD structure !

         I go into properties and Ive changed  all 3 options it gives me    I press the close button

         &  DVD95 dissapears of the screen Dolphin usually sees it  as as cdrom putting that into
     
          DVD devices does not work either 

           THANx  agin

[Phil]

..have you got an external dvd drive to play with...(test the internal one, they are only meant to last a few years, maybe try a cleaning disk)

[gazthewiz]

I came across this topic while looking for information about the same issue, which I believe I have now solved.

Everyone seems to be missing the point. Copying from a DVD Video (or audio CD) to hard drive is NOT the correct way to get all the required files, and this (NOT a hardware fault) is why error messages or corrupted files are often encountered while trying to do so.

The problem is that you are not copying from one flat file to another - you are taking a video (or audio in the case of a CD) stream, and trying to save it as files.

The correct procedure for this is to RIP, not COPY!

There are many rippers to choose from, and which one you choose depends on what you want to do.

The simplest way to achieve what the original poster wanted, is to use a ripper called "vobcopy", which is readily available on most Linux package managers. I use a different Linux distro, so I can't speak for PCLinuxOS.

Once you have installed vobcopy, just mount the DVD, go to console and issue the command vobcopy -m -o /path/to/your/destination/. (The -m option tells vobcopy you want to mirror the contents of the DVD).

This works for me, and I can even use a USB stick as the destination and then play the movie using vlc (by pointing vlc to the folder on the stick).