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More and more people are getting dual-layer DVD-burners and don’t want to compromise quality by shrinking the movie down to DVD-5 (singel-layer) copies. This howto will show you how to make a 1:1 (unshrinked and unencrypted) ISO-image of an encrypted DVD-9 movie in linux using the commandline. Prerequisites (these are likeley available in your distros […]
To create an ISO image from your CD/DVD, place the media in your drive but do not mount it. If it automounts, unmount it. # dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/til/ISO-fil To make an ISO image from files on your hard drive, create a directory which holds the files you want. Then use the mkisofs command # mkisofs […]
The AUDIO_TS/ and VIDEO_TS/ directories are required by the dvd video standard, and contain all of the menus and video that will be used when you put this dvd into your home dvd player. # mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso dvd_fs This will create the iso image dvd.iso that you can burn to a real […]