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NAME

       vobcopy - copy (rip) files from a dvd to the harddisk

SYNOPSIS

       vobcopy	[-b  size[bkmg]  ]  [-e size[bkmg] ] [-f] [-F fast_factor ] [-h] [-i input-dir ] [-l] [-m] [-M][-n title-number ] [-o output-dir ]
       [-q] [-O single_file(s)_to_rip ] [-t name ] [-v [-v]] [-x] [-I] [-V] [-L logfile-path ] [-1 aux_output_dir1 ]  [-2  aux_output_dir2  ]  [-3
       aux_output_dir3 ] [-4 aux_output_dir4 ]

DESCRIPTION

       vobcopy	copies	DVD  .vob  files  to harddisk (thanks to libdvdread) and merges them into file(s) with the name extracted from the DVD. It
       checks for enough free space on the destination drive and compares the copied size to the size on DVD (in case the size is wrong the  files
       keep the .partial ending ). It should definitely work on linux and now on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris and MacOSX too!

       theCSSissue:  Due  to  possible	legal  issues,	vobcopy doesn't include any code to descramble CSS "enhanced" DVDs. CSS is sold by the DVD
       industry as a "copy protection", though it's more of a "view protection" as it makes DVDs unviewable with unlicensed players.  Some  people
       have  hacked  CSS decryption routines, and one of those is available as a libdvdread counterpart. So if you have such a DVD, have a look at
       the libdvdread page. If you are positive that it's allowed where you live, you can just install that mentioned library and  make  decrypted
       backups of all your DVDs...

       vobcopy without any options will copy the title with the most chapters into files of 2GB size into the current working directory.

OPTIONS

       -b, --begin SIZE[bkmg]
	      begins  to  copy	from the specified offset-size. Modifiers like b for 512-bytes, k for kilo-bytes, m for mega- and g for giga-bytes
	      can be appended to the number. Example: vobcopy -b 500m will start to copy from 500MB onward till the end.

       -e, --end SIZE[bkmg]
	      similar to -b, this options lets you specify some size to stop before the end.

       -f, --force
	      force the output to the specified directory even if vobcopy thinks there is not enough free space

       -F, --fast fast_factor
	      speed up the copying (experimental). fast_factor is in the range 1 to 64

       -h, --help
	      print the command line options available

       -i, --input-dir INPUT-DIR
	      provide vobcopy with the path to the mounted dvd drive

       -l, --large-file
	      write data into one file (needs large file support (LFS))

       -M, --longest
	      choose the title with the longest playing time. With some DVDs this gets the main title better than the most  chapter  method,  with
	      others it's worse.

       -m, --mirror
	      mirrors  the  whole  dvd	to harddisk. It will create a directory named after the dvd and copy the ifo, bup and vob files there. The
	      title-vobs are decrypted during this.

       -n, --title-number TITLE-NUMBER
	      specify which title vobcopy shall copy (default is title with most chapters). On the  dvd,  vts_01_x.vob	specify  the  first  title
	      (mostly this is the main feature).

       -o, --output-dir OUTPUT-DIR
	      specify  the  output-directory of the data. "stdout" or "-" redirect to stdout. Useful for pipeing it to /dev/null ;-) If you forget
	      to pipe it to some place, your terminal will get garbled, so remember that typing "reset" and then Enter will rescue you.

       -q, --quiet
	      all info- and error-messages of vobcopy will end up in the current directory in vobcopy.bla instead of stderr

       -O, --onefile single_file(s)_to_rip
	      specify which single file(s) to rip. Parts of names can be given and all files which include the part will be copied. Files  can	be
	      listed with comma separation. Example: -O video_ts.vob,bup will copy the single file video_ts.vob and all files containing bup

       -t, --name NAME
	      you  can	give  the file a name if you don't like the one from dvd. -t hallo will result in hallo.vob. (stdout or "-" are deprecated
	      now) If you want to give it names like "Huh I like this movie", do it in quotation marks.

       -v, --verbose
	      prints more information about whats going on (more verbose).

       -v -v  prints the information given on command line into a log-file in the current directory for inclusion into a bugreport.

       -x     overwrite all existing files without further questions.

       -L LOGFILE-PATH
	      tells vobcopy where to put the logfile instead of the default.

       -I, --info
	      prints information about the titles, chapters and angles on the dvd.

       -V, --version
	      prints version number.

       -1, --1st_alt_output_dir AUXILIARY-OUTPUT-DIR1
	      if the data doesn't fit on the first output-directory (specified behind -o) writing will continue here (and after -2  there  and	-3
	      and  -4)	-> the files will be split according to the remaining free space (try specifying the path _directly_ behind -1, _no_ space
	      in between if you have troubles, this might be even necessary at -o...)

BUGS

       Vobcopy is still under development. So expect some.  There *might* be problems for users who's system  is  not  large-file  ready.  If  so,
       please get back to me.

AUTHOR

       Robos <robos@muon.de>

Linux								     Jun 2009								VOBCOPY(1)