[Dvdrtools-users] Copy DVD to DVD-r...

[Kris Hermansen]

Hey guys.  I am not a memeber of this list but I just have a few questions 
that I was hoping some of you could answer.

1)  Is there a way to copy a DVD really quick and dirty?  I have this Red 
Hat 8.0 DVD which is about 3.5 gigs and I want to do a backup of it to a 
DVD-r.  Do I need to use mkisofs or can dvdrecord make an image of the DVD 
and burn it?

2)  Is there a way to do RAW copies of DVD's yet?  I heard that software 
violates the DMCA if it can read/write the CSS codes on the DVD.  I have a 
few DVD video discs that I want to backup, but all my Windows apps say this 
is an illegal operation and refuse to copy these sectors.  So is there a way 
to do a bit for bit copy?  In comparison to CD-r, there should be a way to 
read the USER DATA + EDC/ECC + SUBCODE = EXACT RAW COPY.  Pretty soon we are 
going to start seeing DVD discs containing anti-copy code to check if these 
sectors are present.  If anyone has some in depth documentation on the CD 
and DVD format specs please let me know how to get them.  I heard that you 
could purchase these from Sony for an outrageous price, but someone must 
have these seeing that I am only a lowly college student ;-)

Kris Hermansen

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