DVD_BACKUP(1)

NAME
dvd_backup - backup an entire DVD or a Video Title Set

SYNOPSIS

dvd_backup [PATH] [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

The dvd_backup(1) program will copy either an entire DVD’s contents or a video title set to the filesystem. The output directory will be the UDF volume name of the disc, the name passed for the directory, or DVD_VIDEO if no label exists.

dvd_backup will read each block individually, and write it to the output file(s). If a block cannot be read, it will fill it with null data, which should preserve playback. If a disc is damaged, reading can take a long time for each broken block. The amount of skipped blocks is displayed on output.

The default device is based on your operating system, and is the primary optical drive.

For backing up a single track, see dvd_copy(1).

OPTIONS

-n, --name
    Set DVD name to backup directory to.

-i, --ifos
    Back up the IFO and BUP files.

-T, --vts=VTS
    Back up a video title set number.

-h, --help Display help output.

SEE ALSO

dvd_copy(1), dvd_info(1)

BUGS

dvd_backup does not wait for an optical device to be ready. Wait for it to finish "polling" before running the program.

Please file bugs at

AUTHOR

dvd_copy was written by Steve Dibb

RESOURCES

Source code available at GitHub:

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2023 Steve Dibb. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL).