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>