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>