NAME

       dvdbackup - Tool to backup DVDs

SYNOPSIS

       dvdbackup [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents briefly the dvdbackup command.  This manual page was written for the Debian
       distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.  dvdbackup is a  tool  to  extract
       data from video DVDs.  It has the advantages of being small, fast, and easy to use.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -h, --help
              print a brief usage message

       -V, --version
              print version information

       -I, --info
              for information about the DVD

       -M, --mirror
              backup the whole DVD

       -F, --feature
              backup the main feature of the DVD

       -T X, --titleset=X
              backup title set X

       -t X, --title=X
              backup title X

       -s X, --start=X
              backup from chapter X

       -e X, --end=X
              backup to chapter X

       -i DEVICE, --input=DEVICE
              where DEVICE is your DVD device.  This switch only needs to be used if your DVD device node is not
              /dev/dvd

       -o DIRECTORY, --output=DIRECTORY
              where DIRECTORY is your backup target.  If not given, the current working directory will be used.

       -v, --verbose
              print more information about progress

       -n NAME, --name=NAME
              (optional) set the title - useful if autodetection fails

       -a 0, --aspect=0
              to get aspect ratio 4:3 instead of 16:9 if both are present

       -r {a,b,m}, --error={a,b,m}
              select read error handling: a=abort, b=skip block, m=skip multiple blocks (default)

       -p, --progress
              print progress information while copying VOBs

Option notes

       -a is option to the -F switch and has no effect on other options
       -s and -e should preferably be used together with -t

General backup information

       If your backup directory is /my/dvd/backup/dir/ specified with the -o flag, then dvdbackup will create  a
       DVD-Video structure under /my/dvd/backup/dir/TITLE_NAME/VIDEO_TS.  If the -o flag is omitted, the current
       directory is used.

       Since the title is "unique" you can use the same directory for all your DVD backups.  If  it  happens  to
       have  a  generic title dvdbackup will exit with a return value of 2, and you will need to specify a title
       name with the -n switch.

       dvdbackup will always mimic the original DVD-Video structure. Hence if you e.g.  use the -M (mirror)  you
       will  get  an  exact duplicate of the original. This means that every file will have the same size as the
       original one. Likewise also for the -F and the -T switch.

       However the -t and (-t -s/-e) switch is a bit different  the  titles  sectors  will  be  written  to  the
       original  file  but  not  at  the  same  offset  as  the original one since there may be gaps in the cell
       structure that we do not fill.

EXAMPLES

       dvdbackup -I
              gathers information about the DVD.  /dev/dvd is the default device tried - you need to use  -i  if
              your device name is different.

       dvdbackup -M
              backups  the  whole  DVD.  This action creates a valid DVD-Video structure that can be burned to a
              DVD-/+R(W) with help of genisoimage.

       dvdbackup -F
              backups the main feature of the DVD.  This action creates  a  valid  DVD-Video  structure  of  the
              feature  title  set.   Note that this will not result in an image immediately watchable - you will
              need another program like dvdauthor to help construct the IFO files.

              dvdbackup defaults to get the 16:9 version of the main feature if a 4:3 is  also  present  on  the
              DVD.  To get the 4:3 version use -a 0.

              dvdbackup  makes it best to make a intelligent guess what is the main feature of the DVD - in case
              it fails please send a bug report.

       dvdbackup -T 2
              backups the title set 2 i.e. all VTS_02_X.XXX  files.   This  action  creates  a  valid  DVD-Video
              structure  of  the  specified  title  set.  Note that this will not result in an image immediately
              watchable - you will need another program like dvdauthor to help construct the IFO files.

       dvdbackup -t 1
              backups the title 1.  This action backups all cells that forms  the  specified  title.  Note  that
              there  can  be sector gaps in between one cell and another. dvdbackup will backup all sectors that
              belongs to the title but will skip sectors that are not a part of the title.

       dvdbackup -t 1 -s 20 -e 25
              This action will backup chapter 20 to 25 in title 1, as with the backup of a title  there  can  be
              sector  gaps  between  one  chapter  (cell)  and on other.  dvdbackup will backup all sectors that
              belongs to the title 1 chapter 20 to 25 but will skip sectors that are not a part of the  title  1
              chapter 20 to 25.

              To backup a single chapter e.g. chapter 20 do -s 20 -e 20.
              To backup from chapter 20 to the end chapter use only -s 20.
              To backup to chapter 20 from the first chapter use only -e 20.

              You can skip the -t switch and let the program guess the title although it is not recommended.

              If you specify a chapter that is higher than the last chapter of the title dvdbackup will truncate
              to the highest chapter of the title.

EXIT STATUS

       0      on success

       1      on usage error

       2      on title name error

       -1     on failure

AUTHORS

       dvdbackup was written by  Olaf  Beck  <olaf_sc@yahoo.com>,  but  is  now  maintained  by  Benjamin  Drung
       <benjamin.drung@gmail.com>  and Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>.  This manual page was written by Stephen
       Gran <sgran@debian.org>.