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>.