Re: DVD::rip slow to rip

On 8/30/07, Anton Melser <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30/08/2007, Dave Cobb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm attempting to copy a DVD I own and so far 60% has been ripped and it's
> > taken an hour and a half!
> > I've checked if DMA is enabled on my DVD, which it is, and it isn't set to
> > encode on the fly.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any help please?
>
> Maybe a dvd drive problem? Try dd'ing to your hd and then mount the
> iso and rip from there. If dd'ing is taking a long time then your
> drive is having a hard time reading the dvd.
> HTH
> Anton
>

AFAIK, you can not dd encrypted DVD, and use the image.

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