I feel this is kind of a dumb question but I can’t find a solution that’s working for me:
every now and then I have the need to rip copy protected dvds. In the past I have used Handbrake with libdvdcss. But now there only seems to be flatpak versions of Handbrake for linux and these versions can’t access the libdvdcss library.
VLC should be able to do the job but for a specific dvd I wnt to rip now, I produces out-of-sync video/audio tracks and I haven’t been able to succeed.
I can’t believe ripping dvd’s can be that hard. Do I miss something obvious? Any tips are appreciated, aside from just download it - I can’t find the respective media anywhere…
- Kongar ( @Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English42•2 months ago
I use makemkv. Works every time. Once in a while you have to open the disk “manually” and select the right track but ya, makemkv does it all.
Free if you want to update the beta trial key every few months. After years of use I bought a lifetime license for like $20. Probably the best value I’ve ever gotten.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English2•2 months ago
Does makemkv work well in wine?
- Kongar ( @Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English13•2 months ago
There’s a native Linux version! No need for wine :)
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English2•2 months ago
True, but you need to build that yourself, and as I am but a smol helpless Linux newblet, I do not have the knowledge to do that.
- rehydrate ( @rehydrate@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English5•2 months ago
Pretty sure there is an unofficial flatpak for makemkv
Oh great! I came accross MakeMKV before, but couldn’t find a recent version. Didn’t think of Flathub…
- Kongar ( @Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•2 months ago
Right! I use the flatpak myself - works great.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•2 months ago
Oh nice, I didnt know that! Thanks, that’ll make it a lot easier!
- nullishcat ( @nullishcat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English17•2 months ago
Hi, I actually wrote a guide on how to do this on my blog: https://nullish.cat/blog/disc-rip/ The gist of it is just MakeMKV (and ImgBurn if you like ISOs.)
- m-p{3} ( @mp3@lemmy.ca ) English8•2 months ago
You should be able to use FlatSeal to override the Flatpak’s sandbox and grant access to VLC’s library files, which should include
libdvdcss
. - u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) ( @user224@lemmy.sdf.org ) English7•2 months ago
Is it not in your distro’s repo? I am pretty sure I’ve used handbrake from Arch repo just fine.
- Chewy ( @Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de ) English5•2 months ago
Building MakeMKV seems to require a binary, which is unfree. I assume this is the reason it’s not in official distribution repos (except Nix and FreeBSD).
It’s in the AUR and Nixpkgs, both automate building it from “source” (+binary). MakeMKV is in FreeBSDs official repos, according to pkgs.org.
- u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) ( @user224@lemmy.sdf.org ) English3•2 months ago
I was referring to Hanbrake which is mentioned in the post.
- Chewy ( @Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de ) English3•2 months ago
Well, it seems my reading skill deteriorated to a surprising extent. You’ve even mentioned handbrake in your post…
- deadcatbounce ( @deadcatbounce@reddthat.com ) English4•2 months ago
What happened to libdvdcss? Is that not a thing anymore?
From what I remember - it’s been a minute - there were many encryption keys that the publishing houses used to encrypt the DVDs released to the wild and they were packaged up in this codec, when they were found.
- Thembo McBembo ( @ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org ) English3•2 months ago
DVD readers often don’t let you read from DVDs until opened by a valid program… But stay unlocked after that.
What I’ve done is open in VLC, close immediately, then use
dd
to copy the contents of the disc to an ISO - f00f/eris ( @ipacialsection@startrek.website ) English3•2 months ago
Handbrake will probably still work if you compile it from source, but it seems like upstream isn’t paying much attention to libdvdcss support.
The version in Debian’s repo still works for me, anyway.