Problem copying VOB files.

[Paul Smith]

On 1/16/06, steve.goodey at bt.com <steve.goodey at bt.com> wrote:
> I wonder if someone could help with a question please.
>
> I have been transferring my 8mm home videos to DVD by plugging the
> camcorder into my DVD recorder and copying onto DVD+RW. I then place the
> DVD+RW into the drive on my PC so I can edit them. I have been able to
> transfer the files from the DVD+RW onto the hard drive using Windows XP
> and Mandriva by dragging and dropping.
>
> The problem now is I am trying to migrate to FC4 and dragging and
> dropping VOB files doesn't work. The copy starts ok, then the transfer
> rate collapses and it stops with a message, "Could not read file
> /media/cdrecorder/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB". This is when using konqueror.
> The same disc copies ok using windows/mandriva. Trying cp from the
> command line on FC4 fails with input/output error.
>
> I have bypassed the problem by using vobcopy, but why does FC4 have a
> problem?

Steve,

Try dvdbackup from dries repository.

Regards,

Paul