Problems ripping DVDs I legally own to my media server

[Thomas Cameron]

On 01/03/2010 10:58 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
>> All -
>>
>> To make clear - I am only doing this with DVDs I legally own.  I am
>> not pirating, I am just trying to get all my DVDs onto a media server
>> I am building instead of having them strewn all over the entertainment
>> center.
>>
>> Specifically, I tried to rip Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen.  It
>> apparently has some new copy protection scheme where it reports that
>> it is 80 gigs, and every method I tried to decrypt them under Linux
>> failed.
>>
>> I wound up having to fire up my dusty old Windows box and use Ideal
>> DVD Copy to rip them successfully (http://tinyurl.com/yg8269g).
>>
>> What, if anything, are you using to make legit backups of your newer,
>> copy-protected DVDs under Linux?
>>
> Are you saying it worked with older DVDs?

Yes.

> Do you have libdvdcss installed?

Yes.

I can *play* the DVD, I just couldn't *copy* it.