DVD backups on GNU/Linux

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:44:23 +0000

This is how I like to create digital copies (i.e., backups) of my physical DVD collection, which I own legitimately. I don’t condone piracy or theft.

Backup instructions

Rip physical DVD media makemkv
Transcode mkv to m4v container using Fast 1080p30 preset in handbrake. Passthrough UTF-8 subtitles if you like those.
Copy to media backup server rsync --protect-args -av --progress Season8 "shnerg@172.16.1.32:/data/TV/Penn & Teller Bullshit/"

Software

MakeMKV transcoder that deals with proprietary (and usually encrypted) disc into a set of MKV files
Handbrake general video transcoder

The C source is available as tarballs makemkv-bin-1.16.5.tar.gz and makemkv-oss-1.16.5.tar.gz. The Linux release includes full source code for MakeMKV GUI, libmakemkv multiplexer library and libdriveio MMC drive interrogation library.

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DVD backups on GNU/Linux

Backup instructions

Software