Re: dd to make full copy of dvd?

[Antonio Rodriguez <arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com>]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 05:10:49PM +0100, Jonathan Melhuish wrote:
> On Saturday 10 July 2004 23:13, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > would dd make a full-complete copy of a dvd? checking with dvd::rip,
> > the obetained directory is almost twice as large. That would not fit
> > in a 4.7 g regular dvd, which is the size of the original. Hmm.
> > ?
> 
> Don't forget that most DVD films are dual-layer, so each layer will result in 
> a 4.7Gb file.  You'll either need to use something like dvd::rip to compress 
> it down to half size or burn it onto DVDs.
> 
> If you take the latter option, let me know how you did it; I'm still looking 
> for the easiest way of doing this.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jon
> 

Hi Jon, is there a way of recognizing which is what layer? Is this
layer concept related to the + and - in the (+-)DVD name? I will keep
you informed of what happens...