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NAME
     vobcopy - copy (rip) files from a dvd to the harddisk

SYNOPSIS
     vobcopy  [-a angle ] [-b size[bkmg] ] [-e size[bkmg] ] [-f] [-F fast_factor
     ] [-h] [-i input-dir ] [-l] [-m] [-M][-n title-number ]  [-o  output-dir  ]
     [-q]  [-O	single_file(s)_to_rip  ] [-t name ] [-v [-v]] [-x] [-I] [-V] [-L
     logfile-path ] [-1 aux_output_dir1 ] [-2  aux_output_dir2	]  [-3	aux_out-
     put_dir3 ] [-4 aux_output_dir4 ]

DESCRIPTION
     vobcopy copies DVD .vob files to harddisk (thanks to libdvdread) and merges
     them  into  file(s)  with	the  name  extracted from the DVD. It checks for
     enough free space on the destination drive and compares the copied size  to
     the size on DVD (in case the size is wrong the files keep the .partial end-
     ing  ).  It  should  definitely  work on linux and now on FreeBSD, OpenBSD,
     NetBSD, Solaris and MacOSX too!

     theCSSissue: Due to possible legal issues, vobcopy doesn't include any code
     to descramble CSS "enhanced" DVDs. CSS is sold by the  DVD  industry  as  a
     "copy protection", though it's more of a "view protection" as it makes DVDs
     unviewable with unlicensed players.  Some people have hacked CSS decryption
     routines,	and one of those is available as a libdvdread counterpart. So if
     you have such a DVD, have a look at the libdvdread page. If you  are  posi-
     tive  that it's allowed where you live, you can just install that mentioned
     library and make decrypted backups of all your DVDs...

     vobcopy without any options will copy the title with the most chapters into
     files of 2GB size into the current working directory.

OPTIONS
     -a, --angle ANGLE
	    uses the specified angle number. Default: 0. Example: vobcopy -a 1.

     -b, --begin SIZE[bkmg]
	    begins to copy from the specified offset-size. Modifiers like b  for
	    512-bytes, k for kilo-bytes, m for mega- and g for giga-bytes can be
	    appended  to the number. Example: vobcopy -b 500m will start to copy
	    from 500MB onward till the end.

     -e, --end SIZE[bkmg]
	    similar to -b, this options lets you specify some size to  stop  be-
	    fore the end.

     -f, --force
	    force  the	output to the specified directory even if vobcopy thinks
	    there is not enough free space

     -F, --fast fast_factor
	    speed up the copying (experimental). fast_factor is in the	range  1
	    to 64

     -h, --help
	    print the command line options available

     -i, --input-dir INPUT-DIR
	    provide vobcopy with the path to the mounted dvd drive

     -l, --large-file
	    write data into one file (needs large file support (LFS))

     -M, --longest
	    choose  the title with the longest playing time. With some DVDs this
	    gets the main title better than the most chapter method, with others
	    it's worse.

     -m, --mirror
	    mirrors the whole dvd to harddisk. It will create a directory  named
	    after  the dvd and copy the ifo, bup and vob files there. The title-
	    vobs are decrypted during this.

     -n, --title-number TITLE-NUMBER
	    specify which title vobcopy shall copy (default is title  with  most
	    chapters).	On the dvd, vts_01_x.vob specify the first title (mostly
	    this is the main feature).

     -o, --output-dir OUTPUT-DIR
	    specify the output-directory of the data. "stdout" or  "-"	redirect
	    to	stdout.  Useful for pipeing it to /dev/null ;-) If you forget to
	    pipe it to some place, your terminal will get garbled,  so	remember
	    that typing "reset" and then Enter will rescue you.

     -q, --quiet
	    all  info-	and error-messages of vobcopy will end up in the current
	    directory in vobcopy.bla instead of stderr

     -O, --onefile single_file(s)_to_rip
	    specify which single file(s) to rip. Parts of names can be given and
	    all files which include the part will be copied. Files can be listed
	    with comma separation. Example: -O video_ts.vob,bup  will  copy  the
	    single file video_ts.vob and all files containing bup. This mode se-
	    lects files by name from VIDEO_TS, so it cannot be combined with -n.
	    To match title 2 in this mode, use something like -O vts_02_

     -t, --name NAME
	    you  can give the file a name if you don't like the one from dvd. -t
	    hallo will result in hallo.vob. (stdout or "-" are	deprecated  now)
	    If	you want to give it names like "Huh I like this movie", do it in
	    quotation marks.

     -v, --verbose
	    prints more information about whats going on (more verbose).

     -v -v  prints the information given on command line into a log-file in  the
	    current directory for inclusion into a bugreport.

     -x     overwrite all existing files without further questions.

     -L LOGFILE-PATH
	    tells vobcopy where to put the logfile instead of the default.

     -I, --info
	    prints information about the titles, chapters and angles on the dvd.

     -V, --version
	    prints version number.

     -1, --1st_alt_output_dir AUXILIARY-OUTPUT-DIR1
	    if the data doesn't fit on the first output-directory (specified be-
	    hind  -o)  writing will continue here (and after -2 there and -3 and
	    -4) -> the files will be split according to the remaining free space
	    (try specifying the path _directly_ behind -1, _no_ space in between
	    if you have troubles, this might be even necessary at -o...)

BUGS
     Vobcopy is still under development. So expect some.  There *might* be prob-
     lems for users who's system is not large-file ready. If so, please get back
     to me.

AUTHOR
     Robos <robos@muon.de>

Linux				    Jun 2009			      VOBCOPY(1)

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