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

SYNOPSIS
       vobcopy	[-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 ending	). 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  positive 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
       -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
	      before 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 "-"	 redi-
	      rect  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  cur-
	      rent 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

       -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
	      behind -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	neces-
	      sary at -o...)

BUGS
       Vobcopy	is  still under	development. So	expect some.  There *might* be
       problems	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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