Subj : Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Nightfox
From : fusion
Date : Mon Sep 15 2025 00:37:00

On 13 Sep 2025, Nightfox said the following...
 
 Ni>   Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
 Ni>   By: Arelor to Gamgee on Sat Sep 13 2025 03:21 pm
 Ni> 
 Ni>  Ar> For DVD, HandBrake does the trick more often than not. I find it
 Ni>  Ar> suspicious that it does not work for you. Ensure you are using the la
 Ni> 
 Ni> I thought I had heard that Handbrake doesn't decrypt discs?  Almost all
 Ni> commercially-produced DVDs (and blu-rays) are encrypted, so you'd need
 Ni> something that can decrypt it while ripping.

i double checked my Changelog (heh) and it looks like i installed libdvdcss immediately before handbrake.. yet i installed libaacs quite a ways after (i.e. it searches for and can use that at runtime. maybe that's how it uses libdvdcss too?)

perhaps it's one of those things they avoid being so blatant about. install handbrake and then, hint hint, nudge nudge, get a couple extras..

but i've definitely done both dvd and blu-ray with handbrake.. used this bad boy:
https://www.amazon.com/External-Enclosure-Generation-Aluminum-NST-540S3-BK/dp/B
09SS74KCN

worked exceptional, and it's nice to not have to have a machine with the drive in it permanently, taking up sata ports ;)

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