/home/dvd.iso == /dev/dvd

[solarian]

Hello,

is there any way to mount a dvd .iso image or a unpacked dvd image onto /dev/dvd ?

 

The problem I'm facing is that I don't have a dvd burner, so I want to compress the dvd to xvid,

I can do that (with the Linux software available), but I can only xvid separate .vob files, whereas I'd like to rip the whole film. And when I want to join together the separately encoded (xvid) .vob files Avidemux does an unclean stitch with sound distortion (known bug for me).

 

But I could encode the whole film into one xvid file if I make Mandriva believe that I have a real dvd mounted on /dev/dvd ,then the ripping software would understand it as such and my problem would be soved.

 

Thanks!

[devries]

You can mount iso files in Linux with (as root): mount -t iso9660 dvd iso name.iso /home/your name/folder you created -o loop

[solarian]

Thanks, though I know that particular command, it does not work the way I need though, i.e., dvd ripping software does not recognize /dev/dvd as a dvd disc if I use this particular line.

[solarian]

The problem is that /dev/dvd needs to be a block device I think

[Gul Dukat]

Perhaps, this is what you're looking for.

http://linux.softpedia.com/progScreenshots...nshot-2216.html

[solarian]

My dear friend, that is exactly what that command above does.

It appears that the problem is that I need to fake a DVD ROM and a mounted dvd.

The mounting part is clear, the making of a fake dvd rom block device is not.

Edited November 28, 2005 by solarian

[lavaeolus]

Is there any possibilty to create virtual block devices, like virtual cd drives in windows

 

seems I found something:

 

http://www.timfanelli.com/tags/linux

 

http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1387/

Edited November 29, 2005 by lavaeolus

[pmpatrick]

When you mount the iso using loop, I believe you can access /dev/loop0 as a block device. Try pointing your dvd ripper to /dev/loop0 but I think you will have to be root to access it. Note, the first loop mount is through /dev/loop0, the second through/dev/loop1, etc.

[solarian]

Thanks for the advice, pmpatrick! I'll try that out!

[solarian]

No, doesn't seem to wor [NO DVD FOUND message].

Is there another software apart from Avidemux that can stich together either .vob or .avi (xvid) files?

[pmpatrick]

Did you run your ripper,Avidemux, as root? You will have to do that to access /dev/loop0 IIRC. I just tried mounting a dvd iso with loop and using dvdshrink on it, designating /dev/loop0 as the read device and it worked as root but gave an error message as an ordinary user.

 

Edit: You may want to take a look at dvdshrink for your project. It will access /dev/loop0 as root and rip the dvd. In the process it creates a single mpeg of the entire dvd. Just be sure to save your working files. You could probably use that mpeg in avidemux.

Edited December 2, 2005 by pmpatrick