I feel this is kind of a dumb question but I can’t find a solution that’s working for me:

every now and then I have the need to rip copy protected dvds. In the past I have used Handbrake with libdvdcss. But now there only seems to be flatpak versions of Handbrake for linux and these versions can’t access the libdvdcss library.

VLC should be able to do the job but for a specific dvd I wnt to rip now, I produces out-of-sync video/audio tracks and I haven’t been able to succeed.

I can’t believe ripping dvd’s can be that hard. Do I miss something obvious? Any tips are appreciated, aside from just download it - I can’t find the respective media anywhere…

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@ryan_harg makemkv

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I use makemkv. Works every time. Once in a while you have to open the disk “manually” and select the right track but ya, makemkv does it all.

Free if you want to update the beta trial key every few months. After years of use I bought a lifetime license for like $20. Probably the best value I’ve ever gotten.

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DVD -> ISO -> MKV should be fine, what happens when you play the iso directly in VLC?

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Strangely, playing was working fine. Just when I try to convert it has sync issues… I’m probably just too simpleminded to make it work that way, but VLC doesn’t make it easy to do it right either, I guess…

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Does makemkv work well in wine?

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There’s a native Linux version! No need for wine :)

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True, but you need to build that yourself, and as I am but a smol helpless Linux newblet, I do not have the knowledge to do that.

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Handbrake will probably still work if you compile it from source, but it seems like upstream isn’t paying much attention to libdvdcss support.

The version in Debian’s repo still works for me, anyway.

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DVD readers often don’t let you read from DVDs until opened by a valid program… But stay unlocked after that.

What I’ve done is open in VLC, close immediately, then use dd to copy the contents of the disc to an ISO

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