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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 31 21:17:39 2024
    I have managed to be reasonably successful with this under Windows with
    AnyDVD and HandBrake working together to produce good quality and
    reasonable size - thanks to all the advice given in this group! Problem is AnyDVD will stop working in a couple of weeks and it is very expensive
    since it's subscription only like so much s/w nowadays.

    Is here a Linux solution for this, I know HandBrake is available but what
    about a free equivalent of AnyDVD?

    I keep loading Linux and running back to Windows, if I could get something
    like this working it might encourage me to spend a bit longer in Linux.

    Ubuntu MATE is my goto Linux distro so I would probably stick to that
    unless there are good reasons to use something else?

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Mar 31 21:57:24 2024
    On 2024-03-31, Jeff Gaines <[email protected]> wrote:

    I have managed to be reasonably successful with this under Windows with AnyDVD and HandBrake working together to produce good quality and
    reasonable size - thanks to all the advice given in this group! Problem is AnyDVD will stop working in a couple of weeks and it is very expensive
    since it's subscription only like so much s/w nowadays.

    Is here a Linux solution for this, I know HandBrake is available but what about a free equivalent of AnyDVD?

    https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/1.7.0/workflow/open-video-source.html

    https://www.howtogeek.com/240487/how-to-play-dvds-and-blu-rays-on-linux/


    Handbrake will rip the DVD provided that the libdvdcss2 library is
    installed.

    Point the DVD to the source on Handbrake and select the titles.

    I see you use Ubuntu so the instructions for ppa to get MakeMKV should work. Note the article is somewhat old (8 years ago) so you mileage may vary.

    I keep loading Linux and running back to Windows, if I could get something like this working it might encourage me to spend a bit longer in Linux.

    Ubuntu MATE is my goto Linux distro so I would probably stick to that
    unless there are good reasons to use something else?


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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Gordon on Mon Apr 1 09:28:28 2024
    On 31/03/2024 in message <[email protected]> Gordon wrote:

    I see you use Ubuntu so the instructions for ppa to get MakeMKV should
    work.
    Note the article is somewhat old (8 years ago) so you mileage may vary.

    Many thanks Gordon :-)

    Ubuntu is on (yippee Ventoy yet again!) but I can't see my main Windows PC
    in its file manager "Caja". When I Google for that all I can find is posts saying Caja won't connect to Windows machines. I wonder if there is a
    better file manager or different distro that connects to Windows out of
    the box...

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.
    It was a right bugger to get him back when he ran off.

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