SYNOPSIS

       vobcopy  [-b  size[bkmg] ] [-e size[bkmg] ] [-f] [-F fast_factor ] [-h]
       [-i input-dir ] [-l] [-m] [-n title-number ] [-o output-dir ] [-q]  [-O
       single_file(s)_to_rip  ]  [-t  name  ] [-v [-v]] [-I] [-V] [-1 aux_out-
       put_dir1 ] [-2 aux_output_dir2 ] [-3  aux_output_dir3  ]  [-4  aux_out-
       put_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 the 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

              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 /tmp/vob-
              copy.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
              /tmp/ for inclusion into a bugreport.

       -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>