Back up X Project DRM DVD

[jimson8]

Looking for a free way to backup a X project DRM dvd to an ISO. All methods I could find included using paid software which isn't in my budget. Wondering if MakeMKV will ever get support for this, or if there is other free software I could use?

Thank you

[Woodstock]

MakeMKV isn't likely to have "DVD to ISO" support, but I've simply used the operating system''s copy command to copy the disk to an ISO.

[flojo]

MakeMKV isn't likely to have "DVD to ISO" support, but I've simply used the operating system''s copy command to copy the disk to an ISO.

Which command for which OS and is it a "pure" non-hybrid UDF image? I'm looking for a way to create a ~88GB UHD.iso (but not to burn).

I'm not sure yet if genisoimage can create a pure UDF.iso like for UHD, but it can create hybrids and of course 9660 (I still use it for CD+ audio discs). In addition to -udf it also supports -hfs images.

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genisoimage -J -joliet-long -R -l -A "Authoring text; 128 max characters" -ldots -allow-multidot -V "volume name; 32 max characters" -o ./data.iso ./image_dir

On Windows there's a free trial of "DVDFab DVD Creator" https://www.dvdfab.cn/dvd-creator.htm?t ... ,headmenu2 Although I'm not sure how many images you can create. While unmaintained for over a decade, there's also "InfraRecorder" which works for dvd-5/dvd-9. http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5

You could also boot "KUbuntu" from USB and use K3b. It supports DVD-5/DVD-9 and bluray (mostly)... https://github.com/KDE/k3b