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K9Copy is a small utility which allows the copy of DVD on Linux. The DVD video stream is compressed by the program Vamps.
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Free software  Linux  Released: Size:1.5MB |
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Latest version: 1.2.4/KDE 2.3.8 (December 18, 2011) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Supported operating systems: Linux
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User options: Email me when it has been updated Report this tool (dead link/new version) Version history:
Release Name: 2.3.8 Hide changelog Changes: improved stability when ripping DVD fixed crash that occured when trying to open a protected DVD fixed compatibility with ffmpeg new translations (uk) Release Name: 2.3.7 Changes: fixed crashes when using phonon for preview compatibility with dvdauthor 0.7.0 k9copy crashed when a DVD could not be opened. Now it displays an error message. plusieurs langues préférées fixed preview with xine command line mode for k9copy (no X server connection needed) DVD authoring : menus boutons working again backlite : hal replaced with udisks for the devices detection German translation updated fixed NTSC dvd authoring fixed build issues with gcc 4.5.2. ability to select many prefered languages Improved compatibility with FreeBSD and Fedora ... Release Name: 2.3.6 Changes: - removed qt3 dependencies - fixed compilation errors with the ffmpeg libraries - added Danish translation - added Japanese translation - fixed compilation errors with gcc 4.5 Release Name: 2.3.5 Changes: - Fixed backup with menus : k9copy could produce backups with wrong sector references - Q3canvas replaced by QGraphicsScene in dvd authoring - Fixed German translation - Updated russian and czech translations Release Name: 2.3.4 Changes : Fixed 2 pass encoding added log viewer Video can be hidden in the backup progress windows Title totaly cached on disk while ripping a DVD drag'n'drop in the title sequence listbox sharing code between k9copy and backlite Release Name: 2.3.3 Changes: many improvements in video encoding fixed aspect ratio in matroska encoding fixed aspect ratio in mencoder-xvid encoding fixed audio encoding with ffmpeg correction : av_free_packet (compatibilité avec nouvelles versions ffmpeg) traduction : de, pt_br patch libdvdread fixed crash in avi import (dvd authoring) fixed bug on dvd open in the wizard fixed build issue with latest versions of ffmpeg Release Name: 2.3.2 Changes: wizard : fixed bug in "copy without menu" MPEG4 encoding / dvd reauthoring: don't copy empty chapters Fixed bad column resize updated translations : cs.po pt_br.po ru.po nl.po fixed slow video decoding in dvd authoring bug fix: wrong aspect ratio in mpeg4 encoding (need to reset codecs) Fixed possible crash in mp4 encoding or audio extraction Fixed wrong title length when removing chapters on dvd backup Fixed no output in mpeg2 extraction (one file / title option selected) New column in the dvd treeview (main window): length (duration). ability to hide columns. Release Name: 1.2.4 Changes: backport of mpeg2 extraction some bug fixes integration of libdvdread Release Name: 1.2.3 Changes: - fixed possible crash when reading dvd structure - DVD authoring : make use of libmad for video file encoding. (sometimes the sound was inaudible) - fixed memory allocation bug in dvd navigation library - new configure option : --enable-k3bdevices to disable hal support and use k3bdevices instead Release Name: 1.2.2 Notes: Changes: fixed crash on dvd burning Release Name: 1.2.1 Notes: Changes: - Improved compatibility with standalone players - Fixed freezes in dvd backup - updated translations Release Name: 1.2.0 Notes: Changes: - fixed backup freezes in copy with menus - added output to a folder - added basic authoring features: possibility to create a DVD with menus from existing avi files. - bug fixes Release Name: 1.1.3 Notes: Changes: -improved avi encoding speed -added serbian translation -... Release Name: 1.1.2 Notes: Changes: - subtitles in avi encoding - Encoding options in the main window - mencoder options generator - Maximum dvd size >4400 - Fixed crash on multi-core processors in the titles selection - k9copy uses now wodim and genisoimage if they are detected - clear temporary files on exit - video snapshot in avi and authoring progress dialog - fixed bug : audio streams not selected when selecting by titleset - ...
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Does what it says transcodes DVDs no better then other transcoders. Hard to find out if it blanks titles you uncheck. Other problems are the unusual way of expressing compression rather then a fraction it gives you how many times smaller i.e. 1.50 = 70% of the original size. I didn't see an option for deep analysis like other transoders. Wizard has confusing options rip dvd is dvd to xvid and rip w/o conversion is rip to mpeg. The author needs to learn the names used by other programs. Also needs to look at other programs to see the features missing from the program and the feature users want. Does all the features you are likely to need in one program. I did not test the decryption ability (more important due to the lack of decryption programs under linux). Speed I can't comment I'm running it in a Virtual Machine but a speed readout would be useful.
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It's been a while since I've used something besides mplayer or vobcopy to rip a DVD. I'm using Slackware with KDE 4, and decided to check out how the KDE 4 port of K9Copy works. Transcoding a DVD is great. You can select which titles, with/without menus. Customize audio selection, subtitles and shrink factor. Think of DVDShrink in author mode. Just about every option is there except in/out points, and still frame. You can select which chapters to encode though. You can output to folder or ISO, and has integrated burning with K3B. Every codec supported by mencoder/ffmpeg can also be used. I tested 1 pass and 2 pass xvid. 1 pass with copying the audio to ac3 and subtitles. 2 pass with mp3 audio. Everything I've tested so far has worked with my STBs. The DVD shrinking is of course lower quality than actually re-encoding with mpeg2enc or HCenc. But this is the same with all transcoders.
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OK, I have been experimenting with this tool's recent functionality for creating "Quick n' Dirty" MPEG-4 files from DVD. I am painlessly able to create avi files with the x264 video codec and copying the original DVD .ac3 soundtrack for my HTPC. The 2-pass quality even at 800kbps is very impressive. If you have a Core-Duo processor you can tweak the mencoder CLI in the MPEG-4 setup dialog for 2 threads and speed up encoding significantly. This is a very basic encoder but with DVD as source the quality and ease of use are worth missing a few filters etc. Great Job!!
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