Rip DVD in Ubuntu

Important

Please be a good citizen and only rip media that you own!

Dependencies

Install dvdbackup and ffmpeg:

sudo apt install dvdbackup ffmpeg

Most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (the Content Scramble System), which attempts to restrict the software that can play a DVD. To enable reading of encrypted DVDs, you’ll also need to compile and install libdvdcss. This will step you through it:

sudo apt install libdvd-pkg && sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

More info here.

Steps

Insert DVD and note mount path, e.g., /media/username/SIDEWAYS_169.

Extract VOB files for feature:

dvdbackup -i /media/username/SIDEWAYS_169 -o output -F -n "Sideways" -p

Browse to output/Sideways/VIDEO_TS.

Determine which .VOB files contain the actual movie. You can use Celluloid to preview. Remove non-feature .VOB files like trailers, making-of, etc.

Combine the remaining .VOB files into one:

cat *.VOB > Sideways.VOB

Convert the .VOB file to .mp4:

ffmpeg -i Sideways.VOB Sideways.mp4