Rip DVDs for OSD (Linux)

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[edit] Ripping DVDs to ISO files in Ubuntu

Out of the box, Ubuntu will not rip or play DVDs. However, you can install a package called libdvdread3. You can install it with the command: sudo apt-get install libdvdread3

Once that is done, you need to run (as root) /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh. Now, you can use brasero to rip most DVDs to a .iso file. Brasero is in the default install under Applications -> Sound&Video

Select Disc Copy

Change "Disc to write to" to "File Image". Click properties. Set the filename and change the directory the file will be written to, if necessary. Click Apply

Click copy

You should have an .iso file within about 45 minutes. The author has found a small number of discs where this process fails, probably due to additional copy-protection, but most of your video library will rip just fine.

[edit] Transcoding for the Neuros

Your Neuros OSD cannot read these .iso files, and so you need to transcode these files to a format recognized by the Neuros.