View source for DVDs in Linux

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[[computing]]: [[software]]: [[operating systems]]: [[Linux]]: [[DVDs in Linux|DVDs]]
==Overview==
Reading and writing data [[DVD]]s in [[Linux]] is generally very easy. In situations where [[Windows (Microsoft)|Windows]], for example, would require installation of a driver in order to be able to burn discs, Linux generally has a driver already installed; Most [[Linux distro]]s include free software for burning DVDs and CDs (e.g. [[k3b]]).

Video [[DVD]]s, however, pose some issues for Linux due to the legal semi-quagmire surrounding the [[Content Scramble System|CSS]] [[copy protection]]/[[encryption]] technology.
==Playing Movie DVDs==
Playing commercial (encrypted) [[video DVD]]s is most commonly done using the [[libdvdcss]] descrambling library. Although it does not appear to be illegal, there is enough grey area in the laws surrounding CSS &ndash; and enough sabre-rattling by the movie industry &ndash; that many [[Linux distros]] choose not to include the file, which is nonetheless easily available and (in most cases) not difficult to install.
==Applications==
* [http://dvdfab.com/ DVDFab] is [[proprietary software]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] which runs well under [[WINE]]; the free demo version does basic decryption, providing files which other programs can use to burn a new DVD.
* [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=26186 gbDVDenc]: "rip & encode DVD into mpeg4 files"
* [[k9copy]]: reads a dual-layer (8.5 [[gigabyte|GB]]) DVD and re-encodes it to fit on a single-layer (4.7 GB) disc; it apparently can't read encrypted DVDs without the [[Medibuntu]] package, however.
* [[VLC]] can play encrypted DVDs and a number of file formats even without the [[Medibuntu]] package.

==Articles==
* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/RippingDVDs RestrictedFormats/RippingDVDs]
* [http://hans.fugal.net/blog/2006/12/24/authoring-dvds Authoring DVDs]