Transferring Legacy Media
In Chapter 3, we learned how to convert legacy analog media to digital formats. Tapes and vinyl records require jumping through some extra hardware hoops to get everything connected. CDs and DVDs are easier, because you can do everything on your computer. First copy the CD, DVD, or legacy media to your computer. The popular term for copying CDs and DVDs is ripping, and this is done with special, easily obtained software. Some good DVD rippers for Linux are K9copy, dvd::rip, and VLC. You need libdvdcss to rip encoded DVDs. libdvdcss is available in many Linux distributions and should be easy to find.
HandBrake is one of the best Windows DVD rippers, and it even has a command-line-only version for Linux. VLC also runs on ...
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