readdvd (1)

Leading comments

readdvd is released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.

(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man1/readdvd.1".)

NAME

readdvd - is creating an image of your source dvd media or medias even if it has / they have corrupted blocks

SYNOPSIS

readdvd [-l] [-h]
readdvd -d DEVICE1 [-d DEVICE2] [-d ...] -o file.iso [-s #] [-v] [-vv]

DESCRIPTION

readdvd reads even a corrupted dvd and writes the the result into a new image file on your harddisk.

DEVICE

can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not all SATA controller support all Plextor features.
Linux:
/dev/hdX: IDE device
/dev/scdX: Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via ide-scsi emulation
/dev/srX: Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device

OpenBSD/NetBSD:
/dev/rcdX

FreeBSD:
/dev/cd: SCSI device
/dev/acd: ATA device

MacOS X:
/dev/disk:

win32:
C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z:

OPTIONS

-l    scan busses for all available CD and DVD devices

-h    help shows available options.

-o file.iso
               write data to imagefile named file.iso

  -s #            read source media with selected speed

-v              use verbose mode

-vv             use extended verbose mode

INTERACTIVE MODUS

q    stop reading media and exit

  w     save sector map which is currently read and continue with the next one

EXAMPLES

readdvd -d /dev/sr0 -o filename.iso -s 8 -v
       create an image filename.bin of inserted media in device /dev/sr0 with read speed 8 in verbose mode.
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