Problems with DVD Shrink

desipher · #1 2005-03-11, 04:21 PM CST

Hello Everyone

Having problems backup dvd in dvd shrink. It detects the drive me I get this error messgae, dvd shrink encountered an error and cannot continue "failed to initialize ASPI device" Can you please help thank you.

mungoose · #2 2005-03-13, 02:23 PM CST

As far as I remember DVDShrink is a program for the windows from Redmont and not for linux. On M$ you need to install the aspi4all drivers.

desipher · #3 2005-03-13, 03:10 PM CST

Thx for the reply but you can run dvdshrink threw wine on linux. I know you can do it but problem with it detecting my drive. Oh well.

jtang613 · #4 2005-03-13, 03:15 PM CST

I've been using DVDShrink under wine for over a year. The way I get around the drive issue is to rip the movie to an ISO file first, then use DVDShrink on the ISO.

Code:

dvdbackup -M -i /dev/hdc -o ./ && mkisofs -dvd-video -V"DVD_LABEL" -o dvd.iso DVD_LABEL/

hth,
Jason

desipher · #5 2005-03-13, 03:22 PM CST

ah nice thx for your help!!!

desipher · #6 2005-03-13, 03:29 PM CST

I just be doing something wrong I'm getting command not found? Sorry kind new to backup dvd on linux and I don't want to go back to windows for burn dvd if can be done in linux

jtang613 · #7 2005-03-13, 03:50 PM CST

Ah right - forgot to mention that

You need dvdbackup or vobcopy for this to work. I recommend dvdbackup only because it's newer - but either will work.

You can find dvdbackup at: ftp://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/pack...c3.rf.i386.rpm

hth,
Jason

jtang613 · #8 2005-03-13, 05:08 PM CST

Funny thing - I've been doing some work lately to get my Wine setup properly configured and I seem to have inadvertantly SOLVED this exact problem

There are two areas that need to be addressed: The 'dosdevices' directory and the 'config' file. If you don't have a config file, I suggest downloading winetools and using it to get a preliminary configuration up and running.

Your ~/.wine/dosdevices directory likely has a CD/DVD symlink similar to this:

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 jtang613 users 18 Mar 11 20:06 d: -> /media/cdrecorder/

But what you need is two symlinks, like this:

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 jtang613 users 18 Mar 11 20:06 d: -> /media/cdrecorder/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 jtang613 users  8 Mar 11 20:06 d:: -> /dev/hdd

Note the two colons on the block-device symlink.

You will also need to add the following to your ~/.wine/config file:

Code:

[Drive D]
"Path" = "/media/cdrecorder"
"Type" = "cdrom"
"Label" = "CD-Rom"
"Filesystem" = "win95"

Put this before the [wine] section - right up at the top.

Let us know if this works for you - others are probably interested.

Jason

desipher · #9 2005-03-13, 06:22 PM CST

real quick how does k3b find the c drive for dvd shrink?

jtang613 · #10 2005-03-13, 06:32 PM CST

The C: drive for Wine is usually located in your home directory ~/.wine/drive_c or ~/.wine/dosdevices/c:

desipher · #11 2005-03-13, 07:18 PM CST

ok so you might have figured out way so I can compress right from the dvd in dvdshrink?

desipher · #12 2005-03-13, 07:22 PM CST

ok so I did the first step with winetools but second step not sure of what to do I have this /media/cdrecorder/ but I don't think I have this /dev/hdd. I was able to get iso for dvd and I was able to shrink it but problem now is trying to burn with k3b now. Haven't used k3b that much rather then burning iso images.

jtang613 · #13 2005-03-13, 08:10 PM CST

Yes, I have been able to get DVD Shrink to rip directly from DVD - no intermediate steps required. The settings that I referenced above, naturally, will need to be adjusted to suit your specific configuration. But the concept should work for everyone. Most people will have /dev/hdc as their /media/cdrecorder. I have a DVDROM *and* a DVDRW, hence /dev/hdd.

To see what device your system uses: cat /etc/fstab | grep cdrecorder
Then create a d:: symlink to complement the d: symlink: ln -s /dev/hdc ~/.wine/dosdevices/d::
The above step assumes that /dev/hdc is the device associated with /media/cdrecorder
Then edit the wine config file to add the [Drive D] entry as descibed above.

Also, you mentioned that you only have used K3B to burn ISO images? Well, DVDShrink is capable of outputting ISO images, so this shouldn't be a problem.

Jason

desipher · #14 2005-03-14, 05:00 AM CST

here is what I got "/dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r :removable_t,managed 0 0" Please help I really want to get this to work then I can quit windows all together.

jtang613 · #15 2005-03-14, 07:00 AM CST

*sigh* Open and terminal and issue these commands exactly as they appear:

Code:

wine
cd ~/.wine/dosdevices/
rm d:*
ln -s /media/cdrecorder d:
ln -s /dev/hdc d::

Now, download and decompress the attached 'config' file and place it in your ~/.wine directory. Make a backup of your current config file if necessary. There are three sections I've added to this config file, in case you just want to copy the relevant sections into your config file:
[Drive D] ;-- 5 lines, near the top of the file
[AppDefaults\\DVD Shrink 3.2.exe\\DllOverrides] ;-- 2 lines, near the bottom
[AppDefaults\\DVD Shrink 3.2.exe\\Version] ;-- 2 lines, near the bottom

Oh, and if you haven't already done so, install dvdshrink

Jason