Rip Blu-ray Movie Discs with Your New PlayStation 3
By Alexander Grundner |
November 30th, 2006
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Now that the PS3 can run full-blown Linux OS distributions like Yellow Dog Linux, Fedora Core (video), and others, users have found that ripping an exact copy of a Blu-ray movie (as well as PS3 games) is as easy as typing in the following command in the Terminal to create an ISO image: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/blu-raymovie.iso. Of course, once you’ve created the file, you can then burn a Blu-ray disc with the ISO image if you have an external Blu-ray burner handy or – most likely the case – just play the movie back from its hard drive or attached storage (via Gizmodo, PS3NEWS). Ahhhh, the beauty of having full access to hack your system (more details on the dd command).
* Disclaimer: It’s not clear if the ISO image is playable through the PS3 interface or through Linux via a media player application.
* Note: Creating ISO images of Blu-ray or HD DVD discs can be done on any PC equipped with a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive as well – theoretically. I know for a fact, though, that it will work on Linux desktop PCs because no software / hardware security checks are in place.
UPDATE: Another alternative, if you’re running Windows, is picking up a copy of Slysoft AnyDVD HD — rips Blu-ray and HD DVD movies and creates a version that doesn’t require a HDCP compatible monitor for playback!
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Yea It worked.
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/blu-raymovie.iso.
when i try this it says permission denied.
do u know why? am i doing somethig wrong?
I have ydl 6. wanering if they updated it not to copy. hmm
HELP PLEASE
Must be run as root or using sudo on some systems. I think it’s something to do with suid missing on /dev/cdrom, maybe.. It’s linux so you’re supposed to use half a day figuring this thing out
Problem is that PS3 requires Fat32 formated HD which has a 4 GB limit. Blu Ray video files are much larger.
Tom – there is no 4GB limit with FAT32. wiki it.
NM,
Yes there is a limit. Try putting a 5gb size file on an ipod.
NM-What wiki are you reading? Quote: “The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4GiB minus 1 byte (232−1 bytes). Video applications, large databases, and some other software easily exceed this limit. Larger files require another formatting type such as HFS+ or NTFS.”
apologies, i am of course completely wrong. i have kicked myself. i was thinking of limit Windows places on the size of the FAT32 partition (32GB?) which isn’t the true limiting size.
again, apologies.
Fat32 may have a max filesize of 4GB, but the PS3 harddrive can have files that are larger than 4GB.
I have a 7.5GB movie file on my PS3 harddrive.
I think the PS3 handles files differently… which is good
This answer from the Yellow Dog Linux FAQ should shed light on the question of file size limits:
* Aside: You can install Ubuntu on the PS3 as well. Full instructions and download link available here.
It’s possible to format as ext2 & 3 in then you install Yellow Dog. But it doesn’t work too play in PS3 system as i thought because DD command don’t rip anything it’s only an exact image file with protection on.