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How to rip .VRO files from DVD video recorders
Authored by: PeaceFreak on Nov 29, '06 10:34:44PM

Thank you very much for getting back to me. Really hope I can solve this...

I am trying according to your instructions... but I get a ‘No such file or directory' message.

I cannot see the disk in the finder, but Toast sees it and comparing the name that appears in the Copy tab of Toast (next to Read from: )with the name that appears with this DVD it appears that the name is: DVD-VR Disc

If I put:

sudo cd /volumes/DVD-VR Disc/

in the terminal, I get the ‘No such file or directory' message.

So perhaps that is not the actual name... How can I find out what the name is? I tried opening Disk Utility but it does not show up there either.

Or perhaps I need to represent the space between VR and Disk with a special character...

I tried doing this with a regular DVD and after I put in the password I did not get any special message after pressing return, it just returned to the usual prompt... Hmm, I hope someone can help out.

Thanks in advance!



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How to rip .VRO files from DVD video recorders
Authored by: zs on Dec 03, '06 03:05:39PM
I see a few problems with what you are doing there:
1) The path has a space in it, which the command line uses to separate arguments. Spaces in paths need to either be escaped by a backslash or surrounded by quotes, as shown below:

% cd /Volumes/Some\ Directory
or
% cd "/Volumes/Some Directory"

Your error message was probably "-bash: cd: /volumes/DVD-VR: No such file or directory" (notice, no "disc" in the error message?)

2) "sudo cd /some/directory" may get you into a directory that your user doesn't have permission to, but you'll have to preface every command in there with "sudo" (eg. "sudo ls" to list the directory). Hopefully you have permissions- to find out, try (with "% " denoting the prompt):

% cd /Volumes
% ls -l

If it shows up in there, look at the permissions. Which leads me to my favorite command line tutorial at OSXFAQ
The "ls" link explains users and groups with a link to permissions. Also, the "autocompletion" link should save you a lot of time.

If you don't have permission, things get more complicated.

Hope this helps! Problems like this are a great way to get into the command line...

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zs

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