Why does k9copy fail to make iso image after rippig a dvd?

Hi RamonP
I too have lodged a question about this and had no answers... wonder if anything is being done about it https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k9copy/+question/52147
I cannot seem to find any answers or work around on the forums as well.

Hi Kev!

The answer is simple. When typing the title for the iso image, do not leave
spaces between the words or just type underscores. It worked for me.

Cheers.

2008/12/1 Kev <email address hidden>

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> Hi RamonP
> I too have lodged a question about this and had no answers... wonder if
> anything is being done about it
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k9copy/+question/52147
> I cannot seem to find any answers or work around on the forums as well.
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your kidding..... that's it.... will give it a go...thanks. if it works I'll say solved later.. thanks again...
By the way how did you stumble across the solution?

hi RamonP
still no luck for me... just creates 2 files and a temp...
the last screen where it asks for a "save image to" location?? I specify a location but it seems to want a name??? perhaps you could post a link to a good how to ... thanks or send PM to me...

Hi again Kev!

When you click on "COPY" and you get that last screen, "save image to", that
is when you give the copy a name - remember: no spaces. To pick a file to
send the copy to, you pick one from the menu on that screen, eg: "VIDEOS"
and then click on SAVE. That ought to do it. Tell me if that worked.

Cheers

2008/12/2 Kev <email address hidden>

> Your question #52172 on k9copy in ubuntu changed:
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> Kev proposed the following answer:
> hi RamonP
> still no luck for me... just creates 2 files and a temp...
> the last screen where it asks for a "save image to" location?? I specify a
> location but it seems to want a name??? perhaps you could post a link to a
> good how to ... thanks or send PM to me...
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no luck again... may I send you a image copy of my desktop with the final menu on and see if you can see what I am doing wrong or then tell me what to fill where?
thanks

WAHOOOO!!! got it...
For some reason my SATA connected TSSTcorp dvd burner player does not like what I was doing...
..AGRRRRR@%$#^%# but my old i/o connected pioneer 109 did the trick.... not I have to fund out why ?????
thanks for your help... once again not ubuntu but the Dudbuntu on the other end of the keykboard and his hardware...

Hi Kev!

I am glad that you found what was wrong. If I could serve of any more help
in the future do not hesitate to contact me. I should let know that I have
been through some problems of my own in the past and I always resorted to
the Ubuntu Forums in the end.

Have a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

2008/12/3 Kev <email address hidden>

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Thanks Kev, that solved my question.

Hi Ramon, I too am having the issue of the iso file not being created. It appears that the disk structure is in the directory I chose, but no iso file. I tried the no spaces and the underscore but no luck, any other thoughts? Mark

mlmaher
It might depend on the hardware you have... if anything is sata connected to the motherboard then that might be half the problem. In my case it was my sata connected dvd burner ( SH-S203D) my old pioneer connected via i/o was fine. When I was playing with Intrepid, I took the risk of updating the 27.9 kernel to 27.10.. by allowing the pre-release updates and did the burns and rips again and this time iso files were created... worth a try but at own risk as the updates could stuff something else up..

I have since gone back to Hardy as most of the software is working well for it with the exception of the sata burner... I prefer hardy so will sacrifice the newer burner for that and hope that soon the correct controler or driver will be backported soon. Hope this helps.....
Kev

Hi Mark!

There is another guy name Kev who had the same problem as me, but when I
gave the hint about the spaces in the title, it seems that it didn't work
either. He wrote back to me and now it seems that all the problem was
brought about by the hardware: the DVD burner. I suggest you look into it
since I don't have any other solutions. But I can suggest that perhaps if
you go into your home folder and then to the KDE forder and erase the
configuration for k9copy and try a new configuration, it might work. Keep
me informed.

Cheers

2008/12/14 mlmaher <email address hidden>

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> mlmaher posted a new comment:
> Hi Ramon, I too am having the issue of the iso file not being created.
> It appears that the disk structure is in the directory I chose, but no
> iso file. I tried the no spaces and the underscore but no luck, any
> other thoughts? Mark
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an update...for Mark & Ramon
I have the sata dvd burner drive working in Hardy and k9copy... not sure what did it but 2 things I have done this week.
1. I flashed my motherboard with the newest flashy stuff from the manufacturer. So that is now up to date, seems the hard drive is not so fussy now too.
2. Nice clean install of hardy with a super 1 sudo install command from terminal that I made up.. This like codecs and other programs i use all the time. So instead to taking me a day or two it happens all at once... love terminal commands once you know what you are doing.

So Flash motherboard if you can ( at own risk) and that might do it...

Ok I can confirm that this was MY solution... hope it helps others...
I can now back up our dvd's and have spaces in the title save as.... yes SPACES..... SO do not rely on computer stores to supply you a new machine with up to date flashed Motherboards, even burning the iso had NO issues... Happy Christmas everyone!!!

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the help. I am running 8.1 and now currently I have
backed up 2 dvds. Sorry I can't confirm exactly what fixed what however I
have backed up Spiderman 2 and Band of Brothers. Both with full menus etc.
Very happy with the results. Bottom line is it does work for me 2ith ubuntu
8.1 .

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Kev <email address hidden>wrote:

> Question #52172 on k9copy in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k9copy/+question/52172
>
> Kev posted a new comment:
> an update...for Mark & Ramon
> I have the sata dvd burner drive working in Hardy and k9copy... not sure
> what did it but 2 things I have done this week.
> 1. I flashed my motherboard with the newest flashy stuff from the
> manufacturer. So that is now up to date, seems the hard drive is not so
> fussy now too.
> 2. Nice clean install of hardy with a super 1 sudo install command from
> terminal that I made up.. This like codecs and other programs i use all the
> time. So instead to taking me a day or two it happens all at once... love
> terminal commands once you know what you are doing.
>
> So Flash motherboard if you can ( at own risk) and that might do it...
>
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Flashed my motherboard and all seems great now... installed a clean copy of intrepid and no install errors and so far the sata stuff is behaving.. happy boy.... but Ramon The k9copy version in Intrepid does not like spaces like you said hopefully it will be fixed soon one would think it would take the name of the dvd and insert it at the save as section by default like dvdshrink... does your k9copy take spaces yet or still none? At least my system is happy now... amazing what a good Flasher can do:)

Hi Kev!

Yes! I now use underscores between the title words and it works fine.
Never had any more problems again.

Wish you a very happy Christmas and a prosper new year.

2008/12/21 Kev <email address hidden>

> Your question #52172 on k9copy in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k9copy/+question/52172
>
> Kev posted a new comment:
> Flashed my motherboard and all seems great now... installed a clean copy
> of intrepid and no install errors and so far the sata stuff is
> behaving.. happy boy.... but Ramon The k9copy version in Intrepid does
> not like spaces like you said hopefully it will be fixed soon one would
> think it would take the name of the dvd and insert it at the save as
> section by default like dvdshrink... does your k9copy take spaces yet or
> still none? At least my system is happy now... amazing what a good
> Flasher can do:)
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Hi

Glad I found this post
This was driving me nuts
k9Copy on ubuntu 64bit simply did not create iso images at all - just bunch of tmp files and a folder full of VOB files.
I removed all spaces and '_'s from the paths and input and out iso images - now it works!

Thanks!

Regards,
Buggycode

Hello all, and very sorry to bother you with this again, but I have the same problem even after trying/checking everything posted above.

* Ubuntu Jaunty, 2.6.28-15-generic.
* k9copy v2.3.0 using KDE 4.2.2 (running under gnome, but KDE4 is fully installed)
* Gave path in the "save" dialog as: /home/myhomedir/dvdtemp/abcdefg.iso - No spaces, no underscores.
* Tried the above with and without the ".iso" extension.
* My DVD drive is IDE. The only SATA device on this system is the hard drive (ext3 formatted).

k9copy goes through the motions, shows me the preview screen, creates the two directories where I specified in the configuration panel, no ISO file anywhere to be found.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance to all.

I'm not sure if it's exactly the same problem. I was making archival copies of my DVDs on a KK install with gnome. As mentioned here, k9c would create tmps and 'go through the motions'. Two different things made a difference. I'll post them both since I've only burned one copy per 'fix'. On one of my systems I installed KDE full, and ran k9c from the KDE desktop with no other changes, copy ran flawlessly. On my other system, I only added libdbus-qt-1-1c2 through synaptic. The only problem there is that I have to unmount the source movie DVD (from the GUI worked fine) to change to the blank target disk. Hope this helps as I spent quite a lot of time researching myself.

Oops forgot to mention, both systems are AMD64 installs. One is Intel T5500, the other is a P4

I too could not create an iso image and tried not having spaces between the title. All I could get were the two directories, one for audio and the other for video. I found that if I opened the video directory and highlighted the
VTS_01_0.VOB file and then rightclicked and selected "burn" it worked! It would be nice to have an iso to save, but if you had to you could save the Video directory for each disc in case you wanted to burn another disc. Hope this helps others!