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Linux can usually get the job done when it comes to liberating optical bits, but it can take some doing.

==Audio CDs==
I like abcde with the -p -U -V -x options.

==DVDs==
* To retain original structure, [http://dvdbackup.sourceforge.net/ dvdbackup] with the -M option works.
* Playback in [[mplayer]] via <tt>dvd://1 -dvd-device path-to-hierarchy</tt> (see the mplayer [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html#faq-dvd FAQ])
* Errors ripping keys with libdvdcss might indicate a region mismatch; use <tt>regionset</tt> to perform a firmware modification

==Blu-Ray==
* Acquire [http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html libbluray] from the VLC project
===MakeMKV===
[[File:MakeMKV_BETA_002.png|right|thumb|MakeMKV]]
* Acquire [http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewforum.php?f=3 MakeMKV for Linux]'s most recent edition
** 30-day shareware with binary blobs :/
** I went ahead and bought it -- it's worth it for $50.

===dumphd===
[[File:Dumphd-browse.png|thumb|right|DumpHD]]
* Acquire dumphd (currently version 0.6) from the debian multimedia repository
* Acquire aacskeys (currently version 1.4.0) from the debian multimedia repository
** Copy /usr/share/doc/aacskeys/ProcessingDeviceKeysSimple.txt to wherever you'll be running aacskeys. Yeah.
** This is $HOME/.dumphd/ for DumpHD.
* Acquire bdvmdbg (currently version 0.1.5) from the debian multimedia repository
** bdvmdbg does not work with the gcj JRE. Sun Java 6 works for me (didn't try openjdk).
** Ensure bdvmdbg, invoked by itself, successfully launches.
* Mount the disc as a UDF filesystem.
** It ought have directories like "AACS", "BDMV" and "CERTIFICATE"
* Launch dumphd.
** Click "browse" in the Source section. Select your mount point from above.
** Click "browse" in the Destination section. Select a target directory (it must already exist).
===ClownBD===
* Acquire [http://www.clownbd.com/ ClownBD] (currently version 0.79) for Windows
* It similarly requires BDVM
* I haven't played around with it much yet

==See Also==
* [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/High_Definition_Disk_Formats High-Definition Disk Formats] at the mythTV wiki