Re: Bug#1055089: ITP: bluraybackup -- Backup BDMV from the command line
Rereading this bug report, I have noticed that I did not explain why
bluraybackup should be included in Debian.
There is not any software like this in Debian: you can't make an exact
decrypted copy of a Blu-ray Disc Movie.
However dvdbackup is included in Debian [1]. dvdbackup is a software to
backup DVD-Videos from the command line. I have used dvdbackup many
times to make archival copies of my purchased DVDs.
Blu-ray is not a format I like, because of DRM, but it is what is going
to replace DVDs, eventually. Or at least it seems so.
I own some Blu-rays and I want to be able to make copies of them, for
archival purposes.
bluraybackup serves this purpose very well: it's fast, small and easy to
use.
Besides, when I am making archival copies, I do not want to re-encode
the files and loose quality or the Blu-ray navigation features. I just
want to copy the disc, without the encryption.
Since Blu-ray has become quite common, it makes sense for Debian to
offer a similar program to dvdbackup for the Blu-ray Disc Movie format.
bluraybackup could be also useful, if you need to edit files from a
Blu-ray disc, but you don't want to re-encode them before the final
rendering, to preserve the original quality.
I hope now it is clear why Debian should include bluraybackup.
--
Matteo Bini
[1] https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/dvdbackup
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