Robert wrote: > Blush! I should have said "DVDShrink in Windows". I haven't found a > good Linux substitute either, so on those rare occasions that I want to > backup a DVD, I borrow the Windows machine I have set up for the > great-grandkids. Have you tried dvd::rip? http://exit1.org/dvdrip/index.cipp Basically a front end to transcode and a few other tools. nate