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@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ valgsystemet.</p>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;For convenience, I want to store copies of all my DVDs on my file
 server.  It allow me to save shelf space flat while still having my
 movie collection easily available.  It also make it possible to let
-the kids see their favorite DVDs without wearing the physical copies
+the kids see their favourite DVDs without wearing the physical copies
 down.  I prefer to store the DVDs as ISOs to keep the DVD menu and
 subtitle options intact.  It also ensure that the entire film is one
 file on the disk.  As this is for personal use, the ripping is
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ dd if=/dev/dvd of=/storage/dvds/$title.iso bs=1M
 
 &lt;p&gt;But some DVDs give a input/output error when I read it, and I have
 been looking for a better alternative.  I have no idea why this I/O
-error occur, but suspect my DVD drive, the linux kernel driver or
+error occur, but suspect my DVD drive, the Linux kernel driver or
 something fishy with the DVDs in question.  Or perhaps all three.&lt;/p&gt;
 
-&lt;p&gt;Anway, I believe I found a solution today using dvdbackup and
+&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I believe I found a solution today using dvdbackup and
 genisoimage.  This script gave me a working ISO for a problematic
-movie by first extracting the DVD file system and then repacking it
+movie by first extracting the DVD file system and then re-packing it
 back as an ISO.
 
 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ rm -rf $tmpdir/$title
 
 &lt;p&gt;Anyone know of a better way available in Debian/Squeeze?&lt;/p&gt;
 
+&lt;p&gt;Update 2011-09-18: I got a tip from Konstantin Khomoutov about the
+readom program from the wodim package.  It is specially written to
+read optical media, and is called like this: &lt;tt&gt;readom dev=/dev/dvd
+f=image.iso&lt;/tt&gt;.  It got 6 GB along with the problematic Cars DVD
+before it failed, and failed right away with a Timmy Time DVD.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Next, I got a tip from Bastian Blank about
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://bblank.thinkmo.de/blog/new-software-python-dvdvideo&quot;&gt;his
+program python-dvdvideo&lt;/a&gt;, which seem to be just what I am looking
+for.  Tested it with my problematic Timmy Time DVD, and it succeeded
+creating a ISO image.  The git source built and installed just fine in
+Squeeze, so I guess this will be my tool of choice in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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