This is a long post.
It identifies what doesn’t work.
But to save your wading thru the weeds, here’s what did work, thanks to @vasileios’s guidance. (His full posts are detailed below.)
- To rip DVD:
- The app you want is handbrake.
Use the Software Manager, or
sudo apt install handbrake
- To rip CD:
- sudo apt install asunder
- Then find it on your menu or dashboard. It’s an app dedicated to audio CD ripping.
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Original post; the long story:
I just added an external DVD/CD drive (Dell DW316) to my laptop (Dell e7440, Mint/Cinnamon).
Goal:
Copy files from a CD to an external SSD.
Problem:
I haven’t figured out how to copy the files to the SSD.
What I know so far:
VLC Player sees the CD, but struggles to play it. I just closed the program.
Rhythmbox sees and plays the tracks, but cannot copy the files
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Disks sees the drive:
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Files doesn’t acknowledge the disc as a folder:
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Driver Manager doesn’t think the drive needs any drivers:
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Terminal doesn’t see the drive, which is odd, given that both Files and Disks do see it.
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Disks’ Mount Options:
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Questions:
In order to mount the drive, I tried using both Disks and ldmtool (per @vasileios earlier post), with no success so far.
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How can I permanently mount the drive? (I saw several suggestions online; prefer guidance from y’all here.)
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If I permanently mount the drive, what happens when I start the computer when the DVD drive is NOT attached?
Thanks.