[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:44:17PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>> I can play movies from a USB stick. I cannot play DVDs with one. A DVD
>> is not a file; it holds files.
>
> A DVD contains multiple files.  Placing all those files in a directory
> works the same as being on a DVD to many player programs and gives you
> all the menus and special features and everything.  You simply tell VLC
> to open the folder, not the file.

If I don't have a DVD player, how can I transfer a DVD to anything?

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Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>