Rafty is a hacky DVD backup solution with the potential to scale horizontally. You can read more about the design in this blog post.

Pre-requisites

HandBrakeCLI, lsdvd, mplayer, dd, rabbitmq, ddrescue (optional)

Installation

The following steps should roughly get you up and running:

$ cd /path/to/rafty
$ make deps all
$ sudo make install

You also need to edit two configuration files and a systemd service (updating them with your username, etc):

/etc/conf.d/rafty-dd-one.conf
/etc/conf.d/rafty-handbraked.conf
/etc/systemd/system/rafty-handbraked.service

You'll also need rabbitmq running on localhost.

Now start the daemon and reload your udev rules:

$ sudo systemctl start rafty-handbraked.service
$ sudo udevadm control --reload

And "that's it"! Now the next time you insert a DVD the Rafty Rube Goldberg machine should kick into action!

Manual Invocation

If the udev rafting isn't working raftily enough for you, you can invoke the rip+encode process manually with:

$ sudo DEVNAME=/dev/sr0 rafty-dd-one.sh

(adjusting /dev/sr0 as necessary).

I've found that some discs need to be "primed" by playing them for a few minutes with mplayer before attempting to rip them. You'll need to use the above command to start the rip process after "priming" the disc in those cases.

If you have some isos sitting around you can send them to the encode queue with:

$ rafty-handbrakectl newiso /path/to/movie.iso

Happy Rafting!