Aegis DVD Backup

Aegis DVD Backup is an open optical preservation and backup utility designed to help users archive, inspect, and back up personal optical media to local storage. Built for reliability, Aegis DVD Backup pairs an intuitive interface with a fault-tolerant read engine to create archival copies of home videos, data discs, and personal optical media.

Key Features:

• Automatic Hardware Discovery: Automatically detects internal and external USB optical drives, identifies filesystem types, and inspects disc structures (UDF, ISO 9660).

• Flexible Extraction Backends: Analyzes disc filesystem health to recommend the most reliable extraction backend for your target media.

• VIDEO_TS Structure Extraction: Preserves standard DVD-Video directory hierarchies (IFO, BUP, and VOB files) formatted for playback on standard media centers (VLC, Kodi, Plex).

• Sector-Level ISO Creation: Generates 1:1 raw disc images for complete data preservation and archival verification.

• Modular Library Support: Designed to leverage existing system-level optical utilities and external playback libraries installed on the host system without bundling proprietary decoders.

• Fault Tolerance & Sector Mapping: Built-in read timeouts avoid system hangs on scratched or degraded media; damaged sectors are cleanly mapped and zero-padded.

• Audit Metadata & Health Logs: Automatically exports a disc.json sidecar containing sector maps, cryptographic hashes, and read health metrics for archival verification.

• Modern Desktop UI: Clean, responsive interface featuring Dark and Light themes, real-time extraction logs, and session persistence.

Permissions & Setup:
To allow the application to interface directly with your optical drive hardware, connect the necessary Snap interfaces:
Bash

sudo snap connect aegisdvdbackup:optical-drive
sudo snap connect aegisdvdbackup:removable-media
sudo snap connect aegisdvdbackup:hardware-observe
sudo snap connect aegisdvdbackup:mount-observe

Notice: Aegis DVD Backup does not package, distribute, or license proprietary decryption keys or circumvention software. Intended solely for personal archival, inspection, and backup of legally owned media in accordance with applicable local laws.