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post #1 of 8
12/5/03 at 1:41pm
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Hi all,

My folks are giving me a DVD burner for Xmas (which will mostly be used as an extra drive/reader/occasional imovie/wmm production of home movies for family back home) but i do want to make *ahem* "back up" copies *ahem* of DVD's I already own (for their protection - been burnt by scratched disks a few times) - which i believe is entirely with in my legal rights.

The question is, do i need any special (or hard to obtain) software for this, or will Nero (or similar) do an adequate job. Also, if I want to use this to copy a region four disk into a region 1 (or region free) format or vice versa do i need anything fancy for that?

thanks in advance,

Joe
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post #2 of 8
12/5/03 at 1:43pm
i'm assuming you have heard of the software "dvd shrink" right? if you haven't check it out here: http://www.dvdshrink.org

that software is great. i love it.

-Jcc2k4
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post #3 of 8
12/6/03 at 2:23pm
I think that DVD-Copy X (or DVDXCOPY) is good.
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post #4 of 8
12/6/03 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Andersen
Hi all,

My folks are giving me a DVD burner for Xmas (which will mostly be used as an extra drive/reader/occasional imovie/wmm production of home movies for family back home) but i do want to make *ahem* "back up" copies *ahem* of DVD's I already own (for their protection - been burnt by scratched disks a few times) - which i believe is entirely with in my legal rights.

The question is, do i need any special (or hard to obtain) software for this, or will Nero (or similar) do an adequate job. Also, if I want to use this to copy a region four disk into a region 1 (or region free) format or vice versa do i need anything fancy for that?

thanks in advance,

Joe
DVDXCopy Express works pretty good, about $70 bucks anymore.

Good software though.
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post #5 of 8
12/6/03 at 3:25pm
You can get ripper software for nothing, $70 is a complete waste!

http://www.doom9.org/

I prefer to rip with the XVid Codex since it has good quality and is free. With DivX you must buy the pro version or put up with crap loads of spyware, but otherwise it is easy to use the software. Just follow the guides.
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post #6 of 8
12/6/03 at 8:05pm
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thanks all - but it looks like these are all ripping programs - what if i just wanted to make a straight dvd->dvd copy of something (so i can watch the back up on anything that plays dvd's w/o worrying about fancy codecs etc?

Joe
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post #7 of 8
12/6/03 at 11:48pm
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Originally Posted by Andersen
thanks all - but it looks like these are all ripping programs - what if i just wanted to make a straight dvd->dvd copy of something (so i can watch the back up on anything that plays dvd's w/o worrying about fancy codecs etc?

Joe
DVDXCopy Express then.

Easy simple to use.
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post #8 of 8
12/7/03 at 6:34am
DVDShrink then.
Small file (less than 1 meg)
Freeware
Well easy to use.
Makes any DVD region free.
Fully customisable. Set your own level of compression although the automatic setting always suits me.
Converts straight to Vob files which you drag into Nero to burn.
I can copy a DVD and burn it in one hour.
No installer
Did I mention its freeware?
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