Which programs/methods do you use for backing up long movies

[KSP_RobRoy]

If the movie is 100 - 120 min:

I use DVDshrink, just backing up the main movie, maybe cut off some of the end credits so i can get it encoded in a better level.

For movies longer than 120 min:

I use DVD2DVD-R

just backing up the main movie also.

Depending on how long the movie is, I use from 2 - 5 pass

After that ImgTool, and burn with DVD Decrypter


What methods/programs do you use?

[icemanatvcd]

IC7 or DVD2DVD-R.

Leave them running while I go to bed, can't complain about speed then!

[Marco33]

DVD2DVDR here.

3 passes, I set the min to 0 and the max... as high as it will go. For some reason it will not let you max out to 9800.

[pablo180]

I use DVD2ONE I started using it when it came out and I have just stuck with it. I have never used DVD2DVDR is it better than DVD2ONE then?

If the movie is too big for DVD2ONE ie I encode it and the quality is crap then I use CCE 2.5 cos that seems to make the best quality encodings of everything that I have tried. Great piece of software is CCE.

[ddlooping]

pablo180, DVD2DVD-R is a program that simplify the use of DVD2AVI, CCE and ifoEdit to re-encode and re-author a DVD.
Considering your personal experience, you can make your own judgment as if it's better or not than DVD2One.
If you're a regular user of CCE 2.50 I'd suggest you give it a try, it's free.
You can also use other authoring softwares like DVDLab instead of ifoEdit as it is a bit buggy when handling NTSC titles.

[orbital517]

For any really long movie, or one of those TV episodes (Sex and the City, Sopranos, etc...), I use Instant Copy 7. I find that it has better quality compared to using DVD2ONE or DVD Shrink. It does take a little longer, but I just set it and go to bed or work. When I come back, it's done.

[Bob W]

Sometimes DVD2one and sometimes DVDX Copy Xpress. The quality looks just fine to me on my JVC 48 inch HDTV.

[txpharoah]

DVD2one as DVDshrink has a hard time on longer movies and/or 'fuller' discs.

[KSP_RobRoy]

Many recomend the IC7 for backing up series

I'm about the make a backup of the band of brothers discs, should i give IC7 a try?

Or can i stick to DVDshrink/DVD2DVD-R?

[mkelley]

Hmmm, I guess I must be alone.

I use DVDShrink if it's TV shows, which don't have DVD resolution anyway. But I won't shrink or reencode ANY movie on DVD, because I want to preserve the quality (what's the point of a backup that's not as good as the original -- does everyone use lossy backup to backup their digital images from cameras? <g>)

I use DVDXCopy and split the disks into 2. So far it seems to work on everything (and I bypass the warnings using techniques described here -- they also make it possible to backup the backup, just in case I need to do that). I truly don't know any other way of doing this (if there are freeware tools to do this they involve such a complicated process that no one's laid out the instructions anywhere). With DVDR so cheap nowadays the only reason not to split into two disks is if you mind the break in the film -- and I can break on a good chapter point that's not too obtrusive, and with a multi-disk changer it's really no big deal.

[vric]

I use IFOedit to remove extras (if any) then IC7

[trialsofg]

I use DVDXCopy for episodic DVDs (TV shows,etc.), DVDShrink for any episodic DVDs that fail on XCopy and DVDXCopy Express for most of my movie backups unless, of course, there is some excellent special features that I want to back up, then I use the full version of XCopy and use 2 discs. So far, I haven't noticed any quality problems on my 36 in TV.