DVDxCopy Xpress....the best thing ever!!!!!

[crazycory23]

I have backed up over 30 of my movies with this program and I could not be happier. As a matter of fact, this is the happiest I have ever been with anything I have bought...(except the diaper genie when my child was born)hehe. Anyway, it just baffles me how it can crunch down a 3 hour movie onto one disc, and not lose a bit of quality, at least that my eyes can notice. I recommend this to any and everyone with a DVD burner. Only con that I see is that it wont make a burn of its own burn, so get instant copy to make a burn of xpress's burn. Hope this helped. It is absolutely wonderful. Anybody disagree?

[NYPlayer]

you want my opinion it's a piece pf crap.

1. It has trouble reading some DVD's.
2. Many people report problems of sticking at 321 warning. Yours might not stick at the moment but what happens if you have to change players?
3. Does not remove layer break this causes stops and pauses on certain DVD players
4. Can only Choose 1 audio track
5. Can only choose 1 Subtitle. I like to keep more than the english subtitle.
6. The burn engine is suspect I prefer using my own.
7. Certain movies the subtitles will not work.

[MackemX]

if it makes you happy then fine but it certainly don't make me happy and I've a funny feeling which way this thread is gonna go

that's all I'll say cos I'm sure others won't be able to keep their comments to themselves

p.s. have you tried any other programs?

[Powermax68]

I think that DVD X Copy xPress is a good program to back up the kids DVD movies, its fast and easy to use, there is no need to have the extra's and menu's, for 3 to 12 year olds, just put the DVD in and it starts to play, you don't have to stand there and wait for the previews to run, and wait for the menu, it just plays. I have had no problems backing up about 12 movies so far, cartoons and regular movies like Spy Kids and Scooby Doo The Movie, but i'm having problems backing up Ice Age. I think it has something to do with a computer game that is on the DVD movie. I have tryed some of the free stuff on this web page and found it just to much work to back up a DVD movie, and too much files to keep track of. DVD X Copy xPress is fast, and the video quality is great on my Sony Progressive DVD player, hooked up by component video cables to my 61" Toshiba projection TV, the audio is also great, my reciever detects the movie's Dolby Digital sound. I don't understand why some people say this program sucks, its been good to me.

[txpharoah]

No way. It not only crashed on install, but it made my Win2000 forget it had DVD-R drives. Great program. And the quality of output was not great, and it took forever. Plus it wouldn't uninstall properly. I had to manually do it.

I'm getting a refund, whether they do it voluntarily or if I have to file chargeback on the CC.

And yes, the 321 warning sucks, it has errors with getting all audio tracks, and the subtitles function messed up LOTR, as the subs are not all on the same sub tracks. I cannot decipher ELF LANGUAGE on my own.

DVD2one has this all-in-one market. Unless DVDXopy can do better, they should just quit now.

I mainly got it for shrinking my MPEG1-based DVDs. Guess what? That didnt work either, nor did it save all extras including menus properly. What a piece of crap!

[mrbass]

, cartoons and regular movies like Spy Kids and Scooby Doo The Movie, but i'm having problems backing up Ice Age. .

Ice Age main movie only widescreen IIRC is about 3.8GB. Takes about 6 mins with dvdtoolbox once it's ripped to hd.

I agree with nyplayer...POS.

[scottvf]

It sucks!!
It did work for me fine but,
1. It leaves the copy protection on
2. It puts on an annoying waring screen
3. You can't copy the copy with same program.

Bottom Line:
Other programs work better and are just as easy: dvd-decrypter to rip, DVD2ONE, Instant Copy, TMPGEnc DVD Author, DVDToolbox, etc. You can choose your audio streams (how many and which ones you want) You can create your own menu (great for episodes). And you can make a copy of your dvd with any program since it's no copy protected.

[mkelley]

I don't like XPress -- Not sure if I'd categorize it as a POS, but it certainly hasn't worked for me on anything I've tried, whereas DVDShrink (freeware) did just fine on the same titles. On anything I've tried XPress on it just hangs up and refuses to read the disk (which doesn't happen with *any* other software I use on the disk).

OTOH, I really do like DVDXCopy for getting the best quality in splitting a DVD9 -- I don't think there IS a better procedure, since it lets me easily preview and adjust the split (something I can't find in freeware anywhere) and seems to preserve everything. It's easy to bypass the 321 warning and allow you to even copy the backup -- lots of published workarounds -- and you don't have to use the burning process (indeed, you probably don't want to) if you don't like it. I can't think of any other product that does what it does, and so far it always seems to work for me.

[spiderman2k1]

DVD2ONE is better

[Bob W]

I use it when I'm lazy which is a lot lately.

[tcc123]

DVD X Copy XPress is the best software once you have removed the 321 warning logo.....

[ROBERT BLACK]

DVDXCOPY is okay but overrated. That damn warning at the beginning,the macrovision on feature, and the fact you can't copy the copy ALMOST sinks it. Especially since they're are better programs out there for free.The quality of the copy is usually excellent, though. XPRESS,regardless of the clean hip :P interface, is crap, compared to even DVDtoDVDR. It has the failings of the original and more.

[Pootie]

There should be a program to take out that damn warning.

[leebo]

DVDxCopy Xpress....the best thing ever!!!!!

Hmm....

DVDxCopy Xpress.

Sex.

DVDxCopy Xpress.

Sex.

DVDxCopy Xpress...


Sorry. I gotta go with sex.

[HOOKEMER]

how do u remove the warning

[ROBERT BLACK]

Perhaps that's a cue for one of the software geniuses, here to come up with a one click solution to remove that damn ID? They would be praised mightily on this board.

[tim_k]

There's already a "How to" in this forum to remove it when using dvdxcopy. For dvdxcopy express, I'm sure you could use one of the authoring tools on this site to remove it and re-encode. TMPGEnc should work. But I know next to nothing about authoring tools.

[leebo]

The answer in a program called "IFOEdit". But it's been explained dozens of times b4.

Look it up (oh my god, I'm turning into my Dad!!!).

[Bob W]

DVDXCOPY is okay but overrated. That damn warning at the beginning,the macrovision on feature, and the fact you can't copy the copy ALMOST sinks it. Especially since they're are better programs out there for free.The quality of the copy is usually excellent, though. XPRESS,regardless of the clean hip :P interface, is crap, compared to even DVDtoDVDR. It has the failings of the original and more.

I have made copies of DVDX Xpress and DVDX Copy. I just do a disc to disc exact copy using RecordNow Max.

[Triple_Helix]

There's already a "How to" in this forum to remove it when using dvdxcopy. For dvdxcopy express, I'm sure you could use one of the authoring tools on this site to remove it and re-encode. TMPGEnc should work. But I know next to nothing about authoring tools.

It's easy to remove with DVDShrink. Even though you can't see it in the viewer window, just crop the first black 'frame'. Then run it through with no compression and it's gone.

LTA

[Bob W]

There's already a "How to" in this forum to remove it when using dvdxcopy. For dvdxcopy express, I'm sure you could use one of the authoring tools on this site to remove it and re-encode. TMPGEnc should work. But I know next to nothing about authoring tools.

It's easy to remove with DVDShrink. Even though you can't see it in the viewer window, just crop the first black 'frame'. Then run it through with no compression and it's gone.

LTA

Yeah I have done that a few times. I really don't get too upset about the screen.

[Triple_Helix]

I have made copies of DVDX Xpress and DVDX Copy. I just do a disc to disc exact copy using RecordNow Max.

Right, Bob W. I do this with RecordNow DX routinely. I've seen this complaint so many times and don't understand what the problem is -- I suspect they are trying to use decrypting software to make the copies. D2D copying works and it's blazing fast. I also think laying it down on the HD first would work as well, although I haven't tried it.

LTA

[SLICK RICK]

I think I'll stick with DVD2ONE.

SLICK RICK

[Blkout]

DVD2ONE is better

Totally agree.

[Syphic]

You must be drunk!!!! DVDXCopy Xpress stinks!!!

[MackemX]

how do u remove the warning

here's one way to do it, you could also just disable playback but that may freeze your standalone

removing the warning is simple

run the program without a Blank DVD and let it do it's thing. When it's finished just press CTRl+ALT+DEL and close the Xpress program. This will leave your Temp folder intact and accessible

open the VIDEO_TS.IFO and double click VMGM_MAT in the top window and highlight First Play PGC

slide the bar in the bottom window towards the bottom and you will see the PGC Command Table near the bottom

look for the Pre command and right click it and then choose Edit Command

In the Command: option select (Jump_TT)Jump to Title
and in the Title Nr: just select 1

click Save and overwrite the BUP

now just use any software burning program and burn away

I was gonna suggest just replacing the VIDEO_TS.VOB containing the warning with a blank but seeing as it's so small it's easier just to bypass it instead

[poison]

DVD X Copy XPress i have heard with this prog, it puts something at the start of the dvd and it cant be read or played in a ps2 or xbox can anyone confirm this

thanks
poison

[mkelley]

The copies I make with Express can be read in my PS2.

If you read the above you'll see what people are talking about -- IF you let XPress burn the disk for you you will end up with a "warning" at the start of your disk. This can be easily removed by a number of methods, all outlined above, which basically boil down to taking 10 or 20 seconds of time to edit the data on your hard drive before you burn it yourself using Nero or Record Now. By doing this you can also backup the backup using Xpress, although as others note you can backup the backup using almost any other kind of backup software (the DVD data that Xpress write is not encrypted in any way).

As my tag indicates, I think we should have as many tools as possible, and while DVDShrink and DVD2ONE are nice pieces of software they don't meet everyone's needs. I'm glad I bought DVDXCopy -- Xpress was thrown in for free and I'm also glad I have it, although I don't use much.

[Dkreaky]

hey yall..

new here but thought id give my input on this situation...

DVDX COPY and Express have worked fine for me the times I have used them.

Is it over-priced? yes.. for the limited technology thats out there/ that 321 studios provde, I believe the saying "the end all be all of copying DVD's" is a little false.

There are other ways to do the things in DVDX Copy / Express does and for free at that.

But those always require a few more steps than others. Depending on how "literate" you are with your computer DVDX COPY can be great (for someone not as knowledgable) or can be a pice of crap thats overrated and over priced (an expert)

If I dont mind splitting things on 2 DVD's then I use DVDX Copy first, if it doesnt work or something funny happens I do it manually.. just depends on the situation and the mood I am in

thats my 2 cents!

[red lion]

I think this programme is RUBBISH it is not good at reading i use dvd2one and have not had a problem then i thought i will give this a go as someone else said it was good .
read 4 dvd,s with it and error on 3 reading error
put the same 4 dvd,s in other programms and no problem.
all i got was
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