DVD to DVDr

[ekati]

Hi, used the search but didn't really get an answer.
I have several dvd's that a want to back-up(copy). They are starting to get scratched,etc.
Can i copy them to dvdr with out ripping etc. like what is done with cd to cdr?

thanks

[Kdiddy]

You can ONLY, read that carefully now, ONLY if the orginal is obviously equal or less than to the size of your destination media....most common DVD-Rs are 4.7 GB, and most common movies (or all the ones I have) are bigger than 4.7 GB...therefore, in most cases, some re-encoding MAY be needed. Another route would be losing the menus, extras, etc...ripping just the video & audio...and then trying to reauthor just that those on the DVD-R...again, provided you have the size even for that.