Two DVD backup questions.

[911thor]

Two Stupid questions:

One, what program would you suggest to use when backing up my very expensive classic DVD's?

Two is a little more complexed - I have several DVD's from America that play only on Zone 1 DVD players. I now live in Europe and my stand alone is a Zone 2 player. I would like to view my Zone 1 DVD's and the only way I can view them now is with my computers DVD-ROM player, not fun! Is there a way to back up my DVD's and take off the Zone protection?

Thanks for any insight to these questions

[Gees]

Lots of choices : https://www.videohelp.com/tools#DVDtoDVD

Most let you set region-free or it is automatically region-free when you create your backup. I like DVDShrink. It has that option.

Another option is to see if there's a hack available for your player. Check the Player database and see if you model is listed and if so, someone may have entered the hack in the comments section.

[Thunder In Paradise]

I agree with Gees, DVD Shrink 3.0 will remove any/all region and encryption settings when ripping. I think DVD Decrypter does it too, but I'm not too sure.

[Gurm]

DVD Decrypter does if you ask it to.

So does DVD Region Free, DVD Shrink, Smart Ripper, AnyDVD, etc.

- Gurm