DVD-R best way to make copies??

[franco]

What I hope to do is create a few master copies of dvd-r discs which I may need to copy every so often if I manage to sell them on E-Bay or some other site. Roughly 10 different discs.

Is it time consuming every time I want to copy a dvd-r disc or can the discs be read and be ready for duplication in a few mins??

What is the best quality to use as a master disc or does it matter?

I'm in the UK so presumably all DVD players here are PAL and I will not need to convert any footage to NTSC??

Lastly, how does this sound as software. Adobe 6.5 for editing and DVDIt PE for authoring??

[jimmalenko]

Is it time consuming every time I want to copy a dvd-r disc or can the discs be read and be ready for duplication in a few mins??

Why don't you keep them on your HD ? Then all you have to do is burn them each time.

[northcat_8]

DVD Decrypter

mode > ISO > read - to copy the disc
mode > ISO > write - to burn the new disc

[ZippyP.]

I'm in the UK so presumably all DVD players here are PAL and I will not need to convert any footage to NTSC??

Many North American DVD players will play and convert PAL on the fly. Mine does but I don't know the percentage.

[franco]

Is it time consuming every time I want to copy a dvd-r disc or can the discs be read and be ready for duplication in a few mins??

Why don't you keep them on your HD ? Then all you have to do is burn them each time.

I'll keep as much as I can on my HD. I've got 80 GB, I was just thinking I would need a lot of room for when I'm capturing the digital footage prior to encoding to MPEG. If I can I will.