What's Best method to rip DVD-9 movie to DVD-R (DVD-5)

[dna815]

I just got my Pioneer A05 DVR and i'm looking for guides on how to rip DVD..I saw several method.. given on vcdhelp.com.. each seem to have it's advantage and disadvantage.. i just want to heard some suggestion from people who tried these method.. and please let me know.. which method is.. best.. in between the balance of quality and speed..
i want good quality but don't want to spend.. 6 hours.. ripping... you know??
So please give me suggestion on what program i need.. where i can get them and if there are links to guides that tell u how to rip DVD-9 onto DVD-5.. Thanks..

[tjtoed]

This topic has been beat to death on this site...please not again!!!

Do some searches in the forums and you will find countless threads about which one members think is better and so forth.
The main ones most talked about and debated are
Instant Copy
DVD2One
DVDShrink
DVD95Copy
DVDXCopy (original and now Xpress, I think).
CCE
and a few more...

Asking this question only causes problems and arguments to break out, so I would suggest doing some searches and you will find all the "opinions" you need to help you with your choice...

[Mr. Madness]

If you don't want to spend much time re-encoding, I think dvd2one is the way to go. I have done 4 or 5 and a typical DVD movie takes about 12 minutes to compress with my Athlon 1800 XP. I have not seen any quailty problems to speak of with my 1.5 to 2 hour movie backups.

I suppose if you are trying to squeeze a 3+ hour movie onto one DVD+/-R, dvd2one might not be the best choice as it would have to really compress the heck out that one. Different people seem to have different experiences with it. It is definatley a very simple process.

[LanEvo7]

DVD Shrink is the best. You don't need to rip your dvd first.

[negon]

Well, i'm no expert, but from just a normal guy who learns from experience...I find DVDShrink the best. It's so easy and it's a one-step process, doesn't get any better than that!

[txpharoah]

DVDshrink results can vary. Some good, some bad. Program is nicer than DVD2one, but at least DVD2one gives steady quality results. I keep going back and forth on them.

DVDshrink tends to give out some kind of unusual output in the IFO, and some Authoring packages do not like it (DVDit! and a few others). I'm using Nero 5.5.10.20 with DVDshrink to get workable results. DVD2one gives decent results.

Flip a coin. Try them all. I think they all ahve demos.

[FulciLives]

Hello

I use DVD2ONE in FULL-DISK backup mode. So far so good. I've been very happy with the quality. So far I've only had one movie not come out too well using it but this movie was the the verge of maxing out a dual layer disc and was a rather long (just over 2 hours) hong kong martial arts film with tons of action and a bunch of scenes with clouds and fog ... both of which are hard to encode. I tried again in MOVIE-ONLY backup mode and only kept one audio track and one subtitle stream (the movie was in Chinese with English subs) and the quality was acceptable.

I suggest you follow the guide to DVD2ONE on the doom 9 website as it is an excellent guide that even explains what to do after DVD2ONE (i.e., how to create an image file from the DVD2ONE output and then how to burn that image file to your DVD recordable drive.)

Very good quality. Very fast (usually never takes more than 30 minutes if that on a P4 2.4 Ghz with 512MB RAM running WinXP Home) and so-far the discs made (using the guide on doom 9 website) have been compatable with no playback issues after testing them on several different models/brands of DVD players.

It is also an easy to use product. The best $40.00 some dollars I've spent if you ask me

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

Time Spent:

1.) Rip the DVD to the computer's HDD (20 to 30 minutes if not less)
2.) Process with DVD2ONE (approximately 30 minutes give or take)
3.) Create an image file (approximately 15 to 20 minutes)
4.) Burn image file to a DVD-R or DVD+R etc. (30 minutes at 2x speed)

That's about as fast as it gets when backing up a dual layer disc to a single DVD recordable.