dvd5 to dvdr?

[chickenfoot]

ok im pretty sure i know how to do this correctly but just wanted to make sure before i waste some blanks.
anyways all i gotta do to take a dvd6 to dvdr is use a program like dvd decrypter or smartripper and choose file mode and rip all the files to my hd. next i would make a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder,throw all the files into the VIDEO_TS, then load the folders into nero and burn right?
also is there any special settings or anything i gotta select in nero(im not sure what all i gotta choose from since i havent installed my cendyne burner yet).

[Faustus]

Common wisdom says to use DVD Decrypter to rip it to an ISO then burn the ISO.

If that EVER gives you problems on a DVD5 then instead rip all the files to a folder, load all the .ifo files into ifo edit and click the Get VTS Sectors button, after clicking ok through any messages that appear load the files into your burn program of choice and burn them as DVD movie files (guide to burning all over these forums), but its not worth the hassel unless you run into problems.

One more word of wisdom, if your just getting started you WILL waste some disk along the way, maybe alot of them, its part of the process.

[chickenfoot]

do i have to use ifoedit or can i just do it the way i described in my first post. what excatly does that do?

[Faustus]

Sometimes when you rip with DVD DEcrypter it will make changes to the files, 99% of the time it cleans up after itself well. That 1% of the time the movie works but there may be funny things happening like 2 menus trying to overlap each other.

I'd start with the DVDDecrypter only option first though, just swithc the mode to ISO read, then switch it to ISO Write and burn the ISO.

Ignore the rest unless you get specific issues with your finished product.

[chickenfoot]

i wasnt aware that dvd decrypter did that sometimes. how about smartripper? keep in mind i will be using file mode and just ripping all files from the dvd to the hd. i just like to keep all my options open so if something fails theres always another to fall back on.

[Faustus]

If your ripping in file mode then you want to reburn with either Nero or as alot of people perfer Recordnow DX.
you need 2 folders on the disk VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS, everything must be in Caps, all the files go into the VIDEO_TS folder.
Also if your ripping into file mode anyway it wouldn't hurt to run Ifoedit like I said and hit the Get VTS Sectors button, as it takes only a few seconds.

There is a good guide for burning with the latest NERO on the forums, if you can't find it then try my common questions and answers thread at the top of here. In Recordnow Max you just make sure the burner is selected and choose to make a Data disk, then add the folders.

also I wrote more detailed info on the DVD5 to DVDR process here:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=121195
Just scroll down until you see DVD5 to DVDR process.

[chickenfoot]

thanks for all the help flaystus ok i just got one final question for anybody. when ripping a dvd in file mode or whatever will it be region free when burned onto a dvdr?

[Faustus]

By default Decrypter should remove the Region coding.

good luck

[defense]

@flaystus, do you know of any posts where someone has had an issue as you said with menu's overlapping, or anything else? I have made plenty of backups of DVD5's and never used IFOEdit.

From my understanding, the GET_VTS sectors in IFOEdit is only for when you strip streams. The reason you need to GET_VTS sectors is because it creates a new set of files, and this makes it functional in a standalone DVD Player. But I've never heard of anyone using IFOEdit on a DVD-5 for anything other then maybe removing PUOPS and making the disk region free if applicable.

[Faustus]

Perhaps in some of my own post, thats about it. I use IFOedit by reflex and noticed that it would indeed correct things. Then when teaching a friend to backup using his copy of footloose we got the menu overlap thing. I was stumped, so we went back to the files got vts sectors and it worked fine when reburned.

Also I noticed that the Rouchneck DVDs that are DVD5s corrected TONS of stuff when ran through IFO edit.

My standpoint is this, the difference between ripping to image and files is so little so why not rip to files spends the few sections running ifoedit on it and be sure.

[Bob W]

I just rip the DVD5 using SmartRipper into a VIDEO_TS folder then burn that folder using RecordNow Max, works every time.

[vance43211]

if u rip in file mode with smartripper

u will have to use ifo edit to create ifo first

then get vts sectors

see

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=472651&highlight=#472651

if when u are done the files is less than 4.7 gig

u can use nero to burn

instead of instantcopy

[defense]

if u rip in file mode with smartripper

u will have to use ifo edit to create ifo first

then get vts sectors

That's not true at all. The original poster was talking about DVD5's to DVDR's. That guide is for DVD9's which will fit after some type of stream processing. Two completely different things.

[vance43211]

chickenfoot said

i wasnt aware that dvd decrypter did that sometimes. how about smartripper? keep in mind i will be using file mode and just ripping all files from the dvd to the hd. i just like to keep all my options open so if something fails theres always another to fall back on.

i just put that there to show chickenfoot how to use ifoedit

and yes he will need to use ifo edit to create ifos if he just rip in file mode with smartripper

i just didn't feel like typing all of them words

so i figured he would catch on enough to use ifoedit and disregard the rest

[jarvis1781]

vance, you are missing the point.

if it is a DVD5 you do not need to create new ifos, you just need to "GET VTS SECTORS"

creating new ifos takes much more time than getting vts sectors

[vance43211]

let me say this slooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwlllllyyyyyy

if u rip in file mode with smartripper (not backup mode, file mode)

u will only rip the main movie vob files

again, u will only rip the main movie vob files

u can't click get vts sectors when there is no vts sectors to get (i.e. no ifo files)

again, u can't click get vts sectors when there is no vts sectors to get (i.e. no ifo files)

u need ifoedit or a dvd authoring program to get them

[jarvis1781]

indeed that is where the problem has entered the scene.

why would you rip in file mode then? it takes extra time. just rip in backup mode, or file mode with DVD Decrypter.

if you want to take more time and do the file mode thing with Smartripper (which i dont use anymore) that's fine

but yeah, it does require the extra step as vance noted.

sorry vance, I assumed file mode in smartripper was same as dvd decrypter, and from your post, it is clear to me now that it isnt

my mistake