dvd decrypter in iso mode

[jabie5]

Just 2 questions about it, what are the advantages of using this mode and under the settings for this mode which of the 4 boxes should be ticked

thanks
johnny

[Bodene]

In ISO mode you are merely taking an image of the DVD and putting it on on either your HD or a DVDr. I've only tried this when I am ripping the movie-only, and it is shorter than say...1:45 in length. As long as the total size is less than 4.37gb it works fine. When I do it...I have file splitting on auto and have all 4 ticks checked. ISO mode will rip and burn the image for u.

In IFO mode, you can rip the movie only onto your HD and preserve the DVD file structure...ie; ifo, bup and vob files. Then, since most of the flicks I back up are bigger than 4.37gb, I run these files thru DVD2One to compress them to 4.37gb. On the left in the settings area, I have all those 7 boxes checked, and the file splitting set to 1gb. On the right, I have only Stream information checked. This is the technique I use most, since it's fast and easy, and usually I don't care to have all the menus and extras on my backups. If you just want a copy of the movie, this is the one I recommend. Every DVD I've burnt (dozens) using this method has worked.

In FILE mode, I rip the entire DVD and compress it down to 4.37gb using either DVD2One or DVD Shrink. I use this mode if I wish to create a virtual copy of the source DVD...menus, movie, extras and all. In the settings, I have the 4 boxes at the bottom all checked, and select files is set to *all*, but I do NOT check multi angle processing. On the right, I have stream processing set to search at 50,000 sectors.

While I am not an expert at all this, I figgered it might be best to show u what works for me. That way u can play with it and decide for yerself what works best for u on yer system. Hope this helps.

[jabie5]

thanks mate, very helpfull

[Vejita-sama]

There are several reasons to rip in ISO mode.

1) If the disc is DVD5 you can use DVD Decrypter to back it up. Choose 'Mode | ISO - Read' to generate an ISO image file, then choose 'Mode | ISO - Write' select and burn the image file. This is also the method I normally use to make copies of my DVDR discs. I can leave the ISO image on the HD and burn as needed.

2) It's one file, instead of several VIDEO_TS folders. If you plan to rip a lot of discs it's easier sorting and storage

3) I can mount the ISO image with Daemon Tools and create a virtual DVD-ROM drive. Then use that a source for editing/backups (eg. DVD Shrink, DVD2One, TMPGenc, etc).

4) Archiving discs.

[neema12]

How can I convert ISO to FILE??