How to make the second and third copies faster??

[reddogracing]

Hello all, I finally got a handle on getting all my camcorder stuff into Nero Vision Express, and got a final product, with text, menus and chapters.

I burnt one dvd, it took 8 hours, of course the dvd is full, acording to nero vision anyway.

My question, how should i go about making multiple copies of this dvd, without taking 8 hours a piece??????

I could use my stand alone stuff, but that would still take hours of play and recording.

There has to be a faster way to use the pc, right? I am sure i have just not figured that part of nero out yet, so i'm asking yall.

Thnaks for the help. Tim

[redwudz]

Use ImgTools and make a image of your VIDEO_TS folder. Then you can burn as many identical copies as you want.

BTW, 8hours to burn? Was it wood fired?

[compuser]

You can use Nero Recode to make it an ISO (or make copies from there).

[jimmalenko]

I'd say NeroVision Express is doing the encoding, authoring and burning "all-in-one" as it were, and this is why it's taking 8 hours.

Nevertheless, if you have a burnt DVD, it's as simple as DVDDecrypter in ISO Read mode (guide here), and then in ISO Write mode (guide here).

[reddogracing]

Thanks for the ideas so far. I did fail to mention that i am new to this, so don't fully grasp all your saying, but also don't want to waste your time on stuff I can research.

These are not dvd copies or movies. I took several clips i had filmed with my sony handycam. Added the files to my project until it was at 4gb. I added some scrolling text and some fly to the right text. Also devided into chapters.

What they are is truck and tractor pulls. So one location is one title, then each class of vehicles is a chapter. the text tells who each person is before they pull, then the other tells how far at where they placed.

It worked pretty good. The scroll text came out very small, so i have to go back and fix about 250 of the fonts.

I was just hoping there was a way that after you burnt one, the rest would be faster.

You are correct, it goes throught the transcoding and such every attempt to burn. Even a one pass burn took 4 hours. When it says burn this project again it starts all over, and i was hoping this was something i was doing wrong.

One last thing will i be able to keep the format the same if I use the iso thing you mentioned? I would hate to loose my titles and chapters, as they are good selling points for people wanting to watch certain clases only.

thanks again for taking the time with an old new guy.

[jimmalenko]

ISO Read / ISO Write will make an exact replica of your original disc - titles, chapters and all. ISO Read is just ripping the disc, which should take somewhere between 10 and 40 minutes (depending on the rip speed of your DVD-ROM), while ISO Write is just a simple burn, and so should take around 8 minutes if writing at 8X or 15 minutes if writing at 4X.

[redwudz]

An image copy is an exact copy of your video, even errors.

If you have already burned it to DVD, then you can use DVDDecrypter to make a copy. Then burn that as jimmalenko said.

If you still have the completed DVD files on your HD, then ImgTools is one option to create a ISO image that can be used as a template to burn as many identical copies as you want.

I'm not a fan of Nero for encoding or authoring. It's at it's best just burning. But, if you already have the file, stay with Nero.

It sounds like you have done well with the programs you have. I would spend some more time learning other tools beside Nero. That's kind of the next step up. There's a lot to learn, but hey, 'It's a hobby'.

[reddogracing]

Thanks again.

I have not done the burn to HD yet. I did one as a test of a very short film, to see if I could copy the TS? file to a dvd. I couldnt make that work, so i have yet to do the long film. I need to look at the two options you have mentioned. I am hoping to need 50 copies. Right now i am still going back through and changing the fonts on the scrollers, before I stop and leave it alone though.

Thanks again, I am sure you'll heear more from me.

Tim

[reddogracing]

Quicky,

I got dvddecrypter, seemed to work great. When I did the ISO read, I ended up with two files, an ISO and a MDS?? The ISO was the right size, so when I did the ISO write, I used it, just wondering about the other file, and should I do anything with it?? Thanks again, that really was fast.

[redwudz]

I believe the MDS file is used the same as a 'CUE' image file with Nero. The MDS is 'instructions' to burn the file. You shouldn't need it for what you are doing in burning with DVDDecrypter.

It is probably more useful if you have the FAT32 file system and your DVD ISO files were split to two or more parts. It would reunite the split parts as it burned to DVD. If you only have the one ISO file, you don't really need it. You can turn off the MDS creation in DVDDecrypter.

I think that's basically right, but someone can correct it as needed.

[zworg2]

I believe the MDS file is used the same as a 'CUE' image file with Nero. The MDS is 'instructions' to burn the file. You shouldn't need it for what you are doing in burning with DVDDecrypter.

It is probably more useful if you have the FAT32 file system and your DVD ISO files were split to two or more parts. It would reunite the split parts as it burned to DVD. If you only have the one ISO file, you don't really need it. You can turn off the MDS creation in DVDDecrypter.

I think that's basically right, but someone can correct it as needed.

Bizarrely i have had better burns, when using lower quality media when i use the MDS file.....I have no explanation why.

[reddogracing]

My MDS is very small, 4KB vs 4GB for the ISO. I have browsed around the dvd, and it seems to work and view ok, so far. BTW I've allready done a dozan copies, so I am thrilled with all the help so far. I have an event weds, then fri, and sat, so I should have some stuff to offer this week. Thanks a bunch.

[redwudz]

You can probably look into a MDS file if you want by opening it in 'notepad'. Probably just a few lines of cryptic code.

The bottom line is if your method works for you, great.