Do you backup the whole disc or just the movie?

[yoda313]

So I'm sure there was a poll on this awhile ago but I thought a new one would do

I usually just shrink the whole disc to fit on one disc. Unless its something I really want to preserve every bit of quality. But usually I just shrink the whole disc to single layer and forget about it.

[Denvers Dawgs]

Movie only here. Not big on saving the extras, just like to watch my movies as soon as I put it into the player.

[DereX888]

Movie only.
Very few extras are worth watching, much less backing it up.
And I have all players (that are able to) set to autoplay movie skipping the menus, so I obviously don't care about them either

[stackner]

DVDREMAKE PRO i backup the whole disc but split it using dvdremake pro into 2 disc's with the movie on the first disc and the special features on the second disc while keeping all original menus and picture quality (no shrinking) thanx to dvdremake pro. if its a long movie like 2-3 hours i shrink it the little using dvdrebuilder.

[redwudz]

Just the main movie most of the time. If nothing else, it gets rid of the multiple previews in the Disney movies. If I want to see the rest of the stuff on the disc, I put in the original.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

No option for 'depends upon compression required' ????? Where's that option????

[yoda313]

No option for 'depends upon compression required' ?????

Well I could but what do you mean??? Less than 75% than you split to two discs or something??

[Shocker Milwaukee]

then

[yoda313]

then

???

How about you just choose other since the polls already getting some hits??

[Shocker Milwaukee]

No thanks. I'm not very fond of 'Other' as a poll option.

[Super Warrior]

Full-Disc ALWAYS.

With great programs like DVDshrink there is no reason not to keep the menus. With DVDshrink you can remove or resize any of the extras you want, and even lower the amount of filesize that the menus take up.

With DVDRemakePro i can even merge 2 or more discs to one DVD w/menus to both intact. This is used alot for cartoon/anime DVDs that don't use up a full DVD-5,and even less once i take out needless extras with DVDshrink.

[soneman]

Full disc - single layer.

Again, like Super Warrior said, when you have a program like DVDShrink at your disposal; there is absolutely no reason not to backup the entire disc.

[fritzi93]

absolutely no reason not to backup the entire disc.

Some will say inadequate bitrate is a good reason not to. But that varies by movie and individual opinion.

Usually I do movie only.

[dvdguy4]

To me it depends on the size of the dvd. Anything over 7gb Id just do movie only. But I guess its really up to the person making their backup.

Happy Holidays to everyone

[ghoster]

most of the time i do movie plus menu and kill the extras......

[DereX888]

There was a dvd with 3+GBs of menu+previews, and a <3GB of a movie... whats the point of backing up all those "disc fillers" added there just to balloon the size above single layer's capacity? You can always watch them on original disc if you really will ever need to
I can understand alternate ending, deleted scenes etc - but the previews? menus? lol

[Super Warrior]

absolutely no reason not to backup the entire disc.

Some will say inadequate bitrate is a good reason not to. But that varies by movie and individual opinion.

Usually I do movie only.

Menus do not take up much filesize guys and if they do,you can size down the amount of space they receive in shrink. As for ads,trailers,etc those are easy enough to remove.

So getting rid of menus is not nescessary.

[jimmalenko]

Just the movie - no menus


I don't see any reason to navigate through menus when all I want to see is the main feature 99% of the time

[waheed]

Just the Main Movie with Original Menu. I kind of like the menus.

Usually use VobBlanker to strip out all extras, trailers, warning screens etc...

Menuedit to disable not needed menu buttons.

DVD Shrink to compress

Nero to burn.

[ntscuser]

Whole disc if possible. Main feature plus DTS 5.1 and DD 2.0 if not.

[fritzi93]

absolutely no reason not to backup the entire disc.

Some will say inadequate bitrate is a good reason not to. But that varies by movie and individual opinion.

Usually I do movie only.

Menus do not take up much filesize guys and if they do,you can size down the amount of space they receive in shrink. As for ads,trailers,etc those are easy enough to remove.

So getting rid of menus is not nescessary.

If you're going to quote me, take into account the context, which was a comment on ENTIRE disc backup, not just menu and movie. But I agree about the extras, easy enough to ditch them. However, after the first viewing, I'd rather not have to navigate the menu again, unless it's an episode disc. Personal preference.

[Dv8ted2]

I back up the full disc.

[Sabro]

Just the movie, no menus or anything else....I wanna watch the movie!

Sabro

[ybeard]

If you're legitimately only backing up your original, why would you back up anything other than simply the main movie? If you want to watch the Extras, etc, you can simply pop in the original and do so. I buy a DVD movie to mainly watch the movie, so why would I want anything but the best possible quality when watching it off of a backup?

[yoda313]

why would you back up anything other than simply the main movie? If you want to watch the Extras, etc, you can simply pop in the original and do so

Well some would want to preserve the original and not touch it all. Hence backing up everything on the disc.

[pepegot1]

Just the movie. I customize the Menus.

[waheed]

However, after the first viewing, I'd rather not have to navigate the menu again, unless it's an episode disc. Personal preference.

I would agree its all down to personal preference in what people do like to keep or ditch. I prefer menus because of the scene selection feature.

[BSpielbauer]

Well, I guess I would also have to be counted as an "other."

I know I am in the minority, here. However, none of my backups of dual layer discs use any compression. None. This is mostly because I view on a fairly large display (65"), and I know I will soon be viewing on a 108 inch screen. My set is ISF calibrated, carefully, and I can and do notice any compromise in picture quality.

My preferred method: I split the movie to two single layer discs. Yet, I retain all menus on both discs. Neither discs uses any compression at all.

I use VOBBlanker to do this, and then a quick pass of the second disc through PGCEdit to get rid of the "pause" as it might try to cycle through chapters that do not exist on disc 2. Disc 1 has all menus, all audio streams, all subtitles, and all menus. It has the first half of the movie. It does not have any additional bonus materials and extras, though. They only appear on the second disc. Disc 2 has the second half of the movie. It also has all menus, all audio streams, all subtitles. It also has ALL of the various extras and bonus materials. All menus on both discs are functional (except when you choose an item which is not on that disc, of course).

I store these in regular "double" DVD cases.

On a select few films, I have also used dual layer blanks, instead. These are usually reserved for two disc sets of films where I am especially a fan of the film. This is mostly experimental, while I wait and watch the prices of dual layer media continue to drop. $2.00 per disc is not at all bad, but I will not truly switch over for all of my backups until they cross the $1.00 per disc threshold. Should not be long...

-Bruce

[soneman]

However, after the first viewing, I'd rather not have to navigate the menu again, unless it's an episode disc. Personal preference.

I would agree its all down to personal preference in what people do like to keep or ditch. I prefer menus because of the scene selection feature.

I agree.

Well, I guess I would also have to be counted as an "other."

I know I am in the minority, here. However, none of my backups of dual layer discs use any compression. None. This is mostly because I view on a fairly large display (65"), and I know I will soon be viewing on a 108 inch screen. My set is ISF calibrated, carefully, and I can and do notice any compromise in picture quality.

My preferred method: I split the movie to two single layer discs. Yet, I retain all menus on both discs. Neither discs uses any compression at all.

I use VOBBlanker to do this, and then a quick pass of the second disc through PGCEdit to get rid of the "pause" as it might try to cycle through chapters that do not exist on disc 2. Disc 1 has all menus, all audio streams, all subtitles, and all menus. It has the first half of the movie. It does not have any additional bonus materials and extras, though. They only appear on the second disc. Disc 2 has the second half of the movie. It also has all menus, all audio streams, all subtitles. It also has ALL of the various extras and bonus materials. All menus on both discs are functional (except when you choose an item which is not on that disc, of course).

I store these in regular "double" DVD cases.

On a select few films, I have also used dual layer blanks, instead. These are usually reserved for two disc sets of films where I am especially a fan of the film. This is mostly experimental, while I wait and watch the prices of dual layer media continue to drop. $2.00 per disc is not at all bad, but I will not truly switch over for all of my backups until they cross the $1.00 per disc threshold. Should not be long...

-Bruce

You must spend a lot of money on blank DVD media.

[Super Warrior]

I would agree its all down to personal preference in what people do like to keep or ditch. I prefer menus because of the scene selection feature.

I like to keep the menus because i think they are cool and helps navigate the DVD.

IMO the days of making half-assed backups ended when i ditched VCD and made the jump to DVD. So whenever possible i keep the menus.