the right program to burn a dvd??

[myscript22]

i have been using dvd shrink and nero to burn dvd's. i just got a new computer and am looking for a program to download. can anyone help me? what is the best one out there to download and use for free? ive been using that one for over a year now, and im sure there are better ones out there now.
thanks in advance for your help!

[mwkurt]

imgburn

[myscript22]

thanks, does that one program do everything for you, shrink and burn the dvd?

[mwkurt]

No it doesn't shrink the DVD. DVD shrink will do that for you, but imgburn is highly regarded as the best image burner going now.
Mark

[myscript22]

ok! so i still need to download the dvd shrink, then use the imgburn to burn it, is that right? sorry for the dumb questions, im not very good at this stuff!

[mwkurt]

Most folks would tell you to make your DVD the proper size to begin with and leave Shrink out of the equation. Perhaps you could explain what you're trying to do and what you have to work with (assets, avi's, mpegs, etc) I would be happy to help out a fellow Florida boy if I can.
Mark

[myscript22]

girl actually i would love to tell you...but i dont know what your talking about! im jsut trying to copy a few dvd's. on my old computer, i used the dvd shrink and nero, it took forever to do one dvd, so i want to try out my brand new laptop, its a sony vaio. i am giong to download the programs to do the copying...i just wasnt sure what ones were the best ones to try....sorry for not being very smart on this topic!!

[mwkurt]

No problem! We were all new to this at one time )

I wish I could help you further, but since you can't give very much specific information maybe you should try and look at some of the guides available on this site. Maybe some of the other knowledgeable folks here could chime in.

Mark

[myscript22]

ok...what do you need to know? what kind of computer i have? or waht kind of dvd burner?

[kschang]

How about... what are you trying to do?

[mwkurt]

No...you have told us what kind of computer you have. The DVD burner is pretty much irrelevent.
I know you are trying to burn DVD's that's about it.

Are these DVD's commercial DVD's that you are trying to back up? Are they DVD's you have made with different movies and episodes? Have you had success in the past doing this and are trying to find a better way? If commercial DVD's, are you removing copy protection? Please be a little more specific. Give us as much information about what are doing, what your doing it with and what you hope to do.
Mark

[Capmaster]

If you're ripping and burning backups, why not stick with DVDShrink, and use DVDDecrypter for the scratched ones (better error handling)? They're pretty hard to beat. Then burn with Nero. DVDDecrypter won't shrink the size, but you can then just run DVDShrink on the files to produce a second set that will fit.

And if you encounter newer copy protection you can install FixVTS and then install RipIt4Me, which senses and uses FixVTS to correct the timing.

[myscript22]

sorry, i wasnt giving you the information you needed...
i am simply trying to copy a commercial dvd...making backups of my childrens movies....
i just want something simple that will copy them for me onto a dvd.....i was using dvd shrink, and nero, but it seems there are some that just wont work. i thougth maybe there was a newer program out there that i could use. i need the simplest thing out there...as you can see, im not very good with this stuff.

[mwkurt]

Hello again,

Okay...when you "there are some that just won't work", are you meaning some commercial DVD's? If so, you need to try ripping it (copying) to your hard drive using one of two programs. Either ripit4me or dvdfabdecryptor. These will take care of the pesky copy protection that comes on commercial DVDs. From there you can either shrink it if too big or just burn it.
Mark

[myscript22]

ok i think i got what you are trying to tell me!! ill download those programs and give it a shot!! thanks for the tips...sorry for not being very good at this stuff!!

[shootmeplz]

free? cracked nero?
lol
just kidding.