dvd copying

[ruthann]

i am trying to copy some dvd movies i have for the grandkids but they are copyrighted. what is the best program or way to do this?

[yoda313]

dvdfab or anydvd. Dvdfab has a freeware version with updates delayed - anydvd is payware.

edit - rip the disc to the harddrive with the above program - then burn to a blank disc with imgburn (use taiyo yuden or verbatim blank discs).

You will need to shrink a dual layer disc if you don't have dual layer blanks. You can still use dvd shrink to do this but only after you have ripped the disc to your harddrive (dvd shrink has not been updated in years).

[fritzi93]

Okay, the OP is a new member with one post. Let's keep this as clear and simple as possible:

1) Use DVDFabDecrypter to decrypt and copy (rip) the DVD to your hard drive. (This is the free version of DVDFab). Fairly simple and straightforward but if needed there are guides available on the DVDFab page.

2) Open the "Ripped" DVD with DVDShrink (free). With Shrink you can compress the DVD to fit a single-layer DVDR (blank). Guide here:

http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/

3) Set output in DVDShrink to ISO image and burn the image with ImgBurn (yep, free).

Good luck.

[ruthann]

thank you and i am new and don't understand any of this very well

[ruthann]

i downloaded this and when comp restarted i lost all my icons on my desktop.

[Bonie81]

I had been using pretty same steps suggested by fritzi93 for years n years until I switched to other OS than WiN.

1) Use DVDFabDecrypter to decrypt and copy (rip) the DVD to your hard drive. (This is the free version of DVDFab). Fairly simple and straightforward but if needed there are guides available on the DVDFab page.

2) Open the "Ripped" DVD with DVDShrink (free). With Shrink you can compress the DVD to fit a single-layer DVDR (blank). Guide here:

http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/

3) Set output in DVDShrink to ISO image and burn the image with ImgBurn (yep, free).

If you use DVD-R [DL = Dual Layer], you can skip step 2 of shrinking.

i downloaded this and when comp restarted i lost all my icons on my desktop.

it depends on the source from where you downloaded the programs. Normally try to get tools from Video Help.
plus it seems like your computer might be already infected by some malware(s) prior to the downloads/installation which inter-acted your download/installation of some particular codecs.

[neomaine]

i downloaded this and when comp restarted i lost all my icons on my desktop.

Ruthann,

With all due respect, this is beyond your capabilities. Just buy a new copy. If the movies are really that old, you can probably find them for under $5.

[ruthann]

i had not even put the dvd in i had just downloaded the program. i have 15 grandkids and retired so this way is easier and cheaper for me

[fritzi93]

I'll give it to you straight and with the bark on. It sounds like your first order of business should be some computer maintenance.

Such as: a spyware scan or two, deletion of junk files, uninstallation of unused programs, a defrag, a registry cleaning. I'd do a checkdisk and system file check as well to see if system files are corrupted on the C drive.

If downloading and installing DVDFab and/or DVDShrink made your desktop icons disappear, your computer is junked up badly. It's not the fault of those two programs.

You'll need at least 10GB free space on your hard drive to even think of backing up DVDs. (It would help if your computer details were filled in). And you should know that nothing stresses a computer like re-encoding (or even merely transcoding) video. That means pegging the CPU at near 100% for extended periods of time, and consequent high temperatures. That's why video hobbyists are concerned with adequate case ventilation and are generally conscientious about cleaning dust out of their computers.

I don't mean to discourage you, because what you want to do is not very difficult. But there's no way around the necessity of good working equipment for the job. And one must be willing to carefully read a guide or two to get started.

[CobraPilot]

". . . so this way is easier and cheaper for me"

Cheaper, yes. Legal, probably not, since the discs are copyrighted and you appear to want to distribute them, albeit at no charge.