dvd duplication

[trump56]

Is there a program for burning dvd's that allows you to just make an exact duplicate of a dvd....if so what format is the best for doing so or does it matter.....i want to be able to duplicate dvd's in the same manner that I can duplicate cds......

[ghoster]

not a chance

[musher70]

dvd x copy 100 dollars,splits to 2 discs though

[bungholio69]

I hope this will happen with dvd burners soon, Maybe next years models.
I think thats why everybody got heiper about Dvd burners, thinking they could make exact copys easily

[trump56]

what is the limitation on this.....are the formats different....i know there are programs out there for cds that just read bit for bit....irregardless of what data is on the cd shouldn't this be possible for dvd's as well? or is the system that burns the dvd's at home that much different that marketed dvd's?....burned disks will play in a normal dvd player i wouldn't think that that was it...anyone got a fairly simple exlplination?

[ghoster]

well dvds are copyright protected,well 99% of them are. if the dvd is single layared then you can make extact copys with DVD Decrypter. otherwise you will either have to split the dvd onto 2 dvds or spend like 5 hours th encode so it will fit on one dvd. i don't really see that ever changing. just maybe the process wih get quicker as time passes.........

[jeex]

although it seems highly unlikely.. it is possible..

maybe i'm wrong.. but i know sony made a double density cd-r & cd burner.. the media could only be written and read from the drive.. was that basically just a cd with a tighter spiral or was it a dual layer cd?

if it was the latter, then it *may* be possible.. but i know dual layer dvd's are a helluva lot more complicated..

[thxkid]

I use 2 programs that allow me to backup any DVD no matter single or dual layer in less than an hour, DVD X Copy or DVD2DVDR, anything else is gonna take you hours anywhere from 3 to 8 hours, in that case I'll just record it over on my DMR-E20 DVD recorder in real time with very very little or no lose of picture.