DVD Burners

[PokeythePenguin]

I am getting a DVD-Burner with the purchase of my new computer this weekend, and i was wondering how you copy a dvd onto a dvd-r?
Is there a protection on the DVD that won't let you do this?
I'm pretty clueless with this stuff so any help would be appreciated...thanks!

[Greg12]

have a look at some of the guides.

they explain how to do it very well.

[thxkid]

If you want the simplest program out there at this time its DVD X Copy will do exact copy of the original but most will take more than 1 DVD usually 2, in that case read up or try DVD2DVDR, almost all dual layered DVD's can be done as a single DVD without even reencoding.

[dc91gt]

I am getting a DVD-Burner with the purchase of my new computer this weekend, and i was wondering how you copy a dvd onto a dvd-r?
Is there a protection on the DVD that won't let you do this?
I'm pretty clueless with this stuff so any help would be appreciated...thanks!

works like this, as some of the guides can be confusing...

1) you need to rip the dvd to your HD, smart ripper and several other programs will do this (and removes the copy protection for you).

2) if the whole disc is less then 4.7 gb, you can just dump the files into
nero and burn them to a dvdr. This is the easiest.

3) if the disc is larger then 4.7gb but the movie and audio are less (most movies are like this). Then you just need to re-author these files (ifoedit or maestro will do this) and burn.

4) if the ripped video/audio is larger then 4.7 gb, you need to re-encode them to a lower bit rate to drop the filesizes (tmpgenc) then re-author as stated above and burn them.

The process is quite easy really once you do it a few times. Read through the guides, and then have at it.

There is also software that will do most this work for you in one pass -- dvdxcopy and dvd2dvd-r (this one is great and free).

-d