why does backing up amovie dvd produce 2 disks

[allenkb]

How come when i try and backup a movie dvd useing something like dvdxcopy do i get a resulting 2 dvd's???

or is ther software that copies 1-1 dvd.

[pacmania_2001]

A commercial DVD (the one's you buy at a store) is on a DVD-9 disc. That means that is 'dual layered' so it holds twice as much data.

The DVD's you use to make a backup are DVD-5 which are 'single layered'. This means it only holds half the data that a commercial DVD does therefore if you want a perfect replica of the disc then it will be on 2 discs.

That said, some commercial DVD's (not many) come on DVD-5's meaning the backup will only be 1 disc.

[pharlap]

use Dvd 2 ONe

[SLICK RICK]

Or Instant Copy