DVD-r to DVD-r

[Bone]

Hey Guys, I'm not sure if i posted this at the right place, so if not i'm sory..

I just got my first DVD- burner Sony DWU10A which is prettty nice.. Know the question is i just got a burned dvd-r from a friend which i wanna make a copy without missing any quality of the disk.. can i do that with DVDschrink?

[Karate Media]

Just do a "disc-to-disc" copy using the DVD burning software that came w/ your drive. If your friend fit the data onto a DVD-R, then it will fit onto another DVD-R w/out the need for shrinking the size.

Am I missing the point of your question?

EDIT: By the way, since it's a disc to disc copy, it's all digital, no loss of quality -- you know, the whole point behind the DMCA, macrovision, Jon the DeCSS master, and all that?

[LanEvo7]

Why are you using dvd shrink? Just use DVD Decryptor to make an image of the DVD. THen use nero or anotehr burning program to burn it to a DVD. No need to use Shrink.

[Karate Media]

He doesn't even NEED DVD Decryptor if his buddy has already got it onto a DVD-R, unless it's somehow copy-protected...



Am I missing something here? I copy DVD-R to DVD-R with absolutely no problem using RecordNow, which came w/ my Sony 500UL drive...

[Bone]

no Karate Media you are not missing anything at all :P
I'll give it a try with my DVD burning software that came with the driver.... :P If not could i use nero to make disk to disk?

[Cornucopia]

Yeah,
Barring any added hidden CGMS crap that the authoring software might put on, it shouldn't have ANY copy protection and so would be a straight Disc-to-Disc copy that EVERY disc burning app should be able to handle, incl. Nero, ECDC, etc.

Lots of times at work, I take video and record it into our Pioneer PVR-9000 as straight transfer. Do it a couple of times-diff shows, make menu text and finalize.
Then I take this and make a Disc Image w/ Nero and then burn 5, 10, 20, 50 copies. Easy as pie. And pretty fast, too.

Scott

[Bone]

aight.. thanks once again :P 8)

[Karate Media]

Most burning programs will have it...


BUT -- I did realize my one mistake: I have this unfortunate habit of thinking that everybody has exactlly the same setup as me! I use an external DVD burner, which means I have two DVD drives, so I can do disc to disc.

If you only had one DVD drive (the burner), then you would either have to save the files/folders to your harddrive first, or create an image to burn onto the blank DVD-R.

I'll try to keep my blinders off from now on!