backing up my dvds

[wilson22]

hello i need some help if possible.


i am trying to back up my orginal dvds to copies.

i am using dvd Decrypter and i have XP. I decrypt the flim and i get three system files 1 which is 2.96GB, another which is a winrar file 3.99GB and another which is 46KB.

i think the winrar (3.99GB) is the flim, I burn with the decrypter and i get parts of files. I think the file should not be a winrar file.


Could somebody suggest what i need to do, i am very new to this, i think also that dvd decrypter might not be for use with XP, is that my problem???

[Marco33]

http://www.dvd2dvdr.com/part_i_spruce.htm

[wilson22]

cant get this 1 to work also.


i had looked at the tutorials and what it tells me does not happen can you help me further if you would not mind

[Marco33]

You can't get Smartripper or Dycrpter to work?

[wilson22]

no i cant having a nightmare is there anything else i can do, i have just tries dvdxcopy but i find i am using 2 disks and takes a very long time.

[Marco33]

DVDXCOPY is not that slow. It's faster than re-encoding.

So you tried that link but, you don't end up with the same types of files that the guide is talking about?

[wilson22]

i have just been speaking to somebody else they tell me its because i am ripping to a FAT32 drive, would make sense.


If so how can i change this.

[Marco33]

It doesn't sound like your problem. Cause I don't recall seeing a *.rar file being ripped from a dvd.

Anyway, YES fat32 is a problem. It will not let you work with files over 4gig. But, since you have Win XP you can convert.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881

I've done the conversion myself. It's up to you if you want to convert your system.

[wilson22]

i have another problem, and thanx for the help last time


i have now tried to use dvd2one i used the guide when doing this, i finished decrypting the flim with dvd decrypter then used dvd2 one and everything went plan.

i opened up copy to dvd and found the file that is said to burn video file i think, this file had no icon just a square and was only 60kbs.

Then i burned this file and when it finidhed i had to errors, could somebody please help me because i think i got everything right apart from burning. Obvious it didnt play, Should i have a burning Icon.

[dvdrules]

Sounds like that was just the ifo file. For a DVD, you should have ifo, bup and vob files. The ifo files are "maps" or information on how to play the DVD - the bup files are just "b"ack"up"s of the ifo files and the vob files are the "v"ideo "ob"jects (video and audio multiplexed). For a feature length movie, there are usually at least 3 or 4 vob files each 1 GB in size and at least 1 ifo and bup file. All these files should be located in a single folder named VIDEO_TS (yes all caps) at the root of the drive. There is also a folder at the root of the drive called AUDIO_TS but this folder is usually empty for a feature film. I am a newbie as well but I think I have explained this correctly. No offense if someone want's to correct me or add something I missed.

[Marco33]

Sounds good to me.

[wilson22]

i understand what you are saying because i think i have all of them files and it all totals to 4.26gb which i think it about right


but when i open copy to dvd i just get that 1 video file do i need to burn all them files, and using what software and how do i do this. thanx for your help

[Marco33]

but when i open copy to dvd i just get that 1 video file do i need to burn all them files, and using what software and how do i do this. thanx for your help

Where are you "open copy to DVD"?

What are you using for this?

[wilson22]

i am using the program Copyto DVD and then go down to write dvd video then i open the detn file and i can only see a VIDEO TS file which is 60kb and on the tutorial it is telling me to burn this, and when i did it didnt work

[Marco33]

Ok, you do know you need to open the VIDEO TS file and select the files inside it.

Try Nero for burning. Or Deycrpter.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141024.php#dvd5

[wilson22]

when i press Open the file i start burning it took 25mins so i thought it would be ok, when i use nero do i just need to burn that 1 file, but i have all different VOB and BUP but COPYTO DVD program does not recongise them

sorry to keep bothering you mate