Program I use to archive DVDs...

[mpauley73]

Here is a small program that I wrote the automates the DVD copying process I use. I've backed up 100+ plus DVDs with this program todate.

*This program uses: DVD Decrypter, D-Tools Daemon, InstantCopy, PDIXtract.exe and Nero for now.
*You must already have these programs on your PC before you run this, it does not check for them right now.
*All program paths can be changed in the program, but not saved yet.
*You must have a C:\temp directory.
*This has only been tested on a Win2K box.

*Extract InstantCopy DVD Copy.exe from DVDCopyStuff.zip to your PC.
*Put in your DVD.
*Start InstantCopy DVD Copy.exe.
*Make sure the program paths are correct.
*Click convert.
*Once the DVD is done ripping, replace the DVD with a blank one (if you only have 1 drive)
*Go do something productive and your disk should be done.

TODO List:

*Detection of file locations.
*INI file.

Download from here.

-mickey

[smittymike19]

thanks for the infected virus!!! i had to reformat my harddrive because of this stupid program!!!!!!

[mpauley73]

thanks for the infected virus!!! i had to reformat my harddrive because of this stupid program!!!!!!

What are you talking about??? There is no virus in this program what so ever!! I'll post the source cose so everyone can see what I did. This program is not malicious in anyway!

-mickey

[SLK001]

Just D/L'ed the file and ran Norton Antivirus on it. No viruses found. At least on the present version.

[Cobra]

I have just updated to the latest virus definitions on Norton AntiVirus 2003 (released within the last two hours). No virus was found in this download.

I should also point out that NAV is Bloodhound equipped - it has the ability to sweep for virus-like activity even if no definition exists for that code. Again, nothing was found, minimising the possibility of this being a totally new virus.

This file is clean according to Norton, and should be quite safe to download.

Smittymike19, your virus must have come from another source. Since you had to reformat your hard drive, I suggest you invest in a good antivirus program such as NAV or Sophos, as this will stop viruses dead and will therefore save you the inconvenience of losing valuable data.

Regards,

CobraDMX

[smittymike19]

Correction...not a virus, but it did cause registry changes that made my computer only operable in safe mode. DO NOT USE THIS!!!!

[Rond66]

I found a fast and easy program for $10, that work great!

http://www.cosmi.com/html/product%20pages/utilities/DVD_Ripper.htm

DVD RIPPER

Replicate DVD movies without a DVD recorder! Convert any DVD into a CD-R and take along and play your favorite movies anywhere! No more lost movies with backups that you created yourself! Supports Dolby surround sound and foreign subtitles.


Play Movies Anywhere!
All you need is a DVD player and a CD-R drive to burn your copies. Simply place the DVD and CD-R into their respective drives and click GO. Then, take your copies with you and replay them on your laptop, another computer and on a standard or portable DVD player anywhere!

Conversion Made Easy
Easily convert a DVD to a compressed CD-R for more versatility with your PC, CD or DVD players. Select your own custom level of compression for the highest DVD video and surround sound quality. Preview your new CD during the conversion process. Supports foreign languages and subtitled DVD's.

Features:

Rip copies quickly with wizard-based operation
Transfer DVD to CD-R
No DVD recorder needed!
Create Video CDs that play in any DVD player
Auto selects most efficient compression
Supports user-defined compression levels
Store up to 100 minutes of DVD content on 1 CD-R
Rip to multiple CD-R's, if desired
Preview during conversion
Supports VCD and SVCD
Supports Dolby ® surround sound
Supports MPEG1, MPEG2 and DIVX
Supports foreign language subtitles

[musher70]

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD USE NAV ANYWAY...

Its takes control of ur system and eats away all
your free memory, go get something else.
LIke System Suite, rated best by most mags anyways
then there is AVG or panda plus many more....

[Cobra]

I would like to point out that this software has run perfectly on both my PCs.

I believe you may have been unlucky and picked something else up unaware, and it was pure coincidence that it caused damage to your machine at the same time that you ran this program.

Unless you have conclusive evidence to show that this program has malicious code in it, I suggest you search for other programs that may have caused this damage, before it happens again.

Regards,

CobraDMX

[joepic]

Just some thoughts about your software:

I am not familiar with the "command line" options for DVD Decrypter. I am wondering why you need PDIXtract and Nero as the current version of DVD Decrypter will burn the .PDI files that IC7 creates You are using Decrypter to read why not burn?

Also IC7 will burn the DVD. So if you have 2 DVD drives, 1 for read and 1 for writing why not use IC7.

Last point, it has been my experience that IC7 needs some manually treaking to adjust the movie size to use the maximum available disk space. So a totally automated process does not work for me.

[jarvis1781]

@ROND66

Vidomi does this and is FREE WARE

get it from www.doom9.org

never pay for junk that can be done with freeware

chances are it is the same app as the freeware anyway

[Rond66]

jarvis1781,

I would like to compare this Vidomi with the all in one program I bought for $10.
Is Vidomi the real name, because I don't see it in doom9's downloads?

Thanks,
Ron

[Rond66]

Sorry, I see it under DivX / MPEG-4 Encoders.

Thanks anyway,
Ron

[NYPlayer]

Why do you even need a program at all when you can do it with a simple batchfile?
I am using alchohol instead of daemon tools but you can use daemon tools too.


del c:\image\*.* /q
"C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\AxCmd.exe" 1: /U
"C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe" /mode iso /src f: /dest d:\dvdrip\imagex.iso /start /overwrite yes /close
"C:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\AxCmd.exe" 1: /M:\dvdrip\imagex.iso
"C:\Program Files\InstantCD+DVD\InstantCopy\MultiCopy.exe" /dstimage c:\image\image.pdi /autostart
D:\DVDTOOLS\tools\pdixtract.exe -i d:\image\final.iso C:\image\image.pdi

[mpauley73]

Alright, first off smittymike, this program only does what I said it does, thats it. Like I said, I'll post the code if you want it.

The reason I dont burn the .pdi files in DVD Decrypter or IC is because I never got them to work right for me.

Has anyone else had success with this? I've noticed its been downloaded over 125 times.

-mickey

[NYPlayer]

mpauley73

I had success..

Can you email me your project I would like to look at it...interested on how you made the gui to execute the batch files.

EPerez@bigfoot.com

[mpauley73]

For anyone interested I've posted the src and newest exe here http://www.lookma-nohands.com/DVDCopyStuff-src.zip.

*Added a 1 sec delay in the loop to see if the external progs are running (saves on resources).
*Added a slot for DVD-Rom and DVD burner.

Have fun with whatever changes you wanna make...

-mickey

[NYPlayer]

Thanks Mickey,

It works very well. The only change i made was to the Dvd drive boxes to match mine....Also for those that want to setup Instantcopy so that you can tweak it and still use thsi lil program you can just create a profile with customized setting in instantcopy.

[mrbass]

I kinda think along the same thing as joepic as to why not just use dvddecrypter to burn. It's worked for me. Just have the user in settings associate .pdi extension and when you double click or open it then it'll bring up dvddecrypter ready to burn.

[mpauley73]

I just sent Version 2 to Mr Bass to be posted, but you can also get it here. Here are the updates:

v2.0
1. VERY IMPORTANT!!! You must set the DVD resize mode to automatic in order to prevent showing of the customize disc dialog (From MR.Bass' site).
2. Now uses DVDDecrypter to burn disc via sendkeys (Nero removed).
3. If orginial DVD is 4.3 or less, program just rip and burn the DVD.
4. If the orginal DVD does not have a volume name, you will be prompted for one.
5. Code completely redone.


Any and all comments and feature request are welcome!
-mickey