How to burn DVD9 without losing quality

[scott015]

hey guys, im sorry about such a lame post... but iv looked and couldnt find the answer.... im going today to buy a dvd burner, cases and some labels.... then im gonna go to blockbuster and well watch a couple movies!!!

anyway, i found this page
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141024.php#dvd5

it basically says that if the movie is DVD5, it will make an exact duplicate of the movie with menus, etc

BUT, what if the movie is not DVD5, it is DVD9.... i know you can shrink it and either lose some quality or you can lose the menu or extras... but I dont want to do it that way.... I wanna keep the exact same quality and keep the extras... so how do you do it that way? is there a way to put all the extras on a disk by itself ? have a 2 disk set? will that usally fix the problem? or am I gonna normally have to cut the movie in half and have to switch disks in the middle of the movie??

also, how do I do it? I just downloaded that DVDDecrypter AND DVDXCOPY from kaz.... i havent used them yet, cuz I dont have my burner yet, but when I am using them, will it tell me when "disk is full, please insert another disk" or something like that to make it easy???

really, any help is appreciated... thanks

[dontasciime]

Simple Answer NO

[scott015]

no what? no i cant do it at all, no its not as simple as insert another disk or no what??? thanks

[mkelley]

You can use DVDXCopy to do exactly what you want -- it will backup your movies at exactly the same quality, keep all the menus, extras, etc. It just puts it on two disks (assuming the movie is too big to fit on one, which is usually the case nowadays for all but the very shortest of films). It's what I use all the time, since I am unwilling to settle for anything less (what's the point of backing something up that isn't the same as the original? I guess I should back up all my word documents but only keep 90% of the words in them :>)

It has a message at the end of the first disk asking you to insert disc number two. It works great (although episode disks, like the STTNG, don't work at all on it -- for that you need something like DVDShrink which, despite its name, can be used to backup at full quality by putting less episodes on each disk). DVDXCopy isn't the only program that will do what you want -- there is right now a beta program (free for now -- about $20 when released) that looks like it does the same -- but I don't have the link handy (if you're interested let me know and I'll dig it up).

[mkelley]

Ah, I found the link:

http://www.dvdfab.com/index_e.html

DVDFab. I don't know much about it -- since I own DVDXCopy I haven't really needed to look at this, but as my tag suggests, I'm also one to try and collect all the tools available.

[scott015]

wow thanks... i knew there had to be a way.... so what do you usually do? just cut the movie in half into 2 disks? or by putting all the extras on 1 disk itself, does that cut it down enough to put the whole movie on 1 disk??

this all sounds WAY too easy.... i must be forgetting something.... is it really this easy???

[dontasciime]

Sorry " Simple answer is no" .was not meant for this post .



Was meant for a question about going to Le Mans

[mkelley]

wow thanks... i knew there had to be a way.... so what do you usually do? just cut the movie in half into 2 disks? or by putting all the extras on 1 disk itself, does that cut it down enough to put the whole movie on 1 disk??

this all sounds WAY too easy.... i must be forgetting something.... is it really this easy???

DVDXCopy takes care of the whole process for you -- that's really the point of paying the (relatively, in the world of DVD backup) big bucks for it. It does give you a *little* leeway about the split point, and you can juggle features around to some degree (or even eliminate some you don't want) but as a very general rule the main movie will split across two disks with the extras being on the second disk. It's very simple and handholding (you can preview splits, for example, and see all the features listed for your selection) and I promise you once you get your burner you will be up to speed on using this within about five minutes.

I can backup even a very lengthy movie in about 90 minutes (including the two burns): usually the movies take less time. It's the only software I use for this purpose (at least so far) but if you don't want to pay the money (if memory serves it cost me around $100) there are freeware tools that will do the same thing but require you to know a whole lot more about editing VOBs, etc. Here's an article if you're so inclined:

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/ifoedit-dvdauthor.htm

This is *way* too much work for me (which DVDXCopy I push one button and I'm done :>)

[scott015]

thanks alot... ya i already got dvdxcopy... i found in one internet and downloaded it

so basically all i do is copy the movie from the dvd to my hard drive, then copy it from my hard drive to a dvdr or dvdrw ??

[CloudBurst]

So let's get this straight...you have already implied that you are going to copy movies from Blockbuster. And have stated that you got a copy of dvdXCopy off of the internet...To tell you the truth you are lucky that anybody has even replied to help you out so far on these forums...

[scott015]

oppps, sorry i didnt think of it that way, i just figured that it was a "given"...... but im sorry if I have broken any rules... i will watch what I say from now on because I love the site and do not want to get booted.... thanks to those who have helped, i really appreciate it and im sorry

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