ah, is there really no such way of getting DVD quality?

[funkguy4]

The big one.

[Conquest10]

When you rip the single layer to ISO. How do you determine which is the ISO file? There're 2 files in my folder, one being 3.9GIG and the other 4.3KB.

Thanks.

the one that has the extension .iso

[Beautiful Alone]

It doesn't say .ISO

[poopyhead]

FAT32 hdd???

the fact that one file is exactly 3.99 GB, which is the limit that FAT32 allows files to be, leads me to believe that dvddecryptor just spanned the iso over 2 files because the original DVD is >4 gigs.

[funkguy4]

Ok, BA, I think for some reason you got BIN/CUE output. In this case, you can load either the CUE or the BIN file into DAEMON TOOLS, and it will work either way. Just, if you plan to use the CUE file, keep it in the same folder as the BIN

[Beautiful Alone]

nono, it's not BIN/CUE.

here are the 2 files.

Movie_16X9 <--3.9 gig
Movie_16X9.MDS <--4.22 kb

when i highlight the Movie_16X9 file the details on the lower left box saids..Easy CD creator image file

[cplevel42]

Rename Movie_16X9 to Movie_16X9.iso then choose mode>ISO> Write, then find your .iso that you renamed/added .iso to. Then choose your DVD burner and then click on the HD to DVD icon. The burn process will begin.

Now, for God's sake girl, go burn the DVD and let us know how it turned out!!!

[Conquest10]

you have to have the file extension visible. you don't thats why its not named *.iso. but having Easy CD creator image file as the properties for the file means it most likely is the iso.

[Faustus]

I think this sums it up nicely:

With a one click solution you are making a sacrifice of quality for time, but under some curcumstances the difference is not noticeable.

However if you don't mind if it takes some time you can use a method that involves CCE, done properly you will not notice the difference.

[vance43211]

if you don't mind starting over

rip the movie in backup mode with smartripper

then burn the VIDEO_TS folder with your dvd burning program

beginners should never use .iso mode

as it is too complicated

and you probably won't burn it right with easy cd creator

[Beautiful Alone]

well..i've already burned the bigger file which is the 3.99 gig to DVD-RW way before i asked the question about why the extension is not .ISO. It worked fabulously!! but just courious on why the extension is not .ISO, that's all.

Yup! just got a new DVD burner not too long ago.

[Beautiful Alone]

The big one.

so..you too have 2 file? does the bigger one have extension .ISO?

[vance43211]

when u right clicked the file and selected properties

it didn't say .iso file?

[Beautiful Alone]

no

[Conquest10]

you didn't read my post, did you Beautiful?

[Beautiful Alone]

you have to have the file extension visible. you don't thats why its not named *.iso. but having Easy CD creator image file as the properties for the file means it most likely is the iso.

Yes. just double checking.

and what do you mean by have the file extension visible?

[Mordant]

DVDdecrypter also burns iso files...no need to use another program. Beginers should certainly rip and burn in iso mode with DVDdecrypter. One program, one format...in/out. It doesn't get any easier than that. That is as long as the original is a DVD5. DVDdecrypter tells you the size of the files so you can see right away if it is a DVD5. If it is not then you can generally still get the whole movie without re-encoding by simply ripping the movie only. That gets a little harder, but there are a ton of guides and easy one step programs that will do it all for you. DVDshrink, DVD2ONE ect...

[cplevel42]

Beautiful Alone Wrote:

and what do you mean by have the file extension visible?

Tell me what operating system you are using and then I''ll tell ya how to make your extentions visible.

[Beautiful Alone]

I'm on XP home edition.

[FulciLives]

DVDdecrypter also burns iso files...no need to use another program. Beginers should certainly rip and burn in iso mode with DVDdecrypter. One program, one format...in/out. It doesn't get any easier than that. That is as long as the original is a DVD5. DVDdecrypter tells you the size of the files so you can see right away if it is a DVD5. If it is not then you can generally still get the whole movie without re-encoding by simply ripping the movie only. That gets a little harder, but there are a ton of guides and easy one step programs that will do it all for you. DVDshrink, DVD2ONE ect...

BINGO

You can't beat using DVD DECRYPTER and DVD DECRYPTER ONLY for single layer DVD discs.

With dual layer DVD discs you have several options:

1.) Split over 2 DVD-R/DVD+R discs using a program such as DVDFab or DVDXCopy

2.) Use a transcoder program such as DVD2ONE (my fav of the transcoders) or DVDShrink or IC 7. Usually it is best to just do the MOVIE only and cut out the extras. You can also leave out any subtitle and/or audio tracks you don't need or want.

3.) If the transcoder does not give acceptable quality and you don't want to use step 1 then you need to re-encode using something like CCE or TMPGEnc or MainConcepts MPEG2 encoder etc.

Step 1 gives 100% quality of the original but it takes 2 DVD discs and some movies seem not to work too well (or need a lot of work by YOU to work correctly). Step 2 usually works well but sometimes if the "compression" is TOO much then the quality is degraded to a point of being noticeable and therefore annoying. Step 3 will work VERY well and give better quality generally then step 2 but can take a LONG time plus you can pretty much forget about subtitles (unless you burn them into the image) and multiple audio tracks are out too unless you learn to use something like Maestro (pain-in-the ass and expensive) or use the CCE method as described on the doom9 website. The CCE method is again mostly a pain-in-the ass process as well (at least last time I looked at it) but I've heard it is now MOSTLY automated by several front end programs but I think you need the full CCE SP version and that program is either EXPENSIVE AS HELL or ILLEGAL because I highly doubt most users of CCE SP on this website paid $1,000 plus for it.

Anyways, look at the guides here and on the doom9 website. Everything you need to know (for MOST situations) are there for you!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[FulciLives]

nono, it's not BIN/CUE.

here are the 2 files.

Movie_16X9 <--3.9 gig
Movie_16X9.MDS <--4.22 kb

when i highlight the Movie_16X9 file the details on the lower left box saids..Easy CD creator image file

The BIG file is the real IMAGE or ISO file. The MDS file is simply something DVD DECRYPTER makes when RIPPING in ISO READ MODE. It it basically pointless. After RIPPING with DVD DECRYPTER in ISO READ MODE put it in ISO WRITE MODE then you can SELECT either of the two files as your source file (it really doesn't matter which) and then DVD DECRYPTER will BURN it for you. The MDS file simply points to the ISO IMAGE file which is why it doesn't matter which file you select when BURNING with DVD DECRYPTER.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[cplevel42]

John is right about decrypter. Its the easy way to rip and burn.

OK, now to enable your system to display your file extentions. Go start> Settings> Control Panel> switch to classic view> Double Click "Folder Options". Go to the "view" tab. Scroll down to"Hide Extentions For Know File Types" and uncheck that box. Make sure to click "apply" before you close out of that!!!

Now your file extentions will always be shown.

Beautiful, lemme know if you got it.

Also, did you burn a DVD yet?

[mob]

Its very simple to do what you want.

If dvd is singler layer (DVD-5) Just burn using a smart ripper or deddecrypter. No quality loss whatsoever and your backup is the EXACT same as the original.

If dvd is double layered (DVD-9) Although this can be done with the same prgrams, i recommend using a program like dvd x copy to make your life easier, only when you want to backup a full dvd-9 with no quality loss. You can split the dvd onto 2 dvd-r's and basically have an identical copy of the dvd only split onto 2 discs.

So the answer to your question is, yes. You can retain dvd quality on a backup.

[Beautiful Alone]

John is right about decrypter. Its the easy way to rip and burn.

OK, now to enable your system to display your file extentions. Go start> Settings> Control Panel> switch to classic view> Double Click "Folder Options". Go to the "view" tab. Scroll down to"Hide Extentions For Know File Types" and uncheck that box. Make sure to click "apply" before you close out of that!!!

Now your file extentions will always be shown.

Beautiful, lemme know if you got it.

Also, did you burn a DVD yet?

cool, it worked. thanks.

Also, did you burn a DVD yet?

Did you read my post above?

[cplevel42]

Beautiful Wrote:

Did you read my post above?

Oops, sorry! OK cool.

If you need ripping and burning dual layered DVDs and using DVD2one, let me know.

[Beautiful Alone]

Hm..after changing the hide Extentions For Know File Types i've now have problems with other files. changed it back to normal now. ow well..that's all right, as long as the files work.

Beautiful Wrote:

Did you read my post above?

Oops, sorry! OK cool.

If you need ripping and burning dual layered DVDs and using DVD2one, let me know.

Already achieve the goal of ripping the dual layer DVD's. Thanks.

[Conquest10]

Hm..after changing the hide Extentions For Know File Types i've now have problems with other files.

doing that should not have done anything to your files except show their extensions.

[Beautiful Alone]

Ever since i've enable it , i've have problems renameing files. This is what the message saids..

If you change a file name extension, the file may became unusable.
Are you sure you want to change it?

[Conquest10]

because, when you name a file, you're not supposed to erase or change the extension.

[cplevel42]

@ beautiful - For example; if you wanna change "movie.avi" to bladerunner then change it to bladerunner.avi. Keep the .avi or else your system will not know what kind of file it is.