DVDXCOPY, Express and DVD Decriptor

[dead_indian_walking]

Are these the best backing up solutions for DVD-5 to DVD-r, DVD-9 to 2 DVD-r and Episodic DVD to 2 DVD-r.
DVDXCOPY, Express and DVD Decriptor

[Dennis1968]

DVDXCopy Express is good for compressing the DVD-9 DVD to a recordable DVD-5.

DVDXCopy did not break Star Trek The Next Generation R1 and X Files R1 and Roxette Greatest Hits Video R2 DVD properly. For TNG and X Files (4 episodes per DVD compiled as a single VTS tile set 1-7) it would only accept episode1/ tile 1 for disc 1 and episode 2/ title 2 for disc 2, completely ignoring and eliminating episodes 3 and 4/ titles 3 and 4. Thus no way to backup the second half of the DVD. For Roxette, the end result was the same, only 2 gigs per back-up DVD instead of the needed 3-4 gigs per disc. For these episode titles, I have great sucess using Elaborate Bytes CloneDVD 1.2.8.4 for backup and IfoEdit 0.96 to bypass the unwanted "gray screens".

[handyguy]

xcopy puts protection on their copies so you can't copy again.

Try dvdshrink.org its free

[MackemX]

I'm sure the latest CloneDVD doesn't have the grey areas anymore

http://www.elby.ch/en/products/clone_dvd/revision.html

Version 1.3.9.8: 2003 10 06
menu mode: deselected titles will be removed completely (no more grey screens

[Dennis1968]

MackemX is correct. Elaborate Bytes CloneDVD 1.3.9.8 no longer has the gray screens. But keep in mind there are at least 2 CloneDVD out on the market that are completely different

http://www.clonedvd.net/

is not the same as

http://www.elby.ch/en/products/clone_dvd/index.html

[MackemX]

yeah, what is that other clonedvd all about?

all I know is that it was the first one released

has anyone used it as I only ever see elby's mentioned