Newbie Help!!! DVD-R to DVD+R

[lost_boi]

Hi I'm a real newbie to dvd burning, I have some quick questions that I hope people will answer for me!?!?

I just got a Dell with a DVD+R/RW drive and DVD-ROM (2 Drives). I have a whole bunch of DVD-R's that I would like to backup.

1. Do I have to rip the DVD-R to my HD and then write it to DVD+R? . . . . . . . . .. . Or can I just do a Disc-to-Disc copy?

2. What is the best program to do my Disc-to-Disc copies? (I only do disc-to-disc copies with my DVD-R, Not regular DVD's)

I have Sonic Recordnow and My DVD LE that came with the computer. Would you recommend somthing else? I heard NERO was good!!!!

Please help me!?!? Thank You

[dvdguy]

If its already a rip then u shouldnt have to.U should be able to burn disc 2 disc. If u do have a problem then try dvd2one to retranscode it . Make sure that your dvdplayer"standalone" is compat with Nero. I have 2 players and one player plays with Nero and other plays with RecordNow. Ive never really had a problem burning movies except using "IMATION MEDIA " so try it what do have to lose.

[lost_boi]

Thank you but What is retranscode mean?

[Gees]

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary#Transcoding

But most people here referring to transcoders mean "shrinking" programs, like DVDShrink. The above posts suggests DVD2One, another transcoder.

[lost_boi]

OHHHHHHHH!!! Ok!!! Thanks Alot!!!

[tompika]

Hi I'm a real newbie to dvd burning, I have some quick questions that I hope people will answer for me!?!?

I just got a Dell with a DVD+R/RW drive and DVD-ROM (2 Drives). I have a whole bunch of DVD-R's that I would like to backup.

1. Do I have to rip the DVD-R to my HD and then write it to DVD+R? . . . . . . . . .. . Or can I just do a Disc-to-Disc copy?

2. What is the best program to do my Disc-to-Disc copies? (I only do disc-to-disc copies with my DVD-R, Not regular DVD's)

I have Sonic Recordnow and My DVD LE that came with the computer. Would you recommend somthing else? I heard NERO was good!!!!

Please help me!?!? Thank You

For copying DVD-R to DVD+R you can use any burning program such as Nero, RecordNow,....

Sometimes when a DVD-R is very full a problem can occur because the DVD+R holds 6MB less than a DVD-R.
You can solve this problem with DVD Decrypter:
1. Copying the movie as image to your hard drive: ISO read
2. Burning the image file to DVD+R: ISO write
You will get an error at the end of the burning process and miss the last 5 seconds of the movie but thats all.

Or you can always cut a couple of seconds out using DVD Shrink Start-End function.

[lost_boi]

ok, I'll try that. Where do I get the program from?

[lost_boi]

Thanks for everybodies help!!! But I just Burnt 7 DVD-R to DVD+R with NO PROBLEMS using Recordnow!!!!! Just put the discs in and hit copy!!! Easy as that!!!!! No Coasters yet!!!!!!!!!! (knock on wood)