Backing up Friends disc (sitcom, not a m8!!!!)

[freak_in_cage_10k]

hi, i have a couple of questions regarding backing up friends DVDs.

they are double sided DVDs, and contain approx 3.5 gigs on each side.

firstly i was a little confused as to why they were dual sided, why not just burn them onto 1 9 gig disc??? is it something to do with the max play time on the disc? each disc has 8 episodes on it (22 mins each)

also, the bit rate is 7.5 MPS- isnt dvd supposed to be 9MBPS???

i what to back up 1 DVD onto a DVDr- so i must therefore half the bit rate of each film (as each DVD is double sided!)

what is the best method to do this? i would like to keep the menus, but get rid of the special features! can i edit the menu so there is a link to "Menu 2" which will contain short cuts to the other 4 movies (that way i get to keep their menues!)

any help would be appreciated!!!

[noki]

backing up friends DVDs

you actually going to admit it bold,bro

[fmctm1sw]

I don't know. There's a lot of grey area. What's the difference in that and saying "I backed up a VHS tape for some guy I never met and charge him $20." There's a bunch of folks doing that. But it's the same thing, is it not? You are backing up copyrighted material for someone else. I don't know. This is a frustrating area for me to understand.

[cykosis]

I believe he is backing up a Friends (NBC show...10 seasons...etc) DVD

[fmctm1sw]

I believe he is backing up a Friends (NBC show...10 seasons...etc) DVD

Or what he said....

[freak_in_cage_10k]

in the title i said "the sitcom, not a m8" lol!!!! easy mistake m8 lol

anyway, anyone have any idea how i can do this- the best tools to use etc????

[Shudder]

If it's double sided and contains only 3.5 gigs on each side, just dvddecrypter it onto the hard drive for each side, then burn each side to a separate dvd. So you'd have Friends Disc 1a, friends disc 1b. You wouldn't lose any information - menus, etc, you can make a complete copy since each side would fit entirely on one disc (meaning 2 discs per 1 dvd)

[freak_in_cage_10k]

yeah, i know thats possible m8, but i was hoping i could put two discs onto one disc by reducing the quality by approx half! that way i still get to keep the menus. i would also have to add a small button on the menu which would take you to the seond menu linking to the other 4 episodes!

what would be the best way to do this??? thanks everyone!!!!