What files from DVDDecrypter need to be kept for duplication

[ragtime8922]

DVDDecrypter makes, in this example, 10 files for a total of 5.68GB. The ISO image file is only 1.46GB. In order to make duplicate DVD copies which files need to be kept?

Also can the ISO image file be renamed? I ask this because I renamed one and dvddecrypter wouldn't work then I changed it back to "disc" and it worked.

[redwudz]

Not sure what you mean. It sounds like you have a copy (ISO) of the main movie or even less and the DVDDecrypter files are all of them that were copied off the disc. I don't know of any other way to lose a couple of GB of video.

What did you do with the Decrypter files to make the ISO?

A complete ISO copy of a DVD will be about the same size as the DVD. You lost something.

An ISO image is an exact copy, probably not exact anymore with a changed name. Never ran into that problem.

[ragtime8922]

I am sorry. I meant to say that I used D.I.K.O for the coversion from AVI to DVD. DVDDecrypter then only uses the ISO file to burn the dvd. The other files are 2 MPEG video files, 2 mp audio files and the rest are small files (10kb or so). All copies were fully tested and fully functioning on my dvd player. Do I need to keep the big mpeg video files and audio files?

[redwudz]

OK, that makes sense. A DIVX or XVID converted to DVD is usually about 1.5GB. If the 1.46GB is a backup of the 5.68GB MPEG files, obviously you have lost some quality. If the 1.46GB version is good enough quality for you, then you don't need the MPEGs and the rest. The ISO will make you unlimited copies if you need more.

[ragtime8922]

Thank you very much redwudz!