1:1 Copy of DVD copies

[eikmag]

What is the best method to make copies of already copied DVD`s (Backup copies that are burned using AnyDVD/CloneDVD or DVDFab)
I have AnyDVD/CloneDVD, DVDFab and Nero but am open to use other tools if necessary.

I have tryed different methods: Nero - dragged the video_ts content to new dvd video video_ts folder. CloneDVD and DVDFab - same prosedure as making backup of original DVD`s.

Those "3" methods does work, but anyway, I am not sure what is the "right" way. Does some of this methods recode or manipulating my already recoded copies? ... or (how) do I get a 1:1 copy?

[oldandinthe way]

How about NeroStartSmart? Select DVD copy. Its 1:1.

[dvdfreak123]

How many copy's of a copy do you need?????

[dvdfreak123]

You can do this in NERO goto copy disc and insert burned copy and Nero will make an image of the disc, then it will eject and ask to insert blank media or on the other hand if you have an dvd reader and a separate burner this setup is a little faster.

Can also perform this with dvd decrypter make image and then burn as many copy's you want.

[mats.hogberg]

Best and easiest is DVDDecrypter ISO Read -> ISO Write. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

/Mats

[FulciLives]

Best and easiest is DVDDecrypter ISO Read -> ISO Write. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

/Mats

Correct although these days I would use DVD Decrypter in ISO READ mode to create an ISO IMAGE FILE then use ImgBurn to do the burning.

Just keep burning as many copies as you need then when you are done delete the ISO IMAGE FILE.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[eikmag]

Thanks.

NERO copy disc, could not be easier? (or better?) If this give me a 1:1 copy and it not take any longer time to burn, this must be the way to go, since I already have Nero? Or are there other considerations?

I have both dvd player and dvd recorder in my PC, so I can put the source DVD in the player and the blank disc in the recorder, and there should not be need for a image file unless I would burn several copies, right?

[mats.hogberg]

Disc to disc copy is always risky business. All burner apps have this option - no performs it reliably. Not even for CD. Add to that that DVDDecrypter was the best app to burn Video DVD images (only surpassed by ImgBurn, which is the still developed DVD writer engine from DVDDecrypter) - Why use inferior methods/tools?

/Mats

[rkr1958]

Best and easiest is DVDDecrypter ISO Read -> ISO Write. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

/Mats

Correct although these days I would use DVD Decrypter in ISO READ mode to create an ISO IMAGE FILE then use ImgBurn to do the burning.

Just keep burning as many copies as you need then when you are done delete the ISO IMAGE FILE.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

Concur 100%. This is the way to go ... anyother way and you risk inferior results and bad burns.

[RLT69]

Oh come on, the guy is trying to make a 1:1 copy of movie(s) he has ALREADY backed up.

All you need is Nero. You do not need to remake the DVD. That's just plain stupid.

Like oldandinthe way said, launch Nero SmartSuite, in there, there is an option to copy a DVD.

You can copy going from optical drive to optical drive. The issue you may have is with buffer underrun errors. The reason being the data would not be getting to the burner fast enough. To reduce this risk, slow down the burn speed. This type of error was very common when burning CDs.

However, most burning programs write to the HD first before burning - even in two optical drive setups. This is not creating an image. The program simply caches the data to the HD and then reads the data from the HD and burns the disc. Once the process has completed the cached data is deleted.

Use Nero.

[hech54]

Concur 100%. This is the way to go ... anyother way and you risk inferior results and bad burns.

Absolute rubbish if by "any other way" you are referring to ISO Read and ISO Write with DVDDecrypter.

[mats.hogberg]

Oh come on, the guy is trying to make a 1:1 copy of movie(s) he has ALREADY backed up.

Quite aware of that. There still is no better way than to use DVDDecrypter to create the ISO image. And there still is no better way to burn it than use ImgBurn. But DVDDecrypter is still good enough at burning, I'd not consider it worth switching app for the burn stage. And there is no better way to backup a DVD than to first create an ISO image of it, then burn the ISO to disc.
/Mats

[hech54]

Oh come on, the guy is trying to make a 1:1 copy of movie(s) he has ALREADY backed up.

Quite aware of that. There still is no better way than to use DVDDecrypter to create the ISO image. And there still is no better way to burn it than use ImgBurn. But DVDDecrypter is still good enough at burning, I'd not consider it worth switching app for the burn stage. And there is no better way to backup a DVD than to first create an ISO image of it, then burn the ISO to disc.
/Mats

[rkr1958]

Concur 100%. This is the way to go ... anyother way and you risk inferior results and bad burns.

Absolute rubbish if by "any other way" you are referring to ISO Read and ISO Write with DVDDecrypter.

Huh? You do realize that Imgburn is by LIGHTNING UK! and was salvaged from the burning engine in DVDDecrypter. However, there's been an extensive number of updates and improvements made by LIGHTNING UK! in Imgburn (i.e., versions 1.0.0.0, 1.1.0.0, 1.2.0.0, 1.3.0.0, 2.0.0.0, 2.1.0.0). Just look at the change log http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=changelog_complete

So why would you use DVDDecrypter to burn an image when Imgburn is effectively the same burning tool but with a whole lot of updates and improvements? Using Imgburn instead of DVDDecrypter to burn doesn't sound like rubbish to me ... for me personally Imgburn is the most reliable tool to burn an image.

One other thing you may wish to consider is building the image. Depending on what you used to burn the original disk you may wish to rip to the DVD in file mode and build the image with Imgburn and then burn. Imgburn is also an excellent image builder and one update included padding to 32K of the IFO/BUP files. The reason that this is important is that without this padding a single bad sector could take out an IFO and BUP file for a given VTS and make that title set unplayable.