DVD X Copy

[Burner27]

Has anyone tried this software?

I am in the process of trying it and it looks very nice.

[Goldenaxe4000]

do u have a serial of it ?

[vitualis]

Do not ask for are provide any warez...

Regards.

[Burner27]

Yes, I do have a serial for it. I BOUGHT IT. You should do the same.

[clifsmith]

I have tried it and it works great. I think it was well worth the $79 I spent. I previously tried unsucessfully to copy DVD's using the separate ripping, ifoedit, imaging and burnware. It really is nice when copying dual layer DVD's. It is an "all-in-one" copy package and in my opinion, beats the hell out of doing it "the old way".

It was previously advertised (during pre-purchase period) that you could select and preview a title before sending that title to copy. It DOES NOT do this and the tutorial still says it does. I noticed they change their website to not show this, but I guess they forgot to change the tutorial within the software.

The only bug I found is: it will allow you to change the default directory for working the file on your hard drive, but it wont burn if you change it. They know this is a bug and simply just leave the default working directory.

[crahak]

Well, honestly, I see no point to this software. I'd much rather rip it myself "my own way" than let this thing split things "it's own way". Anyways, keeping just the main title and streams I want, most DVDs will fit like that without splitting or reencoding. It's not hard or anything the old way, I think that's more like money out the window, but if it works for some people and they think it's really worth 79$, sure, why not.

[ghoster]

to the suckers who bought this software. you could of saved your money and downloaded freeware that dose the same thing. All you need DVD Decrypter, IFOEDIT and Nero or any other software that can make dvds. i know because i have downloaded this software and tried it.

[bugster]

to the suckers who bought this software. you could of saved your money and downloaded freeware that dose the same thing. All you need DVD Decrypter, IFOEDIT and Nero or any other software that can make dvds. i know because i have downloaded this software and tried it.

Yeah, your right, couldn't agree more. However I do feel that software like this will help to bring DVD ripping/copying more into the mainstream. The company producing this may be small but if they are successfull and dont get sued into bankrupcy then maybe the bigger players will think about getting in on the act and provide dvd-copying facilities useable by the man in the street rather than the somewhat complex and difficult routes (esp to the beginner) we have to take now.

No, I won't be buying it. I am experienced and capable of sorting these things out on my own and with the assistance of places like vcdhelp and doom9 but for the newcomer, it is probably a godsend.

Just my opinion.

[Adder_78]

the IfoEdit guy Derrow is now in the DVDXCOPY team... i hope that he wont let the Ifoedit die...

but if you want more info about that software read this:

http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/archive/dvdxcopy_preview.cfm

that software is useless... for me because I dont want to make 2 disc rip's

Zzzzzzzz

[musher70]

wow, we waited all month for this?And this is what we get....

First, we all knew we had these tools already...

Kinda funny program.....

Worth $100 bucks, who knows....

[purplecivic]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/11/12/new.dvd.copy.ap/index.html

[leebo]

$79 or $$99?

[Baldrick]

"It also inserts digital watermarks and identifying information that Moore said can trace the source of any file that's transmitted over the Internet "

how does it add watermarks?

[clifsmith]

I am one of the "suckers" that bought the software. I tried the DVDdecrypter, IFOedit thing, and I just kept making coasters. I would like to know if there is a simple easy to understand free guide anywhere (link please) to perform the decrypting, stripping, and burning. I like DVDXCopy and have had success on the first 3 movies I copied. I do however wished I could only see the movie part and nothing else like menus and trailers.

As far as DVDXcopy, I see this product evolving into a product that will allow powerusers to use it easily and hopefully will do everything you can do with the IFOedit thing. If 321 doesnt' lose on the lawsuit end and can keep the product going with the talent recently hired, they could have the best and most flexible product on the market.

[linetest]

I am pondering purchasing it also. I have yet to buy a burner, but may this weekend. I have read the tutorials, downloaded a little of this and a little of that. The manual way seems a bit intimidating. It may be easier doing it than reading about it though. XCopy is a one button soloution to the other three or four processes.
I'm aware that most of you here are veterans at this. I am not, nor do I want to take too much time mastering it either (too old for that s*it). Granted the tools needed can be had for free, but I don't think its fair to rag on XCopy just because they put it all in one for us neophites.
A "hobbyist" has no use for Xcopy, but many do.
It is $99 on the website. It was $39 preorder a month ago. Wish I had gotten in on that. I will probably do it with the seperate programs first to see if its too consuming of my time and patience. If it works good, I have $100 for beer. If not, I'll get Xcopy.

[musher70]

keep your emotions in check while using this proggie..
lets you rip,like smartripper, though you never really
see whats happening,kinda cool how its makes your
video_ts/audio_ts folders,couldn't find my pio a04 burner
though, i had to use nero to burn those,if you cancel or
exit, you cannot<like i can tell>resume back to the
burning stage,though you have ur files in folders all
ready to burn, ifo-edit wasnt needed,watermarks never
present,but i didnt care to rip with menus...

25 min to rip files at 4.3 gig
never made it to burning stage....hope its supported

[ghoster]

well if you going to get it at least look for in on the internet before you pay for it. i found it on the internet free of charge. i have tried it out it is pretty good for someone who dosen't know to much about copying. it is also pretty fast. they only thing i don't like about it is i hate wasting a extra dvd to put the last 30 to 45 minutes of a movie onto it. when i can just rencode the movie and have it all on one disk and not lose and quality, granted that takes about 5 hours to encode the movie but i think it is worh it.

[crahak]

If you're any at all into A/V, then you'll get knowledge pretty fast, and you'll see this become useless. I can't wait to stop hearing about it already. People talk about it like it's the next best thing after sliced bread... Whereas most people don't have a use for it... There's better software for free, even if you need some prior knowledge.

[rhuala2]

Is it useless? No, if anything it will peak more people's interest in DVD copying? Thus more people will buy DVD burners and DVD-R and +R discs. Thus driving the prices down for me and putting a smile on my face.

Who's this software for? People that are either too lazy, too stupid, ooorrr really don't have the time to figure out how to use 4 freeware programs that are generally poorly documented (where most use DVD Maestro which isn't free). I knew nothing about copying DVD's and in about a week thru reading many posts and forum topics I can burn everything fine and encode everything to one disk and know the short coming of any decission I make quality vs. size.

With DVDxCopy ur going to be very limited in how you can control your burns. Personally I don't like taking a movie that has little or no special effects or gorgeous backgrounds and having that movie span 2 disc (i.e. I always encode comedies down to one disc). Not just for $$ saving but for massive DVD disc proliferation. Not to mention TV epsiode DVD's, I'll pick and choose my episodes to copy to DVD, try doing that with DVDxCopy.

People describe going out and copying DVD's as some really simple process of just going out doing a couple searches and bang your there. It's not that simple, even if everything goes exactly as described (and problems will pop up) you will still need to do some work. But if you are having problems figuring out how Microsoft Word works or how your email works then I think this product is for you. But if you don't have the time right now (but may in the future) and have some decent computer knowledge, then I would wait and learn what I would call the 'proper way' through the tutorials on the left in the 'How to' section. Also, remeber DVDxCopy puts a watermark on your copies and won't let you copy ur copies.

rhuala

[Redbeard]

I've duped a couple DVDs with this program and here's my opinion: It does all it claims to do. If you want a perfect copy of a DVD, including all the extra menus, subtitles and stuff, and you want to create it with one click then this program works. Provided of course you don't mind it spanning two DVD-R's. Personally I prefer just the movie on one disc. But there are situations where the extra footage and info may be important. The one drawback to DVDXCopy is the disclaimer they put at the beginning of BOTH DVDs. If anyone can tell me how to remove this (perhaps by editing the .ifo file before burning??) I would be very appreciative.

[andydd]

I cant believe people paid $99 it !

It works Ok i guess there are still major problems in it though and the free IFOedit does a much better job.

I downloaded my copy free from Kazaa, as its essentially a piece of software that performs an illegal task (ie Copy DVDs) i think its a cheek to ask $99 for it !

[mickeyace]

I have been reading through all this and am still wondering is there any way to make a 1-1 copy. I have some disks I would like to back up that have little gmes on them, extra footage and other add on features. Does DVDXCOPY keep these things too or are they lost. IF you loose this then what is the purpose of copying to DVD. DVD is more expensive then CD. I have been making SVCD's on 2 discs with DVD2SVCD and CCE. The quality is as good as DVD and it only uses 2 discs. I am looking for a reason to buy a DVD burner but so far cant seem to justify it. I really want one come on someone give me a good reason. 1 more thing is can you buy and burn these dual layer dvd's? Thanks

[ghoster]

dvdxcopy will copy everything but but it will prob take 2 dvds to do it because most are dvd9. if you stop and think about it dvds and cds cost about the same. cds are like 10 cents each holds about 40 minutes of svcd quality. dvds cost like 70 cents and they hold like 4 hours of the same scvd quality. so do the math. if you are happy with what you got i wouldn't buy a dvd burner if i was you. [/img]

[Trickydicky666]

well having read through this thread a few times i was intrigued to see dvdxcopy at work, so i obtained a copy, not so hard really. I have been messing about with dvd dycryptor, smart ripper and ifo edit. been using vob instant and nero to create backups of movies i own so that i have a copy with my laptop that i can watch aswell as the original in the house. My time is very precious to me and anything that speeds this up is a great help! I think it is chirlish to describe ppl as stupid or lazy because they cannot do the things that some ppl here can do! I found the software very easy and simple to use, stick the original in, then a copy disk, then click rip and away you go, about 20 minutes later it starts to burn then 55 minutes after that it says change disks! i spent about 6 minutes in total at my pc copying my version of the abyss directors cut! and i made a perfect copy! which plays on my stand alone player, yes its on 2 dvd's but at 47pence each it isn't worth bithering with! compared to the 8 hours i spent solid learning how to rip "the traditional way" which is fine if you have that much time on yer hands, some of us dont! and what they are doing is not illegal! i remember the day when my £20 version of the matrix went tits up and would not play, try and get yer money back 11 months after buying a dvd? so to be able to back up your dvd's and leave the originals intact is a great bonus!

I liked this software and the fact that you have 2 dvd's rather than one is neither here nor there. most special edition dvd's come on 2 dvd's now anyway! and i tend to buy them for the bonus material!

just my 2 penneth!

tricky

[Adder_78]

well having read through this thread a few times i was intrigued to see dvdxcopy at work, so i obtained a copy, not so hard really. I have been messing about with dvd dycryptor, smart ripper and ifo edit. been using vob instant and nero to create backups of movies i own so that i have a copy with my laptop that i can watch aswell as the original in the house. My time is very precious to me and anything that speeds this up is a great help! I think it is chirlish to describe ppl as stupid or lazy because they cannot do the things that some ppl here can do! I found the software very easy and simple to use, stick the original in, then a copy disk, then click rip and away you go, about 20 minutes later it starts to burn then 55 minutes after that it says change disks! i spent about 6 minutes in total at my pc copying my version of the abyss directors cut! and i made a perfect copy! which plays on my stand alone player, yes its on 2 dvd's but at 47pence each it isn't worth bithering with! compared to the 8 hours i spent solid learning how to rip "the traditional way" which is fine if you have that much time on yer hands, some of us dont! and what they are doing is not illegal! i remember the day when my £20 version of the matrix went tits up and would not play, try and get yer money back 11 months after buying a dvd? so to be able to back up your dvd's and leave the originals intact is a great bonus!

I liked this software and the fact that you have 2 dvd's rather than one is neither here nor there. most special edition dvd's come on 2 dvd's now anyway! and i tend to buy them for the bonus material!

just my 2 penneth!

tricky

but most people dont want to walk in the dvd-player and change the disc...

yes it's easy to use... but so is IfoEdit to split 2 dvd's and it's free (BIG thanks to Mr Derrow)... and IfoEdit wont put stupid warnings in the movie... 8)

Zzzzzzzzz