Read me first, DVD copying methods

[kerpal]

Is there a method to use when there is a movie with 2 Titles such that it has a Full Screen and Widescreen, but I am able to select either the Wide or Full and burn it with the menus and the extras.

This would be good to be able to choose which one you want, and you can save space, and you get to keep menu and extras. I havent found anything yet where I can burn either one of those by itself and still keep the menu and extras.

Or I havent found a way to make a movie with everything, but able to take out some of the extras and keep some in.

[gsh]

First I'd like to thank the maintainers and contributors of this site. It has made my fledgling efforts at backing up my DVDs pain free. I have just successfully backed up my RCE region 1 copy of Underworld. My DVD drive is a region 2 locked Pioneer DVD115, and I had no problems making a movie only back up using DVD Shrink. (I'm amazed that the original disc won't play in the drive, but I can use the same drive to make a near flawless back up that can be played on virtually anything.)
My question really is this - is it necessary to hack firmware to region free when free programs like DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter provide such a pain free workaround? I was even going to purchase Any DVD, thinking that this would be an easier way to go about this, but it is now obviously unnecessary.
Have I just been really lucky so far?

Anyway, thanks for the tips/guides.

G

[DoubleShadowIce]

Is there a method to use when there is a movie with 2 Titles such that it has a Full Screen and Widescreen, but I am able to select either the Wide or Full and burn it with the menus and the extras.

This would be good to be able to choose which one you want, and you can save space, and you get to keep menu and extras. I havent found anything yet where I can burn either one of those by itself and still keep the menu and extras.

Or I havent found a way to make a movie with everything, but able to take out some of the extras and keep some in.

Here's an exCOOLent working guide.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67564

[davott]

Final word on this topic: DVD-Cloner.

AND, they offer a 30-day money back guarantee.

[Mr anderson]

well you answered your own question. its not encripted and thats why you were able to copy it.

Y dont u just use dvd shrink it's really good.

[Jzhang]

The burner software is more important than the authoring software! Never get software out of the box such as Nero (unless on the web)

[rtrick69]

hey yall. im new to these forums about dvdr. i have backed up half of my movie collection so far becouse my son always scratches up the discs . ive been playing them on my computer and the playstation2. they worked just fine. i backed them up with dvd shrink and burned with nero. on dvd+r discs "memorex". a couple weeks ago i finaly bought a sony stand alone "dvp-ns425p" it says its dvd+-r/rw compatable,mp3,cdrw, and mp3. but the darn sony stand alone wont even start to play my backed up dvds whats up with that? what do i have to do? why do they work on the ps2 and not my sopposed to be better stand alone player

[rtrick69]

never mind i got it under control now. it was easyer than i thought i guess dvd decripter is the key componant to use with dvd shrink. all is well. thanx for the cool informative web site.


and thanx for the responce to my post

[graysky]

Graysky, please stop pimping your web site, please! Everything you have seems to have been borrowed from other sources. Ditto!

Pissoff dizzy. Those guides and the graphics therein are my own creation. Some of the graphics in the information section have been taken from other sources but who the hell cares?

[scbadboy]

ok I'm trying to back up a movie with my LG GSA-4081B and it burns but only plays in my DVD Rewriter, doesn't play in any of my DVD players.

any reason why?? I used DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink to make it smaller, and then Nero to burn.

[andyp1]

scbadboyyou're in completely the wrong place here you should create a new thread of your own.
You must select DVD-Video in neroas yor project else it won't play in standalones.

[scbadboy]

yeah I got it working now anyways, it just didn't seem to like Toshiba DVD players, are some DVD Burners like that with certain Players??

[RDS1955]

I back up my DVD9's this way:
Use DVD Decrypter if need be, then I use DVD Shrink to size it down, usually keeping all the menus,(but not the unecessary "other" languages and subtitles) and sometimes the extra's... (depends on how big the whole thing is..) Then I use Intervideo's DVD Copy 2 to burn it to a DVD5... Works great for me...I did this with my Gettysburg DVD Set I got off Ebay...Good thing too.. within two months of my purchasing the set, Disc #1 developed a nip in it, and became a complete and total waste.. good thing I had the back up..or else I would have been torqued big time..

[jimmalenko]

I back up my DVD9's this way:
Use DVD Decrypter if need be, then I use DVD Shrink to size it down, usually keeping all the menus,(but not the unecessary "other" languages and subtitles) and sometimes the extra's... (depends on how big the whole thing is..) Then I use Intervideo's DVD Copy 2 to burn it to a DVD5... Works great for me...I did this with my Gettysburg DVD Set I got off Ebay...Good thing too.. within two months of my purchasing the set, Disc #1 developed a nip in it, and became a complete and total waste.. good thing I had the back up..or else I would have been torqued big time..

The "normal" way is to play your backup disc willie nillie, then you have the original stored away. It sounds like you fooked the original and were left with the copy

[RDS1955]

Thats what I did.. I played the Backup disks cause when I bought the set, it was distibuted from Korea or some other asian country..It had a huge listing of foreign languages and subtitles and when I made a backup, I removed everything un-english from it and just stuck it in my DVD Case next to the backup.........I was checking my titles one day, and noticed on the 1st disk that it had what appeared to be a split or nick in it..Upon closer examination it looked like someone had taken a pair of tin snips and just clipped a nick into.. But it was a perfect cut..Only thing I can figure is that the disk was defective somehow, and had a lot of stress at that one point, and just decided to split apart one day..I would've been totally torqued if I had'nt made a back up, cause the 1st disk will no longer play..I got a buddy of mine who has a thing called a Disk Doctor, and he says I can repair it.. Gonna give that a try sometime soon and see what it does.. Not gonna get my hopes up though...I got the movie in it's two disk set, and that works for me...

[Doramius]

Well people you're in luck. There is a way to Copy DVD-9 DVDs. However, If you have $9000 to blow on a machine to make them, you don't need to be here and can afford to get a new retail DVD if you scratch the one you have. Buying the media for it isn't very cheap either.
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-I too have a son that has ruined nearly a whole bunch of DVDs, but I didn't think to back up movies that weren't my favorites. And I find it's a bit hard to make copies of discs that are scratched, over DVD-5 in size, and are CSS protected. However, I have good news for those that may have this same problem, but wish to avoid the 2 1/2 months of frustration of figuring out how to do it. www.321studios.com has something called DVD X DOCTOR, however, like all its other software (because of Hollywood being against Fair Use Policy) It will not immediately burn CSS protected discs. DVD Decrypter is excellent, when the disc isn't scratched. My problem, AGAIN, is the Disc dorctor won't work with CSS protected discs, and DVD Decrypter won't read scratched discs.
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SOLUTION:
-Use DVD43 which runs in the background, it will remove the CSS protection 'on-the-fly' while using the DVD X DOCTOR burning to your HDD. Then you can burn to any disc using DVD SHRINK.
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I was still a bit excited when I figuered this out, so hopefully all the steps are there and I spelled everything correctly. If not, let me know and I'll tell you what I forgot to put in my post.

[dqtus]

I'm not sure if this has been asked but with those new dual layer burners, can those burn DVD-9 directly to a dual layer DVD without having to shrink anything?

[Sabro]

No dual layer writers? My Internal Artec 12x DVD+RW / 8x DVD-RW / 40x CDRW does support the writing of DVD9, unless of course, I have totally read the specs wrong. Haven't tried it, as I have yet to find dual layer media locally.

Sabro

[Doramius]

No dual layer writers? My Internal Artec 12x DVD+RW / 8x DVD-RW / 40x CDRW does support the writing of DVD9, unless of course, I have totally read the specs wrong. Haven't tried it, as I have yet to find dual layer media locally.

Sabro

I think you're talking about a single layer burner that has the capability to burn single layer DVD-9 discs. that wouldn't be dual layer. It's a more compressed media and there are players/burners for that. I haven't seen any "DUAL LAYER" burners on the regular retail market. It's like CDR vs. DVDR. DVDR is a different and more compressed format, but it is still single layer. I do think there are Cheaper Dual Layer Burners on the market now though.

[bugster]

I think you're talking about a single layer burner that has the capability to burn single layer DVD-9 discs.

There is no such thing as single layer DVD-9. A double sided single layer disk is referred to as a DVD-10, a dual layer single sided disk is a DVD-9.

[Sabro]

I stand corrected...Went to the companies website to get a better description of my burner, and they state ' DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18 read capability ' and not write....hard to tell otherwise with the included docs, but hey still is a great burner!

Sorry about that!

Sabro

[Doramius]

I think you're talking about a single layer burner that has the capability to burn single layer DVD-9 discs.

There is no such thing as single layer DVD-9. A double sided single layer disk is referred to as a DVD-10, a dual layer single sided disk is a DVD-9.

You're right. I was thinking of something else. Lately I've been pushing in a lot of new stuff and it seems to push old stuff out. If only I could do that with bad and embarassing memories.

[TherookieNOT]

No questions - only apprasial. Thanks everyone for the site and content. I´m a living proof that a newbie can start to backup DVDs whithout any problems at all. Not a single error on +50 dvd´s.

I have flashed all my DVD players and writers and made them region free (worked just fine). I use DVD Decrypt to rip my original DVDs to disk and then use CloneDVD2 to reauthor and burn a backup on DVD+R with only mainmovie and one subtitle (movie starts instantly when inserted whithout any trailers, warnings and crap). I choosed CloneDVD2 because it´s so easy a monkey could handle the software.

The hardware is standard dell dimension 5000 p4 3,4 ghz, 1 gb ram and 160 gb HD. The standard system came with an internal philips dvd+-rw dvd8631 (now flashed to rev. BD10).

Again - thanks all
Benke

[Anonymoususer]

Hmmm..something interesting I was pondering about, probably a stupid question but since DVD-9 are Dual Layered which means you HAVE to re-convert the video in order for it to fit on a DVD-5 (Single-Layered) but if I obtain a DVD-R that is 8.5 GIGS+ will I be able to copy and burn the same way using the DVD-5 to one recordable by creating an ISO image like mentioned in this guide...

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141024.php#dvd5

OR does my DVD-Writer has to have the ability to be able to burn that type of Media if so how do I determine that...?

Sorry if this seems to be a dum question but hey...

[Doramius]

Technically speaking for single sided discs, the 8.5Gig disc IS a DVD-9. The DVD-5 is really only 4.7Gig.

The DVD-9 is Dual Layer and REQUIRES a Dual Layer burner to be burned. From What I understand the only DL discs & burners available are DVD+R DL. I could be wrong as the technology is moving so fast, but I know they are, or were, working on a DVD-R DL disc & burner for standard consumer use. Not sure if or when it will/has come out yet.

If you have a DL burner, you're going to need to check your software to make sure it can do DL burns. Most newer versions do offer the DL capability, but you still need the DL burner to use it. (IE: DVD decrypter, DVD Shrink, etc.)

[RDS1955]

" From What I understand the only DL discs & burners available are DVD+R DL. I could be wrong as the technology is moving so fast, but I know they are, or were, working on a DVD-R DL disc & burner for standard consumer use. Not sure if or when it will/has come out yet."

I Use A Plextor PX-716UF USB Burner and with the upgraded firmware, it'll burn DVD-R DL discs ( You can purchase Verbatim DVD-R DL Blank DVD's from Newegg.com)... Nothing else I have will play them, not my other LG Burner(s),nor my Laptop DVD DL Burner, nor any of my set top DVD Players/Recorders..Needless to say, my next purchases of DL blank media were DVD+R DL.....I've got about 10 of the DVD-R DL left.. gonna use em for storage...

[IPOLY]

dave-ko

Try this method you might have better success, it still uses some of the tools u already have i.e. DVD Decrypter & DVD Shrink 3.0 beta 5.

1st, you need to do is to delete all the DVD ripped files from your previous attempts so you dont get confused when ripping the DVD again, best to start fresh.

2nd, insert the DVD, which you wanna backup, in the DVD drive.

3rd, Load up DVD Decrypter, select Mode then File (this will highlight the main movie files on the right window.

4th, In DVD Decrypter select Edit then Select All this will copy everything from the DVD to the hard drive.

5th, Select you destination, where you want to save your DVD files and press the big button (this should start removing any protection on the DVD and copy to the hard drive).

6th, Wait, and make a cup of coffee.

7th, Once finished Load up DVD Shrink, select Open Files and DVD Shrink will analyse the ripped DVD files.

8th, If you want to just back up the movie select reauthor and drag your movie folder (on the left side of DVD shrink to the new window), adjust compression if necessary ( needs to be under 4464MB the green bar) select backup then select browse create a new folder titled VIDEO_TS (this is where all the files from DVD shrink will be saved) select Region free and OK.

9th, DVD shrink will start to encode the movie only, which is what you selected.

10th, Wait and burn with your prefered burning programme, NERO RECORD NOW etc.

Tip: When burning you need to have a VIDEO_TS folder, which is where you saved all the DVD Shrink files, and a AUDIO_TS folder, you dont need to save anything in here, just for compatibility purposes then BURN.

Hope that helps, if you got any problems come bk and we'll try to help, let us know how you get on.

kas

PS: heres a simulated guide of using DVD Decrypter with exactly the same steps as above
http://www.dvdshrink.info/dvd-decrypter.php

and similiar guide for DVD Shrink, instead of clicking open select open Files and follow the other steps as outlined.
http://www.dvdshrink.info/re-author-v3beta5.php

Hogwash. This will never work.

In item 6, you make the Coffee. Doomed to fail. The process will detect it and deteriorate the quality of the video. Item 6 should read to make an Indonesian flaming Vulcano Rum drink with the big umbrella. Double rum.

I had never burned a bad copy this way.

Good luck!

[Doramius]

I Use A Plextor PX-716UF USB Burner and with the upgraded firmware, it'll burn DVD-R DL discs ( You can purchase Verbatim DVD-R DL Blank DVD's from Newegg.com)... Nothing else I have will play them, not my other LG Burner(s),nor my Laptop DVD DL Burner, nor any of my set top DVD Players/Recorders..Needless to say, my next purchases of DL blank media were DVD+R DL.....I've got about 10 of the DVD-R DL left.. gonna use em for storage...

Sounds like I'll have to wait a while until the disc & player technology catch up. My next burner purchase will probably be a DVD±RW/RAM DL, just to catch all the media makes out there. Ahhh, screw it. I'll just buy the 20GB flash pen-drive when it drops in cost to about $90 at Wal-Mart.

[Boondock]

just gonan toss out here how i do it. i've done a couple hundred this way

i rip the dvd with dvd decrypter. i click mode-file.
when it's done ripping i open up dvd shrink and click open files-browse to the folder where my ripped files are-click ok. it scans real fast.
when it's done i click backup in dvd shrink then i click iso file and burn with decrypter. i browse to where my files are and click ok. it scans again, longer this time cause it's ensofing and when it's done encoding decrypter opens up and it burns the disc. then i have my finished product and i can watch it in my pc or 1 of my 2 dvd players.

for the first time today decrypter had an error when ripping a dvd so i ripped it with dvd fab decrypter and used the other steps same as always and it worked fine.
i know there are other ways to do it. you can rip with dvd shrink and reauthor cutting out some menus and audio tracks but i never do it like that.
i always rip the entire dvd, all the files, menus, subtitles, and audio tracks. the only time i deselect and take some of that away is when it is too large to fit on a disc.
i always use the cheapest dvd-r's i can find and they always work.
sounds complicated but if you do it a couple times you'll be able to pump them out fast with no problem

[Dennis666]

I have a upgraded G3 Blue & White(Sonnet,G4,1ghz) Mac w/ the original cd-rom drive and a external Lacie firewire burner running OSX 10.3.9. I rip dvd's w/ MactheRipper 2.6.6 and compress w/ DVD2oneX,V.1.4.2, burn w/ Toast6 Titanium. I have yet to burn a DVD. Error messages range from problems w/ source materials during either compression or burning, unable to verify(burn), and unreadable disc(after burning-Toshiba dvdplayer).What's the deal? Maybe my RAM is too low(446mb)?, or is this dinosaur just too old for the job?