Copying DVD to CD-R *without* any compression?

[edplayer]

Hi. How would I go about copying DVDs (episodic) to CD-Rs without any type of compression? I have several Dragonball DVDs that I want to back up and figure they could fit onto CD-Rs (most episodes run around 20 minutes).

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Conquest10]

you're probably talking about minidvds. don't even bother. most dvd players will not play them. vcds and svcds have a limit in bitrate so i guess you're SOL.

[edplayer]

No, actually I want to copy the VOB files to CD-R. I only want them to play on my computer, don't care if it doesn't work on standalone dvd players. I would like to do it without compressing (Xvid or Divx or such) since I guess it would fit completely on one CD-R (1 episode).

I've got tons of blank cds laying around and there always seem to be some free after rebate.

I kind of know how to use Smartripper. I'm guessing that I would have to make a new .ifo file???

[Conquest10]

if you want to do that, just copy the vobs.

[edplayer]

Dang! I feel pretty dumb now...

Thanks Conquest10!

[Buggerlugs]

I'm interesting in getting VOB files to play from cdr on my dvd player.

I've just got a AV-reciever and have found some dts, dolby digital demo's on the web in vob format and was wondering if i could use my cdr to produce something playable on my dvd player (Toshiba-sd220E)

[Conquest10]

I'm interesting in getting VOB files to play from cdr on my dvd player.

I've just got a AV-reciever and have found some dts, dolby digital demo's on the web in vob format and was wondering if i could use my cdr to produce something playable on my dvd player (Toshiba-sd220E)

did you check what a minidvd is? most dvd players will not play a vob on a cd.

[vitualis]

Do the maths mate...

There are generally 3 DBZ episodes on one single layered DVD (i.e., around 3-4 Gb).

That would make each DBZ episode around 1 Gb uncompressed.

That's not going to fit on one CD-R.

Regards.