copying dvds on your computer

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

ive heard that you cant just copy the dvd its too big of a file to fit back on the dvd. so how do you guys do it ive got a dvd burner just never made any dvds on it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blush.gif.99bc659ee2012b7d826165e26fb5eebe.gif help me out

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[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Yeah I have the same question...my computer came with CD and DVD burners. I would like to download music videos and put them into a CD so I can play them in my car at night...What do I need in order to do this?

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

dvd shrink, or some other sort of media converter

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

dvd shrink, or some other sort of media converter

And I couldn't do this with regular CDs that I would use to burn music on right? I need to buy DVD RW disc?

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

I use DVD Decrypter and DVD shrink..

 

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

dvd shrink, or some other sort of media converter

thanks

 

[nVRuckus 5,000+ posts]

1 click DVD copy is pretty good. allows you to cut multilanguage and extra crap you usually dont use out to make it fit on a single DVD-R

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

1 click DVD copy is pretty good. allows you to cut multilanguage and extra crap you usually dont use out to make it fit on a single DVD-R

thats what DVD shrink does too, and DVD shrink is free, I dont know anything about 1 click tho..

 

[nVRuckus 5,000+ posts]

well it was free for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

You guys do buy DVD disc to burn instead of using your normal CDs to burn music on, correct?

 

[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

yes, u will always need to buy DVD-r discs to be able to burn dvds.

dvd decryptr and dvd shrink are great programs.

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

I use a fairly large array of software for DVD stuff, but for a generic backup copy of my purchased DVD's (you gotta have a way to back up when you have a kid who likes to play with CD's/DVD's), DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter are by far the most heavily used. For going to video CD TMPGenc and VCDeasy are good stuff (that can do much more than just VCDs).

I keep my eye out for other stuff all the time though and happily pay for it if it's good. I bought DVDx copy Platinum before I realized it adds a disclaimer to your video on every copy so I stopped using it even before they got shut down by the courts.

Now I'm looking for some way to remove the darn license crap on some of my legally purchased WMV video files so I can convert them to MPEG and DivX. If anyone has any info on removing the license protection on WMV's, please post.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i use dvd x copy

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

My version, which I didn't pay for (my burner came with an OEM copy and they gave me a free upgrade), doesn't have any disclaimers ... Copies the full disc or just the movie ... Extremely easy to use, works well, much faster than DVD Shrink ...

So, when you start playing a movie you don't have a screen of text warning about how copying movies is illegal and all that junk? They may have put that in their later versions as part of their defense. They had been going through big court battles for a really long time (and finally lost).

DVD Shrink is slow because of the deep analysis. If you skip that option and go straight to encoding, it's a LOT faster. But that is its claim-to-fame. The deep analysis gives you the best possible video quality on a seriously compressed copy. I truly won't use anything else for backup copies. But, you're absolutely right, it does take longer than other programs.

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

Nope, no screen ... If it's not on the original disc, it's not on my copies ...

wow -- nice! Would be great for those quickies of the kid's lower-quality movies. That's what I wanted when I paid $150 for the DVD Copy Platinum with Recovery bundle. I must admit, the simple 2-click backup process is a beautiful thing. Nothing else I've used comes close.