dvd copying

[Lena]

Hello

 

I am looking for some software that I can use to make back up copies of dvd's I have. There seems to be several to choose from, does anyone have any recommendations? Preferably really idiot proof.

I have a double layer dvd copier on my pc.

 

What I would like to do is save films on the pc, and be able to watch them off it without the disc, if I can. I'd like to edit the info I have saved so I can take out adverts and extras and just make copies of films.

 

My main reason for doing this is that my 2 year old just doesn't see why sticky fingers and scratches make her fimbles dvd stop working.

Is there anything free I can download or is it going to cost me? If it costs less then the replacement dvd's I suppose I can only stand to gain.

 

Any ideas?

 

ta

[the kid]

google - dvd ripper thats all you need

 

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html is apparently good but they do take up about 6-7gig of space per dvd.

[Freddie]

DVDshrink is also held in high regard, it can rip a dual layer DVD and compress it to fit on one layer (blank dual layer disks are expensive).

[Dave]

I am looking for some software that I can use to make back up copies of dvd's I have.

 

My main reason for doing this is that my 2 year old just doesn't see why sticky fingers and scratches make her fimbles dvd stop working.

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That's what they all say :** laughs out loud **:

[Mr.Si]

DVDshrink is also held in high regard, it can rip a dual layer DVD and compress it to fit on one layer (blank dual layer disks are expensive).

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I was trying to remember the name of that one.

 

I use it too, 'tis very good

[gareth]

DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink in combination - both freeware. Don't have the URLs handy, but they shouldn't be too difficult to find with a Google. They're what I use to back up my DVDs so that my daughter doesn't destroy the originals. :** laughs out loud **:

[Lena]

Hello,

 

I have dvd shrink, but I don't want to shrink them. If the originals get ruined completely then I'll just have compressed versions, won't I?

 

I might just buy a second dvd drive and see if I can do straight copies with nero.

I'll have a look at that google dvd ripper, space isn't a problem, I have a 200gb hard drive and I only need a computer for emails and the odd office document, so it's spare space really.

 

Thanks for the advice so far though.

 

Selena

[Mr.Si]

I'll have a look at that google dvd ripper

 

I believe that what was meant was to search in the "Google" Search Engine and type in "DVD Ripper"

 

http://www.google.co.uk

 

I could be wrong, but that's what I took it to mean.

 

Plus, usually, unless you have a really good eye for these things, or you're trying to 'See' the compression,

 

it's not really noticable

 

Moderation : two consecutive posts merged into one. Would people PLEASE ensure that if they have something to add to a post which they've just submitted, they use the 'edit' function to add it to the post rather than submitting another post to the topic? It's been happening far too often lately, and it's very bad posting practice.

[AaronHorn]

Hello,

 

I have dvd shrink, but I don't want to shrink them. If the originals get ruined completely then I'll just have compressed versions, won't I?

 

I might just buy a second dvd drive and see if I can do straight copies with nero.

I'll have a look at that google dvd ripper, space isn't a problem, I have a 200gb hard drive and I only need a computer for emails and the odd office document, so it's spare space really.

 

Thanks for the advice so far though.

 

Selena

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Some DVDs are encrypted so IIRC you needed to use a 'deCSS' application which (in America) at least had some associated legal problems... So I am not sure if Nero will actually decrypt the DVDs and therefore will not be able to copy them because it wound need to decrypt them and compress them slightly to fit onto a standard DVD+/-R.

[AaronHorn]

Plus, usually, unless you have a really good eye for these things, or you're trying to 'See' the compression,

 

it's not really noticable

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In some cases you can get away without compressing video data by just removing extras and foreign languages.

[Bryson]

I've always found that DVD ripping was not really worth the time and effort. I honestly can't be arsed.

 

Although my personal rage at the mo is the regioning of my Powerbook DVD drive...bloody thing

[Mr.Si]

So I am not sure if Nero will actually decrypt the DVDs and therefore will not be able to copy them because it wound need to decrypt them and compress them slightly to fit onto a standard DVD+/-R.

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In my experience, Nero will not allow you to backup a protected DVD

 

But DVD shrink used in conjunction with another bit of software, probably dvd decrypter will, I think.

 

I also agree that if you deselect foreign languages etc, it will be less likely to need to compress.

 

I personally don't condone any illegal copying of discs/cassettes, audio or video etc,

(I just wanted to make that bit known)! But for backing up for prevention of damage to disc and for own, non-profit use, it sounds ok!

 

But that's kinda going into a whole different argument there (copyright laws), so I shall stop making a noise.

 

Si

[Guest lightnix]

From an old story on The Register...

 

"Unlike US copyright legislation, UK law regards even copies made for personal use as unlawful. Tape a CD you legally own so you can play it in the car, or burn that CD to MP3 and transfer it to your iPod and, here in the UK, you're breaking the law. Fair use provision does not extend to these actions, unenforceable though this aspect of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 is."

 

Full story here...

[vinny baby]

yep I was just about to mention this.

 

You have all basically given advise on how to break the law. Copying DVD's is ilegal.

 

even if you are backing them up on to your HDD its ilegal!!

 

I find it very disturbing when moderators send me warnings about what I post on this forum, and for writing the word ROBE in cappitals!!!!!

 

Then they have the nerve to post and allow topics about how to unlawfully copy media!!

 

I work in a music shop, and this issue is puting people like me out of pocket because of piracy and DVD ripping.

 

Copyright infringement, and piracy kills this industry!!

 

nuff said, rant over

[Andrew C]

Copyright infringement, and piracy kills this industry!!

 

nuff said, rant over

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Mostly true, however some (V little) DVD copying is legal. IF you own the copyright, or have consent/licence to copy.

 

[rant]

However, that last line is pure RIAA propaganda. What is REALLY killing the recording industry is their own greed, and a failure to recognize the huge change in the way the customer wants to get their music.

 

In the '70s, it was "Home Taping" that was "Killing Music"; hmm, seems alive and well to me.

 

Don't get me wrong; I abhor some scumbag copying the latest CD, and flogging copies down the market to fund organised crime, but I do feel mighty aggrieved that my copying my old albums to CD so I can listen to them in the car is "illegal". Go for the big criminals, but just get it in proportion please.

 

In the past (not to distant) I have both given & been given copies of music that I/friends had not heard before. In the vast majority of cases, this has resulted in sales of other albums by the bands in question.

 

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