DVD Burning

[ScottyP431]

What is the easiest way/program to use to copy dvd's? The way im doing it right now is to copy it to the harddrive, then run one program to remove the like security buiness, then burn it to dvd. Sometimes movies wont fit on one DVD though and i figure there has got to be a better way.

sidebar- im familliar with google. None of the software pages seem to give a reason one is better than the other, they all use the exact same features as selling poitns, so i was hoping for someone with experience to weigh in.

thanks

[CallMeIshmael]

Do you have a dual-layer burner?

[DukeSucks]

DVD Shrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org/)

and

DVD Decrypter (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm)

[CallMeIshmael]

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DVD Shrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org/)

and

DVD Decrypter (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm)

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These are the two I've found most useful as well.

[-Skeme-]

TMPGEnc.

[ethan]

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DVD Shrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org/)

and

DVD Decrypter (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm)

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These work well. If you're going to be compressing the video below 80% or so, you may want to look into using DVD Rebuilder and CCE. It takes longer to do the compression (usually somewhere around 4 hours per dvd), but the results are significantly better.

[ScottyP431]

Yea i have a duel layer DVD burner. Everyone seems to be saying you need 2 programs, is there no 1 stop shopping? im soooo lazy

[ethan]

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Yea i have a duel layer DVD burner. Everyone seems to be saying you need 2 programs, is there no 1 stop shopping? im soooo lazy

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As long as you have DVD Decrypter installed, I'm pretty sure DVD Shrink will do everything for you. (It'll automatically launch DVD Decrypter to burn the image it creates.)

If you're burning to dual-layer DVDs then you don't need to bother with DVD Shrink, as all it does is compresses the movie to fit on a single-layer DVD. This approach is much more expensive - the blank DVDs will cost about $5 each, but it's quick and you don't lose any image quality.