Backing up DVDs

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I have used 5 or 6 different brands and seen no difference. However, I could only get DVD+R to play on certain DVD players. Never had a problem with DVD-R and I have made of 600 DVDs (almost all for myself). I have a nice collection.

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Sounds like me. For what it's worth, I've read that more players are finicky about +R's than -R's. Doesn't matter if you watch on your computer, but if you're going to be putting the burns on different stand-alone players through the year, apparently -R is more likely to not be spit out by them.

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i was having bad stuttering problems on my backups, especially towards the end of movies. recently, i've been turning off my firewall and virus scan programs before i burn, as well as keeping the size of the file below 4gb.

so far, so good.

fyi, my process is dvdshrink (rip dvd and copy files to harddrive) imgtool (create dvd image) dvddecrypter (write image to disc). all freeware.

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Is there some reason you use all those tools when dvdshrink does it all at once in an integrated fashion anyway?

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dvd rebuilder + dvd decrypter > dvd shrink.

If you need to compress the movie by more than 20% or so, the quality difference is noticeable. It will take longer, however. If you do get dvd rebuilder, I'd suggest paying the $10 to get the professional version.