Backing up DVDs

[am8soccer]

Hi, I recently purchased a ND-1300a from newegg and its working great. Now I am trying to make back ups of my dvds.

I am currently using the "quality dvd backup guide" at http://www.dvdr-digest.com/articles/

This method works great but it is very time consuming.

Does anyone have any experience with programs like DVD X Copy and DVD Shrink?

These programs seem fast but i do not want to sacrifice that much quality. If the two methods result in similiar copies then may switch.

Please post your results with different backup software.

 

[bigsoomo]

dont know much about dvd x copy but dvd decryptor is pretty handy in a decent amoutn of time, www.dvdrhelp.com check there

 

[shill82]

I've had great success with the Combo of CloneDVD and AnyDVD. AnyDVD automatically decodes the copy protection and thus allows CloneDVD to reencode the film without first having to rip it to your disk with DVD Decryptor. Total time to burn a disk is around 30 minutes at 4x burn and around 23 with 8x burn. Quality seems fine to my eyes.

Shawn

 

[deathman20]

Been using DVD X Copy and works great. I make copies of the DVD under 1 hour. But when the burn time comes around for the program it usually makes bad disks for me.

Not 100% sure why it does that but instead I go into nero and burn the files that it copied to the hard drive. Works perfect yet get that nice copy protected DVD thing when you put it in to play it. But its quick and painless which I like til I get time to mess around with other things.

I got a Plextor PX-708A, and when just doing a rip takes from 12-36min depending if I remember to unlock the drive speed. Then takes around 22-23min to burn the disk. All under 1 hour and I can easily do other things on my computer during the time its doing this (Play games, surf web, anything I can think of except rebooting or crashing the system).

 

[larva]

Try Nero Recode 2 in combination with AnyDVD or DVD Decrypter.

 

[JigPu]

I've used SmartRipper (free ) for backing up. Just tell it where to save the files, click on the 'backup' tab, and let it do it's thing.

JigPu

 

[wquiles]

This last weekend just used the DVD Shrink and DVD Decripter Combo to make a backup of my "The Matrix" DVD. It works GREAT!

The only catch for me was that I could not burn the DVD at 4x but had to do it at 2x. Since my original DVD had so many extras, the movie does not fit into one DVD, so I used the features in DVD Shrink to "compress" and re-author the DVD with just the main movie and the 6-channel english sound - tried it on my two DVD players and it works perfect; quality is VERY good

I would recommend these as apps were FREE and the user guides are available here:
http://www.doom9.org/

 

[am8soccer]

yea i tried the dvd decryptor/dvd shrink combo on my sisters pirates of the caribbean and it worked fine. I think encoding with Cinema Craft Encoder may be a bit better (i run 9 passes) but I dont really notice it.

 

[rth1906]

DVDXCopy to rip and Nero to burn. Works great.

 

[JerMe]

Yep i second wquiles and am8soccer, those two programs will easily backup any DVD, and they're free

If you don't care about the extras or the menus, then just backup the movie itself, otherwise you'd have to shrink the original movie to squeeze in those extras (probably reducing the movie quality)

 

[davekusa]

smartripper 2.41
dvd2one 1.4

check out www.afterdawn.com[/URL]

lots a good stuff

I got about 50 movies backed up

 

[seamadan000]

I use DVD decrypter to rip the movie. DVD shrink to toss out the extra data (language soundtracks and the DTS track, as I can't tell the diffference between DTS and DD 5.1, and the "bonus features" and all that crap. It compresses the movie too, if it needs it). Then Nero 6 to burn the thing. However, I may go back to Nero 5.9, or something completely different, as I have had some stability issues with Nero 6.