DAPUNISHER
08-07-2003, 10:25 AM
Here's a quick summary of several methods that can be used that make it very easy to backup your valuable DVD collection wether they be 1 layer or 2 layer discs for anyone who hasn't had any experience with this type of software
Duvie has provided links for where to procure all the freeware you'll need to backup your DVDs so here's a quick guide for the steps to doing so for both single layer and 2 layer DVDs***you cannot burn a 2 layer ISO since your DVD+R/+RW is only single layer*** you can however keep it on your HDD and useDaemon tools (http://www.doom9.org/mpg/hd-playback.htm#alternate) to mount it and watch it. If the movie will fit 1.1 on a 4.7gb DVD and is a single layer DVD you can just use DVD Decrypter to backup the movie. press R to bring up the ISO read menu then click on the DVD icon to rip the ISO, then press W to bring up the write menu, click the DVD icon to burn and you're finished. The defaults work fine 99% of the time so unless you run into trouble there's no need to tweak any of the settings.
A real simple way to backup DVDs that are dual layer and too large to fit on your 4.7gb DVD+R=
1) Copy the uncompressed DVD to your HD using DVD Decrypter in "File" mode - select all files, not just the movie
2) Transcode the DVD to fit to 4.7 GB using DVDShrink, DVD2ONE, InstantCopy or Nero Recode.
3) Create an ISO from the result in #2 using ImgTool
4) Burn the ISO from #3 to DVD using DVDDecrypter - ISO - WRITE
For DVDShrink, DVD2ONE, InstantCopy or Nero Recode just read the tutorial for whichever you use for the particulars of how to compress the content to make it fit on 1 disc. I use DVD shrink and unless it's a long movie I can usually get away with re-authoring ***re-authoring does not allow you to keep menus*** you can use ifoedit for that and removing all the extra content like french, spanish, and 2 channel audio, all subtitles, and any extra features included so that I can keep my main movie uncompressed for the best quality DVD shrink can offer for being such an incredibly fast transcoding method.
If you want to keep everything on the DVD just compress things on a priority basis, or in other words, try to use higher compression percentages on the extra features to allow you to keep the main movie as uncompressed as possible as the higher the percentage of compression the lower the quality of the output will be. Don't compress menus though as it can create some bizzare results ;)
I hope this will prove helpful to someone who hasn't experimented with backing up DVDs before and doesn't want to pay for a program to do it but isn't sure what programs they need or what the basic outline of the project entails :) Duvie has linked to Doom9 where you can get all the programs and read the tutorials, this again is just to help give you a basic outline of how to go about it, what you can use depending on the DVD to be copied, and some basic advice on how to keep the IQ as high as possible while still taking advantage of the speed of a transcoder like DVD shrink.
If I made any errors that need to be corrected please let me know so I can edit the content. Also, if you run into a wall trying to use DVD shrink, DVD Decrypter, ifoEdit, or IMGtool just post up and I or someone else will help you out.
Duvie has provided links for where to procure all the freeware you'll need to backup your DVDs so here's a quick guide for the steps to doing so for both single layer and 2 layer DVDs***you cannot burn a 2 layer ISO since your DVD+R/+RW is only single layer*** you can however keep it on your HDD and useDaemon tools (http://www.doom9.org/mpg/hd-playback.htm#alternate) to mount it and watch it. If the movie will fit 1.1 on a 4.7gb DVD and is a single layer DVD you can just use DVD Decrypter to backup the movie. press R to bring up the ISO read menu then click on the DVD icon to rip the ISO, then press W to bring up the write menu, click the DVD icon to burn and you're finished. The defaults work fine 99% of the time so unless you run into trouble there's no need to tweak any of the settings.
A real simple way to backup DVDs that are dual layer and too large to fit on your 4.7gb DVD+R=
1) Copy the uncompressed DVD to your HD using DVD Decrypter in "File" mode - select all files, not just the movie
2) Transcode the DVD to fit to 4.7 GB using DVDShrink, DVD2ONE, InstantCopy or Nero Recode.
3) Create an ISO from the result in #2 using ImgTool
4) Burn the ISO from #3 to DVD using DVDDecrypter - ISO - WRITE
For DVDShrink, DVD2ONE, InstantCopy or Nero Recode just read the tutorial for whichever you use for the particulars of how to compress the content to make it fit on 1 disc. I use DVD shrink and unless it's a long movie I can usually get away with re-authoring ***re-authoring does not allow you to keep menus*** you can use ifoedit for that and removing all the extra content like french, spanish, and 2 channel audio, all subtitles, and any extra features included so that I can keep my main movie uncompressed for the best quality DVD shrink can offer for being such an incredibly fast transcoding method.
If you want to keep everything on the DVD just compress things on a priority basis, or in other words, try to use higher compression percentages on the extra features to allow you to keep the main movie as uncompressed as possible as the higher the percentage of compression the lower the quality of the output will be. Don't compress menus though as it can create some bizzare results ;)
I hope this will prove helpful to someone who hasn't experimented with backing up DVDs before and doesn't want to pay for a program to do it but isn't sure what programs they need or what the basic outline of the project entails :) Duvie has linked to Doom9 where you can get all the programs and read the tutorials, this again is just to help give you a basic outline of how to go about it, what you can use depending on the DVD to be copied, and some basic advice on how to keep the IQ as high as possible while still taking advantage of the speed of a transcoder like DVD shrink.
If I made any errors that need to be corrected please let me know so I can edit the content. Also, if you run into a wall trying to use DVD shrink, DVD Decrypter, ifoEdit, or IMGtool just post up and I or someone else will help you out.