What is a good one click DVD Backup software thats easy to use like DVDXCOPY, but works better?? Or whats the easiest & best alternative to DVDXCOPY... Damn DVDXCOPY works fine a few times and then acts up like crazy a few times... _X_X_X_X_X_[small]AMD 2200 XP TDK 48x 4800B 512 DDR 2700 RAM WIN XP Pro [/small]
Does DVD Shrink do the decrypting, shrinking, & burning? Or do you need a different program for each aspect??
DVDShrink does not burn your DVDs. You will need a program like Nero to do the burning. What DVDShrink does do is automate the burning process for you once the VOB files have been created. I personally use and really enjoy Intervideo DVDCOPY, but it does not decrypt commercial movies. It does however, it will easily allow you to fit a DVD-9 to a DVD-5 disk PLUS it burns the disk for you so no other programs are needed. _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Dennis Jones[/small]
Okay I tried to do a backup... It plays find on my computer however it won't play on my stand alone DVD player... My DVD player takes both +/- so I know it's not a disc issue... Any ideas?
Try limiting the size of the final product. I make sure my iso isn't much over 4 gigs (somewhere around 4105MB)most commercial dvd players have trouble reading the outer parts of burnt dvd's.
Use DVDshrink 3.17 beta4. HaveDVDdecryter already on your machine. Turn off nero burning in settings and click on burn with DVDdecrypter. Record to image instead of file. Then it becomes a simple one step process and should play on your DVD player.
In my opinion a pc will normally play virtually any burnt disk, they are far more reliable than a standalone dvd player for reading. I had this exact same problem with Princo type disks a year or so ago. Some would play, some wouldnt, some would skip when the player was reading the outer edges of the disk. Eventually even the so-called "good disks" would rapidly degrade and exhibit problems. I bought several dvd players, because i thought it must be the player & not the disks. I was wrong! I now only use ritek, and g03 if at all possible. All burnt at 2x. My problems, as described above, are now a long distant memory. I have g03 disks that are nearly 2 years old that still play flawlessly on all dvd players I have tried. brent1a suggests burning a max of approx 4 gigs per disk. I dont think this is good advice at all. Use Ritek, burn to the edge, and enjoy.
That advice was merely one way with which I had overcome my dvd players not liking my discs. Everyone seems to have problems with Memorex DVD+R's made by CMC Mag. I simply overcame their refusal to work in my players by limiting the space used to back-up a movie. It works for me. I have the Sony Wega 40" HD TV and I've backed up about 50 movies with only 2 having slightly less than desirable appearance on screen. 1. Goodfellas that I backed up to 2 discs then discovered that I could back up to one disc with Shrink. Meaning I compressed and transcoded them twice. The only problem is slight graininess and absolutley no pixelation. 2. was Savng Private Ryan DTS. For whatever reason there was slight background pixelation just a few times. I'm going to see how the viability of the whole disc holds up for a while before I attempt a re-try. But at 10 feet the tiny inconsistencies of these 2 are rarely noticeable on a 40" screen and I would assume they would be nearly invisible to the untrained eye on smaller TV's.
discs manufactured by cmc mag are not bad at all (thats my opinion) i have bought many, many memorex spindles some made by ricoh, but mostly cmc mag.. tdk discs are also made by cmc mag, imation cmc mag, philips cmc mag, heck mostly all my dvd+r are manufacture by cmc mag. there is no problem on playback and they all work great as ps2 backups too. i think its mostly the software you use to burn the disc that causes issues, i personally use elby's -clone dvd- along with anydvd..never has failed me.
I agree. My theory is that everybody's system, those who burn anything, is like DNA. Everyone has different comp's and different burners with many different configurations of burning software. Everyone just needs to take their time and find their niche with their computer. That perfect combo with which you can burn anything. (What I believe to be) My perfect combo and process is probably like no one elses and so on and so forth with everyone elses combinations.
Brent1a.. Seems a waste of time & money to burn only a 4 gig disk on an inferior disk. But hey, youre the boss.
No prob, let me clarify. I try to keep total iso size around 4.3 gigs. 4.7 is the japanese measurement of bytes, I believe. DVD-5's only have 4.38 gigs total that can be utilized. I usually only burn the movie, no extras as I don't require them. The number of MB's I decide to use depends on the compress % of each movie when I run it thru DVD Shrink. I'd say almost half of the movies I backup don't even need compressing before transcoding as the movie files are less than 4.38 gigs to begin with. Most of the others are usually at the 80%+ on DVD Shrink. Also, as with JDILLA, I don't consider CMC Mag to be inferior discs. I've only had 2 coasters out of about 40 and the Ricoh manuf'd discs have messed up just as many times, 2 out of 25. I backed up 'Once Upon A Time In The West' with DVD Shrink. It's well over 3 hours long, and it was compressed and transcoded at around 60%. With DVD Shrink's Deep Analysis option the movie came out just fine, nothing noticeable anywhere thoughout. Let me also explain tha I am no way a "boss" on any DVD forum. I am an amatuer at best & these are just my experiences and I always take others advice as long as I believe that it's good advice.
i disagree, ive bought many,many,many spindles, after spindles under this manufacture and they are ALL GOOD.
I downloaded a free to try called 1 click dvd off of downloads.com. It works great just make sure u have the dvd43 with patin-couffin. It is then $39.00 to buy, you just push one button on it and it does the rest.
