I have been able to backup dvd's using xcopy express before, but I have just tried to backup several of my new movies and have made 12 coasters. This is very expensive. This is what I have tried 1 using xcopy 2 using dvd decoder and shrink 3 made sure drives were dma I get messages on my dvd player saying..this dvd cannot be played please put in another dvd. Please help, by this point, I am very frustrated
gambit78, Lets try this: you need DVDdecrypter so D/L: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/ Since you already have Shrink you are O.K. there If the DVD Player is your home standalone you will need to go to this site and compare your burner and what disks are working with it and your Standalone and what disks work best in it. On the left side of the page you will see the info you need to click on. http://www.videohelp.com/ Once that is done Now we will try to do a backup: 1. Make a folder on your Desktop> call it Rip Movies 2. Insert Movie in either DVD burner or DVD-Rom and click cancel when it asks you what to use to open the movie 3. Open DVD Shrink> click Open Disc> Shrink does quick analysis 4. Movie Only Option a. Go to Re-author and Click b. Under Main movie slide the main movie to the left under DVD Structure c. You can now remove the languages you do not want and the audio you do not want. 5. Click Backup and go to burn setting and disable Nero if you have Nero 6. Click SelectTarget Drive> click Iso Disc Image 7. Select Target Image File> Browse>Desktop> Rip Movie ( file you made) 8. Make sure to check the box Launch DVDDecrypter to burn the output image 9. click O.K 10. It will now do analysis and then encode the movie and automatically burn with DVDDecrypter
