dvd burning....newbie question

[jackmac]

Sup guys,
I am going to get an internal dvd burner to back up my movies. Just wondering if it really takes 2 hours to burn a movie (I heard you have to rip them first onto the hard drive)? Thx.
JACK

[Cdiesel]

no if ur coping from a dvd to a blank dvd it should take under 30mins takes me 25 mins thats dependant on how fast ur comp is. and i use dvd x copy platinum works perfetc

[jackmac]

HEy Cdiesel12,

What is the difference btwn the regular dvd x copy and the platnium. What type of burner do you have?
Thx.
JACK

[Cdiesel]

no idea wat teh diffs are try going to its site

i have an external hp dvd writer

[IntegraTypeRS]

depends which way you planning on backing up your movies. advance way takes 20+ hours or so to encode and burn.

beginners way, dvdshrink or dvdxcopy, takes from 30 mins to 2 hours.

for me the advance way was way too complicated. i never completely gotten through a guide. something always go wrong. so i just stuck with beginners way.

dvdshrink and dvdxcopy doesn't encode movies. they transcode. so if you want perfect, undistinguishable quality then go with the advance way of encoding and burning.

transcoding is fine for me. it might not be as good but it's good enough.

i use dvdshrink. first i rip the whole dvd as an image with dvd decrypter. this would be around 8gb. It takes 25mins or so. Once I have the dvd ripped I use daemon tools to mount it into the virtual dvd drive. Once it is mounted, I open it with DVDshrink(you could have skipped the above steps and open the dvdrom through dvdshrink but i prefer the image due to it being slightly faster and stable). I uncheck the audio files i don't want and decrease the ratio for menus and extras while increasing the main movie as much as possible. Once I am done, I analyze(optional, improve quality) the dvd which would take 45mins or so. Once it's finish analyzing it starts to transcode which takes another 45mins. I then burn the files using nero. burning process takes around 35mins with dvd-r(2x) and 15mins with dvd+r(4x).

i have a 4x dual format burner. mine is kinda a old burner. newer ones should have better firmware making it so you read quicker. it probably won't take as long as me. so yea look for them 8x if you can.

[jackmac]

Thx for the reply,

I guess I will try it with dvd shrink and nero. My other question for you is how you burn dvds at 8x? Most of the blank dvds out there only support up to 4x. And also, if I want to make up back up copies for movies, should I get the +R or -R, or it doesn't really matter? Thx.
JACK

[IntegraTypeRS]

Originally posted by jackmac
Thx for the reply,

I guess I will try it with dvd shrink and nero. My other question for you is how you burn dvds at 8x? Most of the blank dvds out there only support up to 4x. And also, if I want to make up back up copies for movies, should I get the +R or -R, or it doesn't really matter? Thx.
JACK

there are 8x media out there. and i heard that some 4x media you can burn at 8x. it don't really matter if u get +R or -R. but it'll be wise if u find a format of each and test it on ur dvd player to make sure.

[Fuster_Cluck]

Off Topic, but how is the quality using the beginners route? I don't have 20 hours to spend burning a dvd.

Can someone post a list of exactly what is needed?

Thanks a lot!

PS <> Might as well take advantage of the Blockbuster free rentals

[HardKore]

read this to understand a little more about DVDs.
http://www.dvdshrink.info


here is the link to dl DVD shrink.
http://www.dvdshrink.info/downloads.php

here are the guides.... Very, very simple guides you can't fuck it up. They practicaly take you by the hand.
http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php


good luck happy burning.

[HardKore]

Originally posted by Hybrid93Hatch
Off Topic, but how is the quality using the beginners route? I don't have 20 hours to spend burning a dvd.

The first DVD that I backed up was Fightclub.... I played it for my friends when we were hanging out and didn't tell them that it was burned till the end.

no one can tell.

[Fuster_Cluck]

Originally posted by HardKore



here is the link to dl DVD shrink.
http://www.dvdshrink.info/downloads.php

Is v3.1.6 the best version to look for? That link above is dead. Any other legit place to DL it from?

Thanks!

PS <> I have Nero 6 already