Burning DVD's Advice!!!!!

Computer_Junkie · 08-11-2005, 04:28 AM

humm... well I back up all of my DVD's so I can take them with me where ever I go and no need to worrie about damage or loss and I have Just bought DVD X Copy Platium edition. Is is just me but I can't seem to get any Movie on one DVD anymore, I do have a 8x DL DVD+\- but I am not willing to put out the cost of the actual DVD DL blank disc, is there a better program or what?

next it will play in my laptop but every minute of two it lags and pauses am i running out of avail. memory, all programs that i use to view still have the same problem and several movies do this too..... HELP

and finally how do i rip dvd to Avi. so i can put the file on say an SD card and watch on say a psp or fit 3\5 movies on a DVD?

Thanks,

[-0MEGA-] · 08-11-2005, 05:30 AM

Movie DVD's are copy protected, which means they prevent copying, the programs i know that can copy them are DVD Copy Tools and DVD Shrink. Dont know of any to transform DVD to AVI thta actually work.

aqsg72 · 08-11-2005, 12:43 PM

There are tonnes of guides for DVD->avi, and a few programs like Dr DivX and Gordian Knot pack (never tried those personally though)....look up http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/ -- DivX and XviD section.

Though btw as far as I know the PSP only plays .mp4 files and not .avi, and furthermore uses the sony memory stick and not an SD.

jjsevdt · 08-11-2005, 06:44 PM

First off, this should probably be in the CD/DVD catagory, but N E Way, unless you have a super bad ass system, you're movies aren't going to turn out all too well if you try and encode them with DIVX, but have you started using a different type of disc than usual? DVDs are the only thing I have seen that makes a difference with the type of discs used. What are you using to watch the movies? and Do they work in a normal DVD player or anything?

elmarcorulz · 08-11-2005, 06:47 PM

retail dvds are around 8GB. to back these up, you will either need a 8GB dvd, which are alot more expensive than normal ones, or shrink the dvd. www.dvdshrink.org will back up dvd's by shrinking them to the appropriate size, with slight, bearly noticable quality loss (obviously).

Computer_Junkie · 08-11-2005, 08:24 PM

First of all i use Sony 8x dvd+ They do work in my home theater dvd player, which is why i ask if i may need more ram i dont want to buy if it may be a configuration problem. But i think i will try out dvdshrink.

Thanks

DanLatimer · 08-11-2005, 08:25 PM

DVDXCOPY will adjust them to fit on 1 disc too, im pretty sure most programs to copy dvds do this

Computer_Junkie · 08-11-2005, 08:28 PM

if you just copy the movie sometimes but now movies themselves are over 5GB leaving not enough room. to fit onto one disc and DVDx copy doesn't shrink the file.

DanLatimer · 08-11-2005, 08:35 PM

yes it does, i have the same program, go into advanced mode then select all the little check boxes for the features you want to choose, then if its over 4.3gbs or so it will auto compress it, you go through the screen that tells you how much you will compress it and then it copies.

I do it all the time

aqsg72 · 08-11-2005, 08:53 PM

Quote:

unless you have a super bad ass system, you're movies aren't going to turn out all too well if you try and encode them with DIVX

I dunno since when system specs made a difference to the quality of an encode?

DVDXCopy is probably the problem and switching to DVDShrink to fit them onto single layer DVD-/+Rs would work for DVD backup.

About the laptop viewing problem, if the laptop has poor specs then its not going to be easily solved but give VideoLAN VLC media player a try.

EDIT: ok DVDXCopy is ok after all

08-11-2005, 04:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Computer_Junkie New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 13	Burning DVD's Advice!!!!! humm... well I back up all of my DVD's so I can take them with me where ever I go and no need to worrie about damage or loss and I have Just bought DVD X Copy Platium edition. Is is just me but I can't seem to get any Movie on one DVD anymore, I do have a 8x DL DVD+\- but I am not willing to put out the cost of the actual DVD DL blank disc, is there a better program or what? next it will play in my laptop but every minute of two it lags and pauses am i running out of avail. memory, all programs that i use to view still have the same problem and several movies do this too..... HELP and finally how do i rip dvd to Avi. so i can put the file on say an SD card and watch on say a psp or fit 3\5 movies on a DVD? Thanks, __________________ Acer Aspire 1690 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 715 (2MB L2 cache, 1.50GHz, 400MHz FSB) 512MB (256/256) DDR2 533 SDRAM 80GB hard drive integrated DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW) 15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display with Acer® CrystalBrite Technology Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem PCI Express Creative I-Trigue 2200 speakers Logitech media wireless opitical mouse 10 button w/scroll

08-11-2005, 05:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,383	Movie DVD's are copy protected, which means they prevent copying, the programs i know that can copy them are DVD Copy Tools and DVD Shrink. Dont know of any to transform DVD to AVI thta actually work. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 960 (6-6-6-18) 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

08-11-2005, 06:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,053	First off, this should probably be in the CD/DVD catagory, but N E Way, unless you have a super bad ass system, you're movies aren't going to turn out all too well if you try and encode them with DIVX, but have you started using a different type of disc than usual? DVDs are the only thing I have seen that makes a difference with the type of discs used. What are you using to watch the movies? and Do they work in a normal DVD player or anything? __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 120GB \| 1 - 60GB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

08-11-2005, 06:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	retail dvds are around 8GB. to back these up, you will either need a 8GB dvd, which are alot more expensive than normal ones, or shrink the dvd. www.dvdshrink.org will back up dvd's by shrinking them to the appropriate size, with slight, bearly noticable quality loss (obviously). __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

08-11-2005, 08:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
Computer_Junkie New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 13	First of all i use Sony 8x dvd+ They do work in my home theater dvd player, which is why i ask if i may need more ram i dont want to buy if it may be a configuration problem. But i think i will try out dvdshrink. Thanks __________________ Acer Aspire 1690 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 715 (2MB L2 cache, 1.50GHz, 400MHz FSB) 512MB (256/256) DDR2 533 SDRAM 80GB hard drive integrated DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW) 15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display with Acer® CrystalBrite Technology Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem PCI Express Creative I-Trigue 2200 speakers Logitech media wireless opitical mouse 10 button w/scroll

08-11-2005, 12:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
aqsg72 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Age: 20 Posts: 235	There are tonnes of guides for DVD->avi, and a few programs like Dr DivX and Gordian Knot pack (never tried those personally though)....look up http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/ -- DivX and XviD section. Though btw as far as I know the PSP only plays .mp4 files and not .avi, and furthermore uses the sony memory stick and not an SD.

08-11-2005, 08:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
DanLatimer Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Age: 22 Posts: 659	DVDXCOPY will adjust them to fit on 1 disc too, im pretty sure most programs to copy dvds do this __________________ -DAN ____________________________________ MY PC: Windows XP PRO AMD XP 64 3000+ oc to 2.25ghz 1 GB PC2700 Memory Radeon 9600XT 256mbs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 5.1 surround sound

08-11-2005, 08:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Computer_Junkie New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 13	if you just copy the movie sometimes but now movies themselves are over 5GB leaving not enough room. to fit onto one disc and DVDx copy doesn't shrink the file. __________________ Acer Aspire 1690 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 715 (2MB L2 cache, 1.50GHz, 400MHz FSB) 512MB (256/256) DDR2 533 SDRAM 80GB hard drive integrated DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW) 15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display with Acer® CrystalBrite Technology Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modem PCI Express Creative I-Trigue 2200 speakers Logitech media wireless opitical mouse 10 button w/scroll

08-11-2005, 08:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
DanLatimer Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Age: 22 Posts: 659	yes it does, i have the same program, go into advanced mode then select all the little check boxes for the features you want to choose, then if its over 4.3gbs or so it will auto compress it, you go through the screen that tells you how much you will compress it and then it copies. I do it all the time __________________ -DAN ____________________________________ MY PC: Windows XP PRO AMD XP 64 3000+ oc to 2.25ghz 1 GB PC2700 Memory Radeon 9600XT 256mbs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 5.1 surround sound

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