Movie Backup

wixostrix

wixostrix

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im trying to back up my dvd movies and i have the iso files but it when i try to copy them to my dvd-rw it says format failed. how do i format dvd-rw so i can put my movies on them. also is it even possible on DVD-rw's
 
Should be possible on DVD-RW's.
Have you already used the RW's once and not "erased" them?
Also, are the images <= 4.35 GB?
 
I find that the best way to backup my movies is to encode them using Divx 6.5, the compression is amazing, at 700MB a movie. The quality is amazing, and then you can burn like 6-7 movies on one DVD.
 
How do you encode them with Divx? Do you use the Divx Converter? If you burn movies with Divx, will I be able to watch them in a dvd player?
 
I don't know what country you are from, but in Australia, the intellectual properties act of 2000 states that consumers are allowed one backup of commercial DVD and music CDs provided that they pay for the original.
 
elitehacker said:
I don't know what country you are from, but in Australia, the intellectual properties act of 2000 states that consumers are allowed one backup of commercial DVD and music CDs provided that they pay for the original.
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good to know, considering he lives in California :rolleyes:
 
Starwarsman said:
in case you didn't realize it, talking about DVD reproduction is not allowed.
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Man that sounds like some kind of future movie about what someone would say after the New World order kicks in!

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It just surprises me how quick people will accecpt being told to obey and shutup or warn people what to say. Expecially when no one ask how to break copyright protection!
 
Yea it could have been, but it could be wildlife videos from his Africa trip- a baseball game or sex videos of him and his wife. Since there already in ISO its kinda after the fact!
 
to my understanding, your allowed to backup dvd for your own use as long as you have the original. i just hate buying movies and getting them scatch when other ppl watch them. thats why i want to make the backups and keep the originals safe.

the iso's are 4.3 and ive never used the dvd-rw's
 
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wixostrix said:
to my understanding, your allowed to backup dvd for your own use as long as you have the original. i just hate buying movies and getting them scatch when other ppl watch them. thats why i want to make the backups and keep the originals safe.
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Well you are mistaken becuase thats illegal, it's illegal because in order to make a backup you have to break the copy protection.
 
Yea thats right, even if you bought the movie and want to back it up, if it has copy protection and you break it to back it up, its illegal to break
 
you could also argue (and it HAS been argued) that the encryption itself is a breach of the fair use policy, preventing people without approved hardware (the legal battle was with regards to linux) from viewing their dvd's, legally obtained or otherwise.

that's why programs to break the encryption are readily available, and completely legal
 
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