Copying a dvd to desktop

[pixelsyl]

Good afternoon all,

I have widows xp with a cd burner. Is it possible to copy a dvd to a cd or to my desktop. I don't have a dvd burner but wondered if there was a way to copy the dvd to my computer. Thanks in advance.

 

[jancz3rt]

Hmmm

I am not 100% sure about what you mean but as far as I understand it, you would like to copy a DVD to your HDD so that you can watch it anytime you want? I would create an ISO image which I would then load up in Daemon Tools' virtual drive. There may be other ways as well but I am not aware of them.

JAN

 

[Praetor]

I don't have a dvd burner but wondered if there was a way to copy the dvd to my computer

No. Not without a DVDROM or DVD burner

 

[pixelsyl]

thanks for answering. Sounds a bit technical for me. Basically I want to copy a dvd to my desktop. I don't have a dvd burner, just a cd burner. Any ideas.

 

[Praetor]

thanks for answering. Sounds a bit technical for me. Basically I want to copy a dvd to my desktop. I don't have a dvd burner, just a cd burner. Any ideas.

Well if you found my answer originally too complicated:

"It's not doable"​

 

[pixelsyl]

Praetor,

I did not see your post before I replied. Thanks.

 

[jancz3rt]

So...

You can get the film you own on "your desktop" by getting someone you know do you a backup copy of your film in DIVX or XVID (One 700MB CD or more if desired). This would therefore compress the movie from the DVD format into a format that is smaller and mainly readable by your optical drive. Otherwise it's a NO-GO.

JAN

 

[Geoff]

You can only copy a dvd using a dvd burner or dvd rom drive.

 

[Bunchofstuff]

you can go get a cheap dvd-rom drive for about 20USD , or a used one even cheaper ,or just pick up a dvd burner for about 50USD, then you will be able to do what you want

 

[Geoff]

Lets say you buy a DVD-ROM, you need to get a program to copy the DVD, and when you find one of those, you can just view it on the computer (I've tried and it skips chapters randomly and voice/audio are out of sync), you would need a program to recode/reauthor it and then burn it to a DVD.

 

[jjsevdt]

It's easy. If you get the harware, come back and play again. I'll hook you up. I've burned everyone of my 300 DVDs in my collection and they play beautifully.

 

[flip218]

Lets say you buy a DVD-ROM, you need to get a program to copy the DVD, and when you find one of those, you can just view it on the computer (I've tried and it skips chapters randomly and voice/audio are out of sync)

I guess my question would be .. What program are you using to rip and also to play? My ripped movies play perfectly fine w/ PowerDVD.

 

[pcmagic]

DVD - Rom = Is only able to play dvds and cds
but in the other hand a
Dvd - Burner = is able to do everything play / burn dvds and cds

So you can get your movie onto file on your hard disk with a programe no problem if you have a dvd burner.