Hypothetically Copying DVD's

**Sniper** · 8th May 2005, 11:57

Hey Guys

Maybe someone knows this, but say now someone hypothetically wanted to copy a DVD with copy write protection on it from its CD to a laptop so that it may be transferred to another CD for "back-up" uses. What program would one use to bypass or override the copy-write protection?

Not that I would ever do such a thing but I need to keep my mind occupied

Sniper

**pyrocam** · 8th May 2005, 12:01

hehe.
www.vcdhelp.com
in particular

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdbackup

**BNZ** · 8th May 2005, 12:27

easy as program to decrypt is

http://www.dvddecrypter.com/

**riffer** · 8th May 2005, 12:27

The best program around for creaing archival backups of DVD's for your own use would be DVDShrink, IMHO.

In order to get around the copyright protection laws, this program ONLY allows you to extract the information from a DVD to a VIDEO_TS folder on your hard drive, but the information it extracts is absolutely original, and you have the options of changing your compression settings to enable it to fit on a 4.9GB DVD.

If you have Nero, you can use that as a DVD duplicating engine for DVD Shrink - by selecting the program in the preferences for DVD Shrink, you can extract data and create another DVD at the same time.

Otherwise, you can extract data to your hard drive, and use any program which will create a DVD to create one using the data from the VIDEO_TS folder which DVD Shrink created.

DVD Shrink will remove encryption and region encoding too.

Or you coul just buy a REALLY big hard drive and watch on your computer.

Your choice really.

BTW DVD Shrink is Freeware.

I can thoroughly recommend it. Runs on Windows 2000 and XP.

**Sniper** · 8th May 2005, 12:42

Thanks Riffer

**Teflon** · 8th May 2005, 14:35

Dvd Shrink has problems with Dvd's with copy protections (e.g Without a paddle movie).

I use DVD X Rescue (for copy protections or problem dvd's), came with DVD X copy Platinum.

DVD Decryptor is good. Had problems backing up 'Pamela Anderson unsensored' with Shrink, used decriptor for this, burnt perfectly.

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th May 2005, 14:40

I use DVD Decrypter to copy to hard drive, then DVD Shrink to 'back-up' on a blank disc. Works for me.

**SPORK** · 8th May 2005, 20:36

Ah, it's been a while since I used it but I am also a DVDShrink fan. In fact, it may of been Riffer that reccomended it to me...

But anyway, yeah, it rules. At one stage my hard drive was full of DVDs... Umm, all legal of course!

**danb** · 8th May 2005, 20:51

Uggg.... Just get 2Mb Jetstream and download it from the net - takes a few hours.

Go DC++

**geoffm** · 8th May 2005, 21:42

Originally Posted by Sniper_CBR

Hey Guys

Maybe someone knows this, but say now someone hypothetically wanted to copy a DVD with copy write protection on it from its CD to a laptop so that it may be transferred to another CD for "back-up" uses. What program would one use to bypass or override the copy-write protection?

Not that I would ever do such a thing but I need to keep my mind occupied

Sniper

assuming you have a DVD writer...
I use CloneDVD which will transcode 8Gb dual layer DVDs into the 4.5Gb single layer ones for your Dvd writer. you can take out subtitles, audio tracks, languages, etc to tweak the tradeoff between quality and features to suit. Dead easy and works. Another alternative is DVDshrink, which is similar, alhtough I haven't used it
If you have problems with copy protected disks, use AnyDVD, which makes any disk look unprotected to any program you have running. Works a treat as well.
DVDx is good if you want to transfer your DVD to CD (ie SVCD or Video CD).
If the DVD you have is small enough to fit on a single layer disk, or is a copy protected audio disk, or you are well heeled and can afford dual layer disks, Alcohol120% is a great program for copying disks. Won't transcode DVDs to fit on a smaller disk however, whcih CloneDVD will do.
Geoff

**Biff** · 9th May 2005, 17:13

Yup - I 'would' use Clone DVD to copy them, and DVD Shrink to squeeze them onto a disk.

**FEINT** · 9th May 2005, 19:05

Use DVD Shrink to rip and DVD decryptor to burn. So far haven't had any problems. I did use DVD X copy and didn't like it. Had some problems with the software itself.

With DVD shrink you can also set the compression of the video / audio. This allows you to make menus smaller and leave more space for the video / audio.

**RiderInBlack** · 6th July 2005, 22:32

What files can you dump from a DVD if DVD Shink cann't make it small enough for a 4.7Gb DVD, and still be able to run the DVD on a Normal DVD player? On one of the DVD's I was "Backing Up", it was still 5Gb+ after shrinking. Dumped the forgern languages, but it was still too big. Dump the DTS files to make it small enough for a 4.7Gb DVD but don't know how this will effect the sound quility. Any Ideas?