Copying DVDs?

[Winston001]

did no body think when they were typing that they copy dvd's? 1 this is an illegal thread and yeah do what you will with your time but if anyone cop wise gets a sniff of it then a few could be in trouble.

No argument with that but the internet has thousands of posts and articles on how to decrypt - and almost all are anonymous. A recording company could try to track individual people down through forum registration but the time and effort isn't normally worth it. Instead they go after the program writers and websites which host the software. And if its in Rumania then..........

SimJen


Not really correct. The differences are minimal. I've had minimal problems with DVD+R's.

Fair enough and the ability of machines to read the various formats is getting better all the time. However it can be confusing for a novice to be confronted with DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD RAM , RW etc so the conservative position is DVD-R by a small margin. But I agree that DVD+R is fine too.

[YellowDog]

Once I have permission from the owner of the material, I use DVD DeCrypter to get the image off and then DVD Shrink to put them on a new DVD. But then I've been doing it for years. I agree with the other posters that later versions of DVD Shrink should do the whole lot for you.

[YellowDog]

Being law abiding citizens, we always get written permission from the copyright owner, or we just don't do it.

[Disco Dan]

Theres always one that throws a tanty about it being illegal... *rolls eyes*

"Gordian Knot" is by far the most comprehensive utility for ripping and encoding I have found. Allows you to specify the size of the finished movie to fit on whatever media you choose. You can also play around with subtitles and sync the video-audio up if they drift off etc which is handy for some dodgey movies. It is fairly complicated at first but once you get your head around it, it allows you to do so much more than DVD-Shrink etc... Which FYI has a very poor encoder compared to the Gordian Knot system.

PM me if you would like a copy.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

If I was interested in 'backing up' any dvd's (commercial or otherwise) on my Mac, I'd use a freeware program called Mac The Ripper to rip the file onto my hard drive - it apparently allows the 'ripee' the ability to do away with un-needed soundtracks, subtitles and extras etc. Then I'd possibly use Toast Titanium to burn the said 'back-up' copy. Alledgedly, it works flawlessly. Theoretically speaking of course.

[bull]

If one was inclined to backup a dvd, itheyd probally use DVD Shrink, use it to remove all the languages except english and drop video quality down(about 25min). Then use Nero to put it on 4gb DVD (6min), so its not too long a process if someone was to do it. Oh and then one would probally go here http://www.cdcovers.cc/ to get a cover and print to put into blank case(from warehouse) if inclined to do so.

[Disco Dan]

If I was interested in 'backing up' any dvd's (commercial or otherwise) on my Mac, I'd use a freeware program called Mac The Ripper to rip the file onto my hard drive - it apparently allows the 'ripee' the ability to do away with un-needed soundtracks, subtitles and extras etc. Then I'd possibly use Toast Titanium to burn the said 'back-up' copy. Alledgedly, it works flawlessly. Theoretically speaking of course.

Yeeas I 'heard' that is possible too

I really dont want to pay for Toast though, Does Toast Titanium include the 'jam' add-on?

For those not clever enough to have bought a mac yet "toast" is like saying "nero". You can get Toast with jam, which is the DVD add on I believe.

[lb99]

Slysoft - AnyDVD (Removes copyright protection etc)
CloneDVD2 to do the encoding/compression.
Works a treat.

I second that, it works well, I even use transonic dvds with no problems, although ripped dvds dont seem to play on a ps2

[iwilde]

Region free and clonedvd. Those two are all you need. PM me if you need help

[Indiana_Jones]

Even if you're coping a few DVD's for yourself, they're hardly gonna bust your door down to come and get you (they're too busy looking for speeders).

They really want the people that make 20+ copies to flog off



-Indy

[Winston001]

...............although ripped dvds dont seem to play on a ps2

Er......well they wouldn't would they? I mean, that's naughty. Mr Sony couldn't possibly agree to you making a backup.

I suspect you may need a mod chip in the PS2?

[lb99]

Er......well they wouldn't would they? I mean, that's naughty. Mr Sony couldn't possibly agree to you making a backup.

I suspect you may need a mod chip in the PS2?

ermm.... didn't mr sony invent the mini disc player?, where do you buy pre recorded mini disks from??


I always thought that was a tad hippocritical, Sony spewing about ripping cds/dvds, and marketing a device that requires you to copy stuff to it to enable you to use it

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Yeeas I 'heard' that is possible too

I really dont want to pay for Toast though, Does Toast Titanium include the 'jam' add-on?

For those not clever enough to have bought a mac yet "toast" is like saying "nero". You can get Toast with jam, which is the DVD add on I believe.

Dan I think the latest version of Toast does (v8.0.1). It also supports burning to Blu-Ray drives, for those early adopter millionaires amongst us