Posted: 3/27/2005 10:52:56 PM EDT
| Well I got a new computer and want to burn some DVD's. What programs do yall use to burn DVD's and rip movie DVD's? |
| Install DVD43 it will decrypt all current copy protection, install DVDShrink to shrink the movie to fit on a single layer DVD, install DVD Decrypter so that DVDShrink can utilize the burning function for the ISO image created. You now have the ability to open your DVD with DVDShrink and decrypt and burn any current copy protected DVD to your blank DVD. All of these programs are free. |
That's because you need a DVD ripper and a program that decrypts the DVDs. NERO is excellent. They just don't include the illegal software you need. 
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Will any of these programs change the region code? I bought a stack of DVDs in the U.S. on vacation, not thinking about the region problem (they're all R1, I'm in R3). I could easily view them by buying another DVD player for a mere $60, however.  These have all ben released everydamnwhere already; I don't see why they bothered to put a region code on Red Dawn (19 years old now) or The Patriot (10 years old) since region coding waas supposedly about rolling out movies at different times in different areas. (Why'd I buy them? Try to find *those* outside of WalMart. . . . Never did find They Live.)
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| DVDFab express, I use it to burn a working copy of every DVD right after I buy them. The platinum version can do 1-1 copying on either a SL (spans on 2 discs) or DL (puts it all on one disc). The express version will compress to 1 DVD, but even on a big screen the quality looks the same to me. |
| In order to go from VHS to DVD you have to run the VHS through a mini-dv camera. Then you need to use a program like WinDV to rip it to MPEG2. Once you do that you need to use TMPGnc to rip the mpeg2 into ISO format. Then you use TMPGnc DVD editor to create a DVD and burn it with NERO. |
That is one way. I record off my cable box using an All-in-Wonder card straight to mpeg2 then burn to DVD with DVD Architect (with menus). Simple. ByteTheBullet (-: |
+1 and regardless if the outcome, I reserve the right to backup all of my expensive and fragile media. |