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11/17/2005 5:32:48 PM EDT
I got a Sony dvd burner. Now what? Whats the best cd's to get for burning? dvd -r? +r? +-rw? I'm soooo confused right now. What are some good links/sites for dvd stuff? HELP!


-Mac
11/17/2005 5:37:13 PM EDT
[#1]
Get DVDDecrypter and DVDShrink. Start with -R (most readable by older players) Burn at 4x regardless of what the DVD's say.

ETA you need NERO as well but it runs in the background.
11/17/2005 5:48:06 PM EDT
[#2]
www.afterdawn.com & www.vcdhelp.com

A lot of info for beginners on them.

Also you must use NERO or Roxio to actually burn the disks.  If you get a lot of failures it might be the speed you're burning at. Try a lower speed. Also what are you going to burn?? DVD's you rented?? or AVI's you downloaded???? If it's both you're going to need a bunch o' programs. You'll need TMPGEnc to convert the AVI to MPG then use Nero to put the MPG on a DVD. Instead of TMPGEnc you can use WINAVI not free but very fast!! To copy already burnt DVD's you'll need DVD decrypter + DVD shrink. All of this stuff is very complicated and you'll definatly need a newbie guide from the above web sites.
11/17/2005 10:15:27 PM EDT
[#3]


What did I get myself into......

Thanks for the links....

-Mac
12/10/2005 6:13:06 PM EDT
[#4]
I was using AnyDVD and CloneDVD for a while, but I was having some problems withthe last few I copied. I don't know if the copyright protection shit they put on the discs was upgraded to beat AnyDVD or something.

My friend says he still uses those two and has had no problems... but I don't know if he actually checks everything he burns. He's got shelves filled with spindles of copied movies.... he's kind of obsessive compulsive with the whole copying thing. He has the highest rental membership with Netflix you can get and goes through some serious money copying things as soon as they come in and sends them right back out.
12/10/2005 6:16:51 PM EDT
[#5]
i been having problems with newer movies using shrink and decrypter  
12/10/2005 6:41:32 PM EDT
[#6]
I just downloaded trial versions of Any and Clone DVD. I'll post a report when I try them out.
12/10/2005 6:48:33 PM EDT
[#7]
Try 1click dvd copy, think you can get a free trial, used to use dvd shrink & dvd decrypter and 1 click blows them a way. 1 click to copy and 1 click to burn
12/10/2005 6:49:48 PM EDT
[#8]
I started doing DVD's a few months ago and I have been able to do everything with DVD Decrypter and Nero...Once you do a couple It'll start to make sense...
12/10/2005 6:50:28 PM EDT
[#9]

Quoted:
Get DVDDecrypter and DVDShrink. Start with -R (most readable by older players) Burn at 4x regardless of what the DVD's say.

ETA you need NERO as well but it runs in the background.



+1

Follow this advice.
12/10/2005 6:56:25 PM EDT
[#10]
1 click to copy and 1 click to burn
do you need both of these?
12/10/2005 6:58:03 PM EDT
[#11]
Nothing better than DVDshrink +10000000000000
12/10/2005 6:59:05 PM EDT
[#12]
I use DVDShrink and Clone DVD, very simple to use, but the last few new DVD's had a newer type of copyprotection and I had to used DVDDecrypter first.