audiolab said:
Please accept my apologies if I read your post wrongly, just when you said the following;
I had thought you were talking about downloading movies which are copyrighted. I realise now you were asking how to make a purchased DVD into a smaller single file of the type you download.
As has been mentioned, making any copy of a copyrighted movie (even for backup) is also ilegal. However many people do this to view their purchased DVD movies on their IPOD.
I know you may have been thorugh this with the Police but I work for a company that specialises in patents and copyrights, from that I know and accept the law is grey in these areas. But to say that because you can use Nero to copy a DVD then it must be OK is absolutely wrong. Responsibility is with the individual and the makers of Nero have a disclaimer in the product that says its your job to check if its legal to copy or not. Usually it is use of the material (selling or sharing) is what will get you burned rather then the act of copying.
I think making a backup is tolerated by authorities but you can't turn the media into another format and then call it a backup. To call it a backup it would need to be an identical copy, (ie a DVD disc that you kept in case the original broke) turning it into an avi or mpeg makes it into a format that is easier to distribute and this would take it outside the "grey" backup area into the black of copyright breach.
I don't want to get into a debate about copyright or argue with you, but you must understand that because this is a forum owned by a company that sells the hardware that could be used for illegal purposes the rules are very strict about this type of thing.
I can only suggest you have a nosey round the hydrogen audio forums, there are a few tutorials on this very subject there.
No offence intended.
if the DVD does not have copyright surely its LEGAL to backup.. thats what i was saying... i know if the dvd has copyright any plonker knows its ilegal to copy/backup ect..
i did not say i wanted to CHANGE OR CONVERT THE DVD
ok i will explain and try and put in everything what i mean because on here if you say one little thing wrong even if its nothing to do with anything you will get a post back for it ..
Ok i went onto nero...Put a none copyrighted blade 2 dvd in... which i bought form a normall shop... for 6.99...i backed the uncopyrighted dvd onto my computer...i still have the original..so its only a back up and not going to be sold or anything . .(nothing ilegal upto now as far as im aware)
now onto the original question !!
...i am left with 24 files....there are 4 main files 500mb and 3 1gb ones....if i just click on the first main folder (1gb)...it plays, BUT as far as i know when you click on the first folder it automatically MERGES all the files into one.. to make the dvd again, so it plays like the normall dvd on the computer! i supose like a virtual drive kinda thing,
Now all i want to know if there is or is not any way i can tidy all them folders up by merging or some sort of sorting program (as you see nothing to do with converting or anything like that) so all legal
(all the other files i supose are all dvd features...sounds/menus/extras, ect)
so all in all.basically i just want to tidy my files up...if any of you have backed up before you will know what i mean by all the files
thanks and i respect your replies audilab and everyone else, dont think im trying to argue please
