What Software to Copy DVD?

SoAdCrAzY · 27 Nov 2011 at 10:06

I have been given a job to copy a holiday DVD to a few other DVD-RWs.

I'm not really sure where to start so thought I'd ask here what software could do this and what was the best?

Thanks.

Deception · 27 Nov 2011 at 10:09

imgburn is free and does the job. Just make an image from the original disc and then copy it to as many DVD's as you need. Also, with you creating an image, you will always have a back up on your PC

theheyes · 27 Nov 2011 at 10:24

ImgBurn

SoAdCrAzY · 27 Nov 2011 at 16:13

Deception said:
imgburn is free and does the job. Just make an image from the original disc and then copy it to as many DVD's as you need. Also, with you creating an image, you will always have a back up on your PC

Would they play in normal DVD players?

Thanks.

Paul11 · 27 Nov 2011 at 16:15

SoAdCrAzY said:
Would they play in normal DVD players?

Thanks.

yes, they would be identical to the original

you are basically making an image on your hard drive and then using that image to burn back a copy to DVD

SoAdCrAzY · 27 Nov 2011 at 17:25

Paul11 said:
yes, they would be identical to the original

you are basically making an image on your hard drive and then using that image to burn back a copy to DVD

Ok thanks a lot. I have Imgburn already which is good news.

alle · 27 Nov 2011 at 18:48

...Free Nero lite. Has a 'copy' function.

James_N · 27 Nov 2011 at 22:50

dvdshrink. thats free too

FredFlint · 28 Nov 2011 at 05:40

been using dvdshrink for a few years and its the best i have used. I use Imgburn to put the iso on disk after dvdshring has created it.

Deception · 28 Nov 2011 at 07:14

FredFlint said:
been using dvdshrink for a few years and its the best i have used. I use Imgburn to put the iso on disk after dvdshring has created it.

IMGBURN can create the image too, so saves on using 2 different programs

SoAdCrAzY · 28 Nov 2011 at 12:18

Bit of a problem when I tried to copy the image file to my computer.

Not quite sure what this means and what to do.

Thanks.

troops · 28 Nov 2011 at 12:38

ConvertXdvd seems fool proof, id use imgburn tho.

Deception · 28 Nov 2011 at 13:09

SoAdCrAzY said:
Bit of a problem when I tried to copy the image file to my computer.

Not quite sure what this means and what to do.

Thanks.

You may need to copy all files to a folder and then use imgburn to create an image from the files (add each file to the list, not the folder, otherwise it wont work when creating an image)

*Edit* If you click 'mode' at the of the main screen, you can choose build mode there.

SoAdCrAzY · 28 Nov 2011 at 14:23

Deception said:
You may need to copy all files to a folder and then use imgburn to create an image from the files (add each file to the list, not the folder, otherwise it wont work when creating an image)

*Edit* If you click 'mode' at the of the main screen, you can choose build mode there.

Thanks, I'll try that.

I've just selected all the files on the disc and am making a new .iso. Hope this works.

SoAdCrAzY · 28 Nov 2011 at 15:10

*bump* Halfway through the process I receive this error:

Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

steve1873 · 28 Nov 2011 at 22:43

I always used DVD Decrypter to rip DVD files to hard drive, followed by either DVD Shrink (if files were too big for DVD-9) or Nero. Haven't copied a DVD for a while though.

This may be against rules to post, so apologies and remove if necessary but I also used to ensure AnyDVD was running to ensure any copy protection was circumvented.

Davefran · 28 Nov 2011 at 23:00

Loads of guides on here

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdbackup#6;65

SoAdCrAzY · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:43

Davefran said:
Loads of guides on here

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdbackup#6;65

Thank you. I keep getting errors on DVDShrink about cyclic redundancy checks and errors on FixVTS saying that it cannot open the files.

Could it be because the DVD I am trying to copy is an old holiday DVD that was converted by a family member from a DV tape (or a camcorder tape) in the year 2000?

Thanks.