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Pieces Hit
1/10/2006, 01:32 PM
I of course would never ever never make illegal copies of DVD's.

That disclaimer aside, if I wanted to burn backup copies of my copy protected DVD's, what program would you recommend?
TopDaugIn2000
1/10/2006, 01:36 PM
Alcohol


as in:
Alcohol Software
Alcohol 120% can handle the creation of 31 virtual CD and DVD-ROMs, allowing the user to play discs without needing the physical disc. Users can copy CDs and DVDs to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW discs. The reading speed of a virtual CD-ROM is 200x. It supports normal CD, DVD, and CD RAW subchannel reading methods. The RAW reading method enables users to emulate all CDs. Alcohol 120% supports numerous CD (CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, VideoCD, Photo CD) and DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio) formats and all current (ATAPI & SCSI) drives. The latest version adds two more profiles to the data type options and includes support for unusually formatted DVD+RW discs formatted by other software.
crawfish
1/10/2006, 01:36 PM
Post. Reported.

To the MPAA.
Pieces Hit
1/10/2006, 01:40 PM
Does said Alcohol have deencryption software built in or is that another program?

I read it was a new law that they couldn't sell them packaged together now.
TopDaugIn2000
1/10/2006, 01:42 PM
Honestly I don't know. I used it a long time ago and didn't get all that into it.
TopDaugIn2000
1/10/2006, 01:43 PM
It's free to try.
Pieces Hit
1/10/2006, 01:45 PM
Can you make me a copy? :)
TopDaugIn2000
1/10/2006, 01:46 PM
lol
don't have it any more.
www.download.com
SicEmBaylor
1/24/2006, 10:04 PM
http://www.dvdshrink.org

Works perfectly. Haven't had a single problem making a perfect copy yet.
oumartin
1/24/2006, 10:09 PM
the version of alcohol i used needed the seperate software!

I just play the movie into my video editing software using stand alone dvd player and capture it. then play it back into my component dvd burner.
SicEmBaylor
1/24/2006, 10:59 PM
the version of alcohol i used needed the seperate software!

I just play the movie into my video editing software using stand alone dvd player and capture it. then play it back into my component dvd burner.

No need to do that. Seriously DVD shrink is a piece of cake to use as long as you have enough space on your HD (about 4 gigs). It rips the CD onto your hard drive which you can then burn onto a DVD. If your existing software won't burn a movie from your HD then you can download the free version of Nero which works just fine.
oumartin
1/24/2006, 11:00 PM
thanks, i may have to try that.
Ike
1/24/2006, 11:00 PM
I second DVD shrink.


the only caveat. its illegal in the US.


it violates the DMCA by employing DVD decryption before you make the copy, thus rendering it a 'circumvention device'.
SicEmBaylor
1/24/2006, 11:40 PM
I second DVD shrink.


the only caveat. its illegal in the US.


it violates the DMCA by employing DVD decryption before you make the copy, thus rendering it a 'circumvention device'.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I'm horrified. Allow me to officially say in writing that I have DELETED said software from my hard drive and burned any copies of CDs that I copied even though they were copies of movies I already owned!!!
Czar Soonerov
1/25/2006, 12:00 AM
DVD X COPY PLATINUM (http://ts.searching.com/search.asp?h=2E30AEADECD94DC288F1291C227E07EF&query=DVD+X+COPY&submit.x=0&submit.y=0)
SoonerWood
1/25/2006, 12:12 AM
I had a bad experience with Alcohol 120% and it required a full hard drive reformat. Just sayin'
soonerboomer93
1/25/2006, 12:29 AM
I had a bad experience with Alcohol 120% and it required a full hard drive reformat. Just sayin'

any time you use software to create a virtual drive, you run that risk. I never had problem with Alcohol 120%
OUAndy1807
1/25/2006, 01:14 AM
do you have to install Nero for DVD Shrink to work?
SicEmBaylor
1/25/2006, 01:18 AM
Not if the software you use now will burn a CD from the files on your hard disk
OUAndy1807
1/25/2006, 01:26 AM
aw, I think I figured it out. It's not as easy to use as one click-dvd copy, but Shrink just made a copy of a dvd I've been meaning to back up that crashed one-click about 5 times in a row.
Okieflyer
1/25/2006, 08:09 AM
http://www.dvdshrink.org

Works perfectly. Haven't had a single problem making a perfect copy yet.

This is it. Works great!
Sooner_Bob
1/25/2006, 08:50 AM
DVD Shrink is great for getting rid of the extras that you don't ever watch and I haven't had any issues backing up stuff with it.

DVD Decrypter works just fine as well . . . it can create the video/audio folders for you or an ISO of the disc.