n00b Question about DVD burning

**_mattyboy_** · 10-08-2004, 06:40 AM

OK, I am likely to sound like the biggest idiot coming in here asking for basically how to burn dvds but here I go...

Ok, I got a new computer recently with a dvd burner (my old comp doesnt have one so its new to me) and basically I wanna know how to be able to make copies of dvds like make "backup" copies of the ones I own and or the local video rental shop.

Now I tried looking through some of the guides that were on the stickies but for some reason I would chlick the link and simply be taken to the forum index.

My dvd burner takes DVD+R dvds so I went out and bought a few blank ones. Then I went to burn a dvd (Van Wilder) and I used a program called "DVD X Copy Xpress" to do it. So I whack in the dvd, I say that I am burning the dvd for backup purposes on teh terms of use agreement and it starts uploading to my computer, then after a while its finished and I am prompted to put in the blank DVD which I do so and it burns with phenomenal speed and I exclaim "that was quick!" so I take it out and whack it into my DVD player and it hasn't burnt past the opening thing where it says like "tristar pictures" or whatever.

So what am I doing wrong?

If there is an answer in an old topic or a guide could you please give me the link because I couldnt find it using search.

**Adster** · 10-08-2004, 09:26 AM

shit IKE better fix the links up new boards screwed it up

Yeah i assume one of the guides you were trying to look at was mine??

Ill try and find search for it!!

**SingaBoiy** · 10-08-2004, 01:52 PM

Get 2 programs - DVDShrink and Nero. Install Nero before using DVDShrink. With DVDShrink you can change what sections of the dvd have more/less quality taken out (i.e. main movie isnt touched much but dvd extras are removed). You'll see how you can mess with it and all.

**_mattyboy_** · 10-09-2004, 12:08 AM

with x copy xpress, apparently it only burns the movie and not like the menus and shit or the extras (I don't usually watch the extras anyway unless they are interesting

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muchspl2 · 10-09-2004, 05:09 AM

question was answered in post 3

**_mattyboy_** · 10-09-2004, 06:44 AM

so is that just how you copy them?

Coos I though it would be just like using nero when you copy, like whack it in and copy straight to a blank.

Do I need to do more if it was copyrighted, like is it protected from copy or something?

Can I download DVDshrink?

**Adster** · 10-09-2004, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by _mattyboy_

so is that just how you copy them?

Coos I though it would be just like using nero when you copy, like whack it in and copy straight to a blank.

Do I need to do more if it was copyrighted, like is it protected from copy or something?

Can I download DVDshrink?

You cannot to that unless you haev a duel layed burner with duel layed disk which will cost about $50 each

a orignal DVD you buy a a store is a DVD-9 holes 8 gig a DVDr is 4.7 gig

you must use DVDshrink to compress it too fit on the DVDr

DVD shrink is freeware www.dvdshrink.org only about 1 meg long