Legally Copying a DVD

foozball3000

foozball3000

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I have a few dvds at home that I use a lot, is there a way to copy/clone them? So that the copy is used instead, keeping the original locked out of reach of housemates. I'm not keen on my original copies being scratched...

In this scenario, according to Copyright Law, it is not illegal.
But finding software that can do the job is a bit harder...

Any help or advice on this?
 
dvdshrink should do the trick to back up your own disc(s), although it compresses it to a single layer disc
 
DVD Ripping and Back-up... and Video Tools..

Check out this all in one solution...
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm

Free DVD Backup Software...

1) To make a backup of a DVD to another DVD...
Install this program first... it will remove the copy protection and macrovision while you decrypt... (and will also allow you to watch region protected discs in the future)...
http://www.dvd43.com/
When you have that installed, then use DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD to your hard drive...
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/
Once you have it ripped to your hard drive, use DVD shrink to make the image smaller and turn it into an ISO file that I can fit onto one DVD... Note: you have to select ISO image as the target file from the drop down menu.
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/
Once you have the ISO image you can use this program to burn it back to a DVD...
http://www.imgburn.com/

2) To Rip a DVD to an AVI file...
The free version of this program Fair Use Wizard can rip any DVD to a 700 Mb AVI (XVid) File... with just one click...
http://www.fairusewizard.com/
but.... I find I get a much better quality rip, when I follow these steps...
i) Use DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD to your Hard Drive.
ii) Use DVD Shrink to make an ISO image of the DVD, but turn the compression off completely, in other words, the ISO image will be an exact image of the DVD. Also enable the two extra read options in DVD Shrink to get a better quality image, it is slower, but it pays off. Put that image on a different drive to the one you are going to rip to.
iii) Now use Fair Use Wizard to rip from that unencrypted image in your hard disk. You will get a very high quality rip with no artifacts and no "streaking".
Compare that to a rip straight from the DVD and you will see what I mean. Of course the quality of your DVD drive and speed of your processor is also a factor. 3.0 Ghz strongly recommended!
Here is a guide for Fair Use Wizard... if you need one...
http://www.mediafire.com/?uluiwhkxetc

3) To turn video files back into a DVD...
http://www.dvdflick.net/ or here http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick/
Tutorials here...
http://lifehacker.com/software/dvds...t-any-video-file-to-a-playable-dvd-232322.php
http://lifehacker.com/5082262/how-to-burn-any-video-file-to-a-playable-video-dvd

Here is a Tutorial on how to Back-up a DVD using DVD Shrink...
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9425/How+to+Use+DVD+Shrink

...and a tutorial on backing-up using Auto-GK...
http://dailyapps.net/2008/08/hack-attack-how-to-create-axxo-quality-dvd-rips/

A nice list of Free Media Converters...
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-free-media-converters-for-windows/
 
Thanks, I'll check it out tonight. :)
I have a Dual Layer Writer. And paying R15 per disk is hella lot cheaper than replacing a DVD. :D
 
Garyvdh said:
DVD43 will do it for Free ;)
Click to expand...

Sigh... I'll have to use windows to copy it then :)

(I looooooooove Ubuntu's burning software... its simple and fast)

While we're on the toppic. Windows won't read my Dual Layer Writer properly. If there is a disk in, it shows it in my Comp. But when you try to open it, nothing happens other than you can hear the DVD Rom reading like a maniac. If you eject the disk while in Windows... the PC reboots. I tried Re-Installing drivers... didn't work. Ubuntu on the other hand has no issues with the DVD Rom... :confused:
 
foozball3000 said:
Sigh... I'll have to use windows to copy it then :)

(I looooooooove Ubuntu's burning software... its simple and fast)

While we're on the toppic. Windows won't read my Dual Layer Writer properly. If there is a disk in, it shows it in my Comp. But when you try to open it, nothing happens other than you can hear the DVD Rom reading like a maniac. If you eject the disk while in Windows... the PC reboots. I tried Re-Installing drivers... didn't work. Ubuntu on the other hand has no issues with the DVD Rom... :confused:
Click to expand...

is there a firmware update out for the DVD drive?
 
Garyvdh said:
use this program to get your firmware info... and then google for that.
Click to expand...

Well, that still doesn't work... but I get the general line where I should go look.
Once a dvd is in .ISO format, Ubuntu can burn it to the disk.
So, Until i sit down, format my Windows (It's way overdue for one), and then fix my firmware... Ubuntu will do all the work :)
 
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