Hello:
Let me guide you step by step in copying a DVD movie so that you can
play it either on a computer or on a DVD machine. This process is very
easy and doesn't need something very special.
First let me provide you the a short description of what happens when
we copy a DVD to another CD or another DVD. (please don’t be
intimidated by the very simple answer because I will provide you with
very easy to understand solution at the end of first paragraph.
The first step whenever we copy a DVD to another CD or DVD is called
ripping. Ripping is the process of encryption of the contents of CD to
Hard drive of your computer so as to let the computer understand what
contents are in the CD that you will be copying. (Ripping is done
automatically by a software so don’t worry).
The next step is to copy the ripped contents of DVD onto another CD or
a DVD and that’s your answer.
If you want to copy a DVD to a CD which you can play on any computer
or any other DVD drive, you should have:
1. A CD Burner
2. Software for burning the CD. ( needed to rip the contents of
original DVD )
Most of the latest computers and even most P3 comes standard with a CD
Burner. But if you don’t have one, you can get it from any computer
store from $25 to $40.
Next you need a software for burning the CD. The software for CD
Burners are cheap and they can range anywhere from $25 to $50 for a
standard one. I am providing you a list of most sought after
software’s in the industry that you can order online.
http://www.dvdsqueeze.com/
http://www.dvdecho.com/
http://www.dvdwizardpro.com/
http://www.dvdreplicant.com/
http://www.dup-dvd.com/
Please note that you can get CD Burner software from any local store
but I have tried to provide you the ultimate.
Now if you need the most advanced software in the market today, than
go to
http://www.321studios.com/
Buy it for $59 dollars. It is of the highest possible quality.
You will just need the above two things. Assuming that you have the CD
burner on your computer, you just need it buy the above mentioned
software and you are ready to go. The software will automatically do
everything for you ( including ripping and what not ). You just have
to follow very very very easy instructions.
Since copying a DVD might take 4 or 5 CD's, another alternate is to
copy a DVD to DVD. How you can do that? Simple. Instead of CD burner
you will need a DVD burner ( easily available ) and instead of a CD
Burner software you will need a DVD Burner software.
The only drawback to copying a DVD to DVD is that the DVD Burner and
DVD Burner software might be expensive. ( assuming you don’t have one
). SO WHERE TO GET THEM AND WHAT ARE THE PRICES? I am providing you a
link to a page that will answer your every question about the DVD
burners and DVD burner software
( including the best in the market ). ANOTHER THING. IF you don’t
understand my answer to the whole question just read the stuff in this
link. Believe me its simple as well as concise and answers your entire
question. The link is http://www.ps2empire.com/interact/dvdcopy/
Now something about the legal issues. There has been an ongoing debate
about copying DVD's. The US supreme court has not given any rulings so
far and the issue is still pending. BECAUSE it is really
controversial. Meanwhile anybody can sell and copy a DVD. SO YOU DONT
HAVE TO WORRY. (It is not illegal for now, Otherwise companies wont be
selling the CD burning software and you wont be able to buy them in
stores. It is a billion dollars market).
ANSWERING THE LEGAL ISSUE:
http://www.321studios.com/aboutFAQ.htm
Other DEBATES about IT:
A legal battle
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,105626,00.asp
Another question
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=13826
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES:
DVD Copy control Association
http://www.dvdcca.org/
The following keywords will also help you to find the relevent
software and other sources:
"copy DVD"
"DVD burner software"
"copying DVD legal issue"
Hope the answer will help you. Please clarify if you fing something
difficult. The researchers at google are here to help you and will
work with you until you are done. Thank You.
Sincerely,
leader-ga |
Request for Answer Clarification by
sixallens-ga
on
17 Jan 2003 20:30 PST
A very good start. May I have some clarification?
I just want to go DVD to DVD. So I guess the software recommendations
are the same as in your answer, as it is just making a file on the
hard disk -- then burning this file onto a DVD. Is that a correct
assumption?
Second, what would be recommended hardware for the burner? I did not
feel that the link provided helped here, especially regarding formats.
I am a little concerned about the formats available. -R, +R, -RW etc.
No need to give me the history of the names and what they mean, just
what is recommended. For example, Sony makes a new format +R/+RW and
is highly recommended, but it is expensive. Meanwhile some older -R's
are available for about half the price.
Bottom line, what DVD format will run on our DVD players? We have a
PS2, a pioner, and some computer dvd players. (Eg: a Sony CD player
will not play a burned CD -- I guess that is what happens when you
make and sell content and equipment that plays content.) Is that the
same with burned DVD's?
Thanks a lot. I think we are getting closer here.
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Clarification of Answer by
leader-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 08:57 PST
Hello:
Thanks for clarifying. I am sorry the link didn’t provide you the
required information. I assume that you want a DVD to DVD conversion.
Let me remind you that it can be a somewhat expensive choice but be
assured that it is also the most feasible as you will get to play
DVD’s on a variety of equipments with high quality results.
First of all, the DVD formats which you are rightfully concerned. The
best choice is DVD+RW format. You can also have a DVD-RW format but
this format might not be compatible with all of the devices. The
choice is yours but I will recommend the CD+RW. Another format that
you mentioned, ‘DVD/+R+RW’ is still in the initial stages, therefore,
some of DVD players and other electronics haven’t been configured to
run with this format. Forget all other formats. You will not get the
desired effects from them.
Now let’s come to the DVD burner and the DVD-ROM drive that you will
need. Let’s see which are of the highest quality and good priced.
You can buy a reasonable DVD drive from $40 to $100. Before buying you
should make sure that the DVD drive supports CD+RW or CD-RW. Here are
some of the shopping tips to buy Rewritable DVD.
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/bguide/0,guid,28,page,4,00.asp
As far as the brand is concerned it doesn’t matter because all of the
companies are regularly testing new technologies and so far there is
no monopoly or a clear winner. Ask others what they prefer. NOW IF YOU
WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST.
Let me recommend you to buy. The reason for this is that it is one of
the only DVD-ROM drives which can read all of the DVD formats (and one
of the only few DVD-ROM wof genuine quality which is able to read
DVD/+RW format) and is of the highest quality among the best, as
suggested by the laboratory tests
http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/computers/storage/story/0,2000023527,20266041-14,00.htm
Although a reasonable price may be $375-$425 but I am providing you
some links below where you can get it for $299 to $330.
http://www.dvd-gear.com/ricoh-mp5125a.htm
http://dvd-r.safewebshop.com/dvd_burner.html
You can shop around yourself to see if you can get a lower price. The
prices of other high quality DVD-ROM drives are similar but they
cannot beat the reliability of this DVD-ROM drive. It just makes some
noise when operating. In short, you will need a highly operational
DVD-ROM drive if you make a large investment.
Now come to the best DVD burner. Without any doubt the best in the
market which is of the highest quality, very easy to use (three click
solution) and reasonably priced is DVD X COPY from Studio321. You can
order it directly from their website at $49.
http://www.dvdcopyplus.com/index.htm?a=
You might also know that you can play the DVD’s that you create on
your PS2 instead of another DVD player (pioneer etc).
If you need to run the copied DVD’s on your computer and want the
audio and visual effects of the highest quality, please review this
page http://www.dvdadept.com/PC-DVD.asp.
Another useful page is located at
http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/computers/storage/story/0,2000023527,20266041,00.htm
Hope this will help. Please clarify if you have further questions. I
will be obliged to help you. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Leader-ga
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Clarification of Answer by
leader-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 09:01 PST
I am sorry. During the answer i didnt provide you the name of one of
the DVD-ROM. The name of the DVD ROM-drive is Ricoh MP5125A which you
can buy at
http://www.dvd-gear.com/ricoh-mp5125a.htm
http://dvd-r.safewebshop.com/dvd_burner.html
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Request for Answer Clarification by
sixallens-ga
on
21 Jan 2003 09:22 PST
Well, I was doing pretty good with that most recent clarification, and
was looking to put the information to work...until I ran into a
computer salesman who told me that only DVD-RW will work in commercial
DVD players.
I am thinking this guy is full of it, but is there any truth to that
statement. Also, may I ask if the person responding has actually
"ripped" DVD's in a manner similar to my question?
Thanks. I think this is the last point to clear up.
David Allen
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Clarification of Answer by
leader-ga
on
21 Jan 2003 10:08 PST
Hello:
Thanks for clarification. I will like to remind you that I dont mind
answering your questions as they are intend to help somebody who has
paid for the services and our job at google answers is to help the
cutomer.
First of all, the salesperson was right upto a certain limit. While I
was answeing your question, I had a little debate with one of my
friends who runs a computer software workshop. From our discussions,
it seems that DVD+RW is the best technology but recently DVD+RW disks
are having a few problems at the moment, as they are not faring well
with some DVD-Video drives and DVD-ROM drives. (They are still in the
development stage but are widely available). THEREFORE the only reason
i can understand of the salesperson telling you that the DVD-RW is the
only drive that will run is that he might want to tell you that DVD+RW
does have occassional problems. Any way, If that is so than just to be
on safe side, you can use DVD-RW. There is nothing wong with that and
it will suit all your needs. WHY I CHANGED MY RECOMMENDATION? just to
be on safe side. Otherwise the statement of the salesperson is wrong
but it is a good advice to use DVD-RW. Thanks. please let me know if
you have further questions. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
leader-ga
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sixallens-ga
rated this answer:
I found the answer to be slightly less than "ok".
The writer was exceptionally polite and careful with the response.
Also, very quick and responsive with follow-ups. All good attributes.
Needs work: The writer was a bit verbose, including many things that
I did not ask for (DVD to CD, the legal issues, player software, and
DVD ROM recommendations). One of the links was to a short overview,
with no new information. Another link to DVDXCOPY was to DVDCOPYPlus
-- ok, as both are made by the same company. Also, a teensie bit
annoying were the many references to whether or not I was following or
understood, or was confused, etc.
For my part, I wrote a lousy question. I should have been more clear,
should have mentioned that I have good systems (hardware and software)
comprehension, and should have clearly stated no interest in DVD to
CD. Last, I failed to include my question re DVD formats.
On my own, I found a great web site www.doom9.org that speaks entirely
to the subject of burning DVD's and provides several, hands-on
examples.
In sum, although very nice, I felt the writer had problems being brief
and getting to the point. I do not think the answer was worth $15.00,
especially since I found exactly what I was looking for on my own.
Thank you for your efforts.
DA |
