[inxz]

Hi all,

Just like to find out any one out there ever try the app
"Fast DVD Copy". I heard its a one click programe & don't
have to got thru' the hassle of using several apps (dvd2one
& DVDbackup & DVDimager)
I heard from friends that "Fast DVD copy" took long time
for optimizing & it wasn't as fast as it application name.
any comment would be appreciated.

Regards

inxz

[mitchell_pgh]

I still fully believe in using DVDbackup to get the CD on to my HD and then using Handbrake.

I encoded the Matrix revolutions and the quality was amazing (but large). It gives you basic settings and isn't slow.

Technically you could use only Handbrake, but I don't want to copy the DVD from the DVD disk as it's slow, I would rather encode directly from the HD.

[Kenneth]

^^
ditto
without pay a dine.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by Kenneth:
^^
ditto
without pay a dine.

Also, if anyone recommends an application where you pay, be skeptical. I also don't believe in the six/seven application method to treating a movie. I don't have the time to save a few MB or to eek out a smaller file size.

If you want super control over the production, use something more advanced. I honestly feel handbrake is a hidden treasure. An application that permits you to create a high quality mp4 with the click of literally 4 buttons (and that's with special features) is in my opinion... near perfection.

[ryarber]

What is the best way now to backup old DVD's onto DVD media? I was trying to use DVD backup and toast before, but it was just too painful and it wouldn't let me copy some of the movies because they were too large for the media.

[bbales]

I was looking at Handbrake, and the FAQs specifically mention that it's NOT for copying DVDs. So I guess I'm a little confused as to how people are doing this, using this software.

Sorry if this is a dumb question -- but I see recommendations all the time for Handbrake and I guess I just don't understand exactly what it does.

[::maroma::]

Originally posted by bbales:
I was looking at Handbrake, and the FAQs specifically mention that it's NOT for copying DVDs. So I guess I'm a little confused as to how people are doing this, using this software.

Sorry if this is a dumb question -- but I see recommendations all the time for Handbrake and I guess I just don't understand exactly what it does.

Handbrake doesn't duplicate DVD's. It takes a DVD and converts it to MPEG/AVI file. It's great for making any size video you want from a DVD. I use it quite a bit when renting movies. If I don't have time to watch the movie I rented before I have to return it, I rip a copy and watch it later.

[bbales]

Well, that would be useful, given the number of times I return a movie before I get to watch it!

But it sounds like people also use it to compress it and then burn said movie (or whatever) onto their own DVDs. Is that possible? I'm not sure I'll ever do it, but I'd like to know. (If my kids ever found out I could make copies of DVDs then I'd be in murky waters, ethically speaking.)

[ryarber]

I'm also in the dark as far as handbrake is concerned. What I read says that it converts dvd's into MP4/AVI format. MP4 is not readable by DVD players. Is AVI another word for MPEG 2?

My situation is that I have 3 kids and a DVD player in the car. The kids always scratch up their movies and are unuseable after about a month. I'd just like to have a backup copy in the car and keep the original in the house in case I need to make another copy. I don't care anything about pirating movies.

Also, some movies seem to be larger than the 4.7 GB I can get on a DVD. Is this what DVD2oneX is for? Does it compress the files more so that I can fit them on one disk?

Thanks.

[Uncle Skeleton]

Originally posted by ryarber:
Is AVI another word for MPEG 2?

No.

Also, some movies seem to be larger than the 4.7 GB I can get on a DVD. Is this what DVD2oneX is for? Does it compress the files more so that I can fit them on one disk?

Yes. No. It removes some of the (arguably) redundant data from the MPEG-2 bitstream making it more efficient. To say it compresses the files implies that the video data is decompressed and then recompressed at a higher ratio (and lower quality.

[mikemako]

I have been using "Fast DVD Copy" and I find it very elegant and useful.. 1 click and it's done. Doesn't rip/burn all DVDs though, it can't do it if the DVD is larger than 4.7 GB. I've only run into this problem with 1 DVD so far.

[stuffedmonkey]

Best solution I've found on the mac so far is MacTheRipper>DVD2One>Toast....

But I use this otherwise junky pc I built to do all my dvd chores - cause the dvdShrink/nero combo can't be beat!

[stuffedmonkey]

Now that I think about it - you really want to check out dvdrhelp.com - they have all the info on backing up disks.

[brokevespa]

Once a DVD is on my HD, it takes Handbrake about 4 or 5 hours to convert it to AVI on my G4 ibook (800mhz). Is this normal?

Thanks...

[::maroma::]

Originally posted by brokevespa:
Once a DVD is on my HD, it takes Handbrake about 4 or 5 hours to convert it to AVI on my G4 ibook (800mhz). Is this normal?

Thanks...

That sounds about right. It takes my 1.3GHz G4 tower about 6 hours or so to rip a DVD from the DVD disc.

[bbales]

Well, I finally used Handbrake and I guess it did the job! I think I might have done a few things wrong. I had a DVD backed-up copy of Mash, season 4, disk 1, on an external hard drive.

I used Handbrake, and it got turned into a movie file (mp4). That took more than 4 hours.

Then I dragged that into Toast and burned a DVD of it. That took another 4-5 hours.

There are no menus on it -- so I don't know if I did something wrong or stripped out the menus when I originally used DVD backup (that was quite a while ago and I just don't remember what I did then).

quality's not great, but it's bearable. But I tell you -- if every DVD would take that long, the life of a pirate is not an attractive one! And this was not my DVD, so I am pirating it. Not going to be making a habit of it, though...

[aschexl]

OK I have

Handbrake
MActheripper
dvd backup
dvdremaster


What's the EASIEST way of copying movies?
I need a tutorial too, thanks!!!

total noob here