DVD Back-up

[the_butcher]

Hope i'm not caught again to be promoting piracy this time, for it is the last thing in my mind.

I have original DVDs (collectibles, hard-finds) that i want to reburn. My ibook only houses a combo drive. do you know any place or shop here in manila, mandaluyong, makati or wherever that does DVD to DVD back-up?

In case there is none, how do i copy my dvd movies, audios to a VCD format? what software (freeware) do i use? how long will an average movie take? ilang CDs naman kaya magagamit k? is this worth the hassle?

Ty

[extremyks]

Check this previous thread for a link on how to back-up your collections.

Tip : You can use google to find the tutorials you need, just key in the right word(s)

[Henjie]

Originally posted by the_butcher
In case there is none, how do i copy my dvd movies, audios to a VCD format? what software (freeware) do i use? how long will an average movie take? ilang CDs naman kaya magagamit k? is this worth the hassle?

IMHO, it's better to just back up your DVDs to DVD-Rs or DVD+Rs. Encoding them to VCD format will mean a huge loss in quality. You will also lose the DVD menus, all those audio and subtitle options, etc. You'll need anywhere from 2 to 3 CDs per movie if backing up to VCD format.


~Henjie

[Mxzylplyk]

Originally posted by Henjie

Originally posted by the_butcher
In case there is none, how do i copy my dvd movies, audios to a VCD format? what software (freeware) do i use? how long will an average movie take? ilang CDs naman kaya magagamit k? is this worth the hassle?

IMHO, it's better to just back up your DVDs to DVD-Rs or DVD+Rs. Encoding them to VCD format will mean a huge loss in quality. You will also lose the DVD menus, all those audio and subtitle options, etc. You'll need anywhere from 2 to 3 CDs per movie if backing up to VCD format.


~Henjie

Problem is, he only has a combo drive

[Henjie]

Originally posted by Mxzylplyk

Originally posted by Henjie

Originally posted by the_butcher
In case there is none, how do i copy my dvd movies, audios to a VCD format? what software (freeware) do i use? how long will an average movie take? ilang CDs naman kaya magagamit k? is this worth the hassle?

IMHO, it's better to just back up your DVDs to DVD-Rs or DVD+Rs. Encoding them to VCD format will mean a huge loss in quality. You will also lose the DVD menus, all those audio and subtitle options, etc. You'll need anywhere from 2 to 3 CDs per movie if backing up to VCD format.


~Henjie

Problem is, he only has a combo drive

Yup, but I already U2U'd him about one of his options re: DVD backup service so no worries there (for now). :-)


~Henjie

[Dinkydoo]

While on this topic of DVD back-up, is there a way to do a multi-session data back-up using DVD-R? My Superdrive is the DVR-104.

I tried using Toast 5.2 to back-up a project file with 2.7GB folder size but the moment I hit "record" it does not give me the option to do Multi-session. Wouldn't want to waste the extra 2GB of space.

Dingkydoo

[Edited on 4-5-04 by Dingkydoo]

[extremyks]

Originally posted by Dingkydoo
While on this topic of DVD back-up, is there a way to do a multi-session data back-up using DVD-R? My Superdrive is the DVR-104.

I tried using Toast 5.2 to back-up a project file with 2.7GB folder size but the moment I hit "record" it does not give me the option to do Multi-session. Wouldn't want to waste the extra 2GB of space.

Dingkydoo

[Edited on 4-5-04 by Dingkydoo]

Read this review of Dragon Burn

Some say it works... anyone tried it?

[softwarewolf]

Hi all,

My humble way of saving and backing up DVDs is using OSex to extract the movie from a DVD as a VOB file, and then burning that to a DVD, or just keeping it in my hard disk (kahit medyo malaki yung file - usually 3 to 4 gig). I used VLC to play them.

Bawal ba yun?


Junjun

[Henjie]

Originally posted by Dingkydoo
While on this topic of DVD back-up, is there a way to do a multi-session data back-up using DVD-R? My Superdrive is the DVR-104.

I tried using Toast 5.2 to back-up a project file with 2.7GB folder size but the moment I hit "record" it does not give me the option to do Multi-session. Wouldn't want to waste the extra 2GB of space.

Hi there!

Toast 5.x/6.x don't have an option for burning multi-session data DVDs. Dragon Burn says it has support for multi-session DVDs, but it doesn't work. :-)

Dunno if there's an OS X burning app out there that has true (working) support for multi-session DVDs.

Originally posted by extremyks
Read this review of Dragon Burn

Some say it works... anyone tried it?

Tried it, it doesn't work. Either the app will crash after burning or you won't be able to eject the disc without rebooting your Mac like the MacWorld review said. Either way, the resulting discs are unusable.

Originally posted by softwarewolf
My humble way of saving and backing up DVDs is using OSex to extract the movie from a DVD as a VOB file, and then burning that to a DVD, or just keeping it in my hard disk (kahit medyo malaki yung file - usually 3 to 4 gig). I used VLC to play them.

Bawal ba yun?

It's legal as long as you're the owner of the original/source DVDs, and the DVDs are legit, not pirated. :-)


~Henjie

[Dinkydoo]

Thanks for the tips. Wont dare try the Dragon Burn. I am limited right now on my DVD-R disks and too much for the budget. Might as well upgrade to Toast 6, even if it does not support the multi session.

Henjie, did you sacrifice your DVD-R disk for the good of us all?

I think this limitation will be sorted sometime soon. hmmm. I wonder what's taking Roxio a long time.