dvd burning

[smoochie78]

how on earth do you make a backup of a dvd movie?? they are like over 7gb???????do you have to rip?? can anyone explain how i do this please and what software to use


i have found the trhread saying about ripping, compressing, buring but not really sure about an exact process

is it better to get a few diff softwares, do some sometimes not work with some dvd movies/games??

thanks

[Monty Burns]

Your read [url=http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=50903]this thread ??[(url].

You have various possibilities burning dvd movie to dvd-r.

Either you use tool like DVDShrink to rip some extras, or leave the extras and compress the movie (i.e. reduce quality). The burn in to one dvd-r, e.g. with Nero.
Or you can use a tools, which lets you spread the dvd over 2 dvd-r's, e.g. DVDXCopy.

[Pop Smith]

DVD X Copy works great, if you get XPress or Platinum, you don't have to split it across 2 discs. The website says there is a loss in quality if you do this but, I only sometimes notice it when I am watching my backups on my HDTV on 480p res.