starting out... can someone please help!?

[Yelram]

I'm just getting a dvdr and it's coming with no software... can someone tell me what I'll need to do to backup my dvds? I'd like to back them up with the best sound/video quality possible on one disk. Is there a tutorial around or someone that can help me out?


also, is there a 'best' kind of dvdr disks that i should be using?

[bighap]

CloneDVD2. Tutorial here (http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59975) and Ritek dvd-r.

[gh0sth@cker]

DVDShrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org) is an alternative - and it's free.
For the pro there's CCE (very hard but offers best quality) - although there is a "one click" CCE program being developed here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72691)

[Sams choice]

This software is the best I've used to date http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/InterVideoDVDCopyPlatinum_Profile.jsp for backing copyright movies onto a single blank DVD-R disc for use on most home DVD players. DVD+R disc tend to be much less compatatable with home players although you can do both types of formats with the software plus it can do SVDC, VCD, DivX, and M-DVD formats also.

Ritek is the best quality Blank DVD media I've tried so far.

[MisterDVD]

as your just starting out, i think dvdshrink 3.1 and recordnow max is the way to go, dvd shrink will alow u to rip existing, silver/pressed/original dvd's and allow u to burn them with recordnow max with no probs whatsoever. theres tutorials all over, just search google

[Dal]

Hi,

I would get yourself a copy of NERO6 and dvd shrink.

They both work together really well i just stick the original in my DVD ROM and a blank DVD-R in my burner and let it do the rest. DVD shrink will encode the movies make it region free and then boot up nero and burn it to a disc. It will even shuit your pc down for you afterwards.

Dal