Suggestions for DVD (movie) backup software?

[jbmaps]

I've been trying to backup 2 expensive video DVD's (6.8 GB each) that I bought 2 months ago and I haven't been successful with DVD Shrink or some of the limited trial software out there for WinXP. Yes I'm a newbie to DVD backups but I've been trying to find something that is fairly flexible, yet easy to use, and works. I'm willing to buy some decent software but I would like to know that it's going to work well and do what I need it to do BEFORE I purchase it. Therefore I'm looking for suggestions from the members of this forum.

The 2 DVD's I'm trying to copy are not CSS protected but I would like to learn how to backup protected DVD's as well. DVD Shrink would not shrink them enough to fit on a DVD-RW disc.

Is it possible to backup a movie DVD to a DVD-RW disc and have it readible by my TV's 2 year old Toshiba DVD player? Or do I need to burn to some other type of recordable DVD?

Thank you in advance,
John, [email protected]
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[Luci]

hey.so there are lots of programs(dvdshrink as you said)but personally i use anydvd(discrambler)and clonedvd 2 combo.(they are different programs but work together)they are easy to use and the output is very good.

www.slysoft.com both are there

about the dvd-rw playback, it can be played if the dvd player supports dvd-rw

[spratster]

try downloads.com you can get trial versions of alot of good progs there ,try before you buy ;)

as for dvd player if it supports mp3 it should play everything you can throw at it !!! :D

[Luci]

mp3?he's talking about movie buckup in dvd-rw.some dvd players don't accept dvd-rw

[spratster]

what im saying is !!! if it is mp3 compatible then itll play anything even dvd-rw .........

[bandit-600]

i use dvd decrypter to copy the dvd to my hd (thus removing the protection) then dvd shrink to fit it to disc (complete movie or just the main film if you want) both these are freeware mrbass.org does great tutorials on both these progs and links to d-load them. and my toshiba dvd/vhs combo plays dvd-rws ok but can be funny about +r/rw discs