How do you COPY things?

[Fortitude]

I have a Pioneer DVR-A05U, but I have no idea how to do anything with it. I can't seem to do anything with this hunk of crap, and it costed 700 dollars.

These are the questions that I have:
1. What programs would I need to backup a movie?
2. Can you use normal CD-R's to backup movies?
3. How do you get around the fact that most movies are 6gigs and most DVD-R's are not even close to that size?
4. Is it even possible to make a perfect 1:1 copy of a movie?

[dusted]

if u did a search the answers to all your questions would be revealed.

visit www.dvd2dvdr.com for a basic guide.

other sites to check out are doom9.net & www.vcdhelp.com.

[Fortitude]

I've already been to all of those sites and it still didn't help...

[psx_paul]

Answers below in red

Originally posted by Fortitude

1. What programs would I need to backup a movie?
dvdXcopy www.dvdxcopy.net

2. Can you use normal CD-R's to backup movies?
Yes it you convert them to VCD/SVCD - sites as listed in above post

3. How do you get around the fact that most movies are 6gigs and most DVD-R's are not even close to that size?
strip out unwanted parts or copy them to 2 discs (dvdXcopy does this for you)

4. Is it even possible to make a perfect 1:1 copy of a movie?
DVD5 films you can backup to a single disc
DVD9 films you can either strip parts out or backup to 2 discs
www.dvdXcopy.net for best software around at the moment

[dusted]

then maybe u should read those sites so u can find the guides.

But since i'm feeling nice as it's new years eve i'm gonna answer your questions.

1: DVD Decryptor - to rip the movie to the hdd
SubRip - to rip the subtitles (optional)
DVD2AVI - to rip the audio stream from the ripped vobs
VFAPI - to create an AVI file to import into CCE
CCE - to reencode the movie so that it'll fit onto a dvdr
DVD Maestro - to author the movie

2: Yes u could but if u want to keep the same quality as the original it'd go over 6 cdrs.

3: You reencode it with CCE.

4: Yes, only if it's a movie on a single layer disc.

There r other ways that use different software. That's the software that i use. Usually it takes about 4 hours to do a movie if reencoding is required.

And hey look what i just found on doom9.net...

DVD-9 to DVD-5 "full copy" instructions

[BG]

Originally posted by dusted
then maybe u should read those sites so u can find the guides.

But since i'm feeling nice as it's new years eve i'm gonna answer your questions.

1: DVD Decryptor - to rip the movie to the hdd
SubRip - to rip the subtitles (optional)
DVD2AVI - to rip the audio stream from the ripped vobs
VFAPI - to create an AVI file to import into CCE
CCE - to reencode the movie so that it'll fit onto a dvdr
DVD Maestro - to author the movie

Just wondering..... Why do you need all of these programs to copy a dvd movie???

I copy movies all the time and use DVD Decrypter and IFO Edit and RecordNow Max to burn..... No need to create a AVi file and re-encode or anything....

Just asking why all the other stuff....Not trying to be an ass, I'm just curious....

[dusted]

so what happens BG when after u strip out everything with Ifoedit ur left with a 5Gb movie?

i've only used ifoedit back when i was starting out and i didn't like it at all.

i do my way cause i read it in a guide tried it, liked it and liked the results.

[BG]

Its very simple.... You split it to 2 dvd-r's..... So you still have the same picture quality and audio quality....(and it doesn't take long at all)

Like I said, I didn't mean you were wrong, I just wondered why??

[dusted]

fair enough i'm not a fan of disc swapping
i originally did it this way cause i wanted to put 2 movies on a disc

[BG]

I don't like disk swapping either, but since I have found that there are not very many that wont fit on a single DVD-R, I'll live with swapping just a few....

Just curious, how is the picture and audio quality or the dvds you do that way... Since I have never done one that way, I may have to give it a try just to see....

[dusted]

with audio there is no quality loss, u aren't modifing the audio in any way.

with video there can be depending on how it's done
i reencode it using variable bitrate settings calculated so the reauthored movie fits into 4.37gb

only in fast action with lots of movement and explosions could u see any quality loss. Even then on the movies i've done u can't tell a difference.

I've done Saving Private Ryan and people that've watched my copy have been blown away by the quality of it. Especially the opening D-Day scene.