DVD X Copy XPress

EVOEvo · #1 06-09-2003, 20:13

have u guys tryed this program yet my friend has it it copys a dvd and makes it fit on 1 dvd-r and still plays in dvd players and i think in a ps2 and its very easy to use no ripping or this and that just put in the movie hit start then it will say insert dvdr and u hit start and it burns and ur done simple as that u can get the tril at download.com

kooldraco · #2 06-09-2003, 20:34

wrong forum, but to answer your question, yes i have tried dvdxcopy xpress and it is very easy to use, but Instantcopy 7/8 and dvdshrink3b5 (this one is free) provide much better video quality when transcoding is necesery.
there are actually a lot of tools that allow you transcode and of course re-encode (like CCE) for much better quality.
have a look here a big forum dedicade to all kinds of DVD stuff.

EVOEvo · #3 06-09-2003, 22:10

is it alot of stuff to do or do u have to rip it to hard drive and stuff last prog i used was dvd decrypter and it was a job trying to figer out what settings and i need a codec and alot of bs which was not even wroth the time to do and aftr all that it took along time to rip the movie

EVOEvo · #4 06-09-2003, 22:13

o and 1 last ? how hard is these to use im very new to copying dvd movies and kinda slow about all this i read on doom9 but alot of it dont make no sence i will try and find were to download the progs u told me about and try and figer it out

kooldraco · #5 07-09-2003, 09:13

-firstly lets not use the word copy, copy sounds to illegal, lets use backup
-instantcopy will not rip movies and will not work with encrypted video so you do have to use dvddecrypter (or similar tool), however when it comes to video quality, this is the best one click tool to use.
-dvdshrink3 beta5 comes second in video quality, and best of all it's free, this tool will rip and decrypt movies so you don't have to use anything else.
-the first time you do anything will always be hard, it's just like anything else, after you do your first backup with whatever program you use, it will be sinch after that
-also search for guides/tutorials on doom9, i'm sure you'll find some

EVOEvo · #6 07-09-2003, 14:22

last time i used dvddecrypter it took 2 hours and was not even 1/2 way through doing what it was doing so i said hell with it and cancled it out i didnt want the movie that bad and my friends 1.8 gig pc he said it takes him about 5 hours to rip a movie i cant do it that long cause i need the pc to do other things im going to try dvd xpress and if it looks and sounds ok i will use that if not i will just buy the dvds i want used its not a biggy

kooldraco · #7 07-09-2003, 15:02

no way 5 hours, there is something way wrong there, I got a 1.8gig chip and 16x dvd-rom and it takes around 20 minutes to rip a dvd9 (around 8gigs).
make sure there are no scratches and such on the dvd and makes sure you unlock the dvd don't just put it in and begin ripping put it in and play it a little with cineplayer or windvd then close you dvd playing software and begging ripping
ripping should not take more than 30 minutes.

"if not i will just buy the dvds i want used its not a biggy"
the help you receive here is to help you protect movies/games that you legally own, not to copy stuff you don't own, so don't say stuff like that..........this is a none warez forum

EVOEvo · #8 07-09-2003, 16:29

ok i used dvdxpress to copy fats and the furious it loads great great pic and all but like on track 18 it locks up i dont know what went worng it was a wide screen movie maybe i have to change it to full screen

kooldraco · #9 07-09-2003, 16:51

- I doubt widescreen had anything to do with it, most of the movies i backup are widescreen

-did you backup the full dvd or movie only? I do movie only (much better results)

- give dvdshrink a try you could get it here: http://www.dvdshrink.org
after u pick a language a new window shows up click on "where" (on the bottom) then way on the bottom click on "DVD Shrink 3.0 Beta 5" to download.

EVOEvo · #10 07-09-2003, 17:13

it did the movie it left out all the extras i guess to give it more room so looks like it would all fit on it i will try dvdshrink if its not alot of stuff to do just to make the dvd

EVOEvo · #11 07-09-2003, 17:16

o an one other thing whats the best program to use to burn ur dvds back on dvd-r i got record now max , primo dvd and nero right now

EVOEvo · #12 07-09-2003, 17:27

man this this progrm if hard to figer out it dose not have a help file and dose not tell how to use it i get it were it says 4.551 mb which is 4.5 gigs but yet it still says that wont fit on a dvd im like wtf that got 200 mb extra how could that not fit i cant figer how to get rid of the menus and sub titles and carp

kooldraco · #13 07-09-2003, 19:39

actually 4.5gig is like 120mb over…… here are the specs:
Blank DVD-R 4,489MB = 4,706,074,624 bytes or 4.383GB
Blank DVD+R 4,483MB = 4,700,372,992 bytes or 4.377GB

so basically on a dvd-r you can only write 4,489mb of info which is equal to 4.38gig, even though they advertise as being 4.7gigs they are only 4.38 gigs or 4,489mb

dvdshrink will work with 4,464mb giving it 25mb for chance of error (most programs do this they just don’t show it)

dvdshrink is not hard to use: if u want to backup the movie only do this

• Make sure u have dvdshrink3 beta 5 and put the dvd on you drive
• Open up shrink, hit the “open disk” button and choose your drive
• Hit the “re-author” button and new window will popup
• From your original window under “folder structure” there is a movie folder just drag the main movie to the other window (to the folder structure part)
• You can close your original window, if you have multiple movies under folder structure then delete the ones you don’t need (right click, delete), sometimes they put extra features or a second movie (fullscreen/widescress) in there too.
• Choose the audio and subpictures (subtitles) you want to keep
• Under video just keep it in automatic it choose the percentage necessary for the dvd to fit
• You can also press the analyze button for a deep scan which will take about 25-45 minutes (depends on how long the movie is), this will significantly improve the video quality (I only use it if compression percentages is lower than 70%)
• Hit the backup button and choose a folder to save to and wait for the files to be created

Now burning

• RecordNow max 4.5 is the most efficient program to use (under default settings)
• Create 2 folders on your desktop one called “VIDEO_TS” and the other “AUDIO_TS” (without the quotes and note the CAPITALS and underscore)
• Put all the files created by shrink on the “VIDEO_TS” folder, once there u can use any dvd playing software to see the results before you burn the movie to a disc
• Open up recordnow and choose a data disc (close the wizard), hit the “add files and folders” button and add the 2 folders, yes the “AUDIO_TS” folder is empty, but some dvd players will not work without it, do not just put all the files on the root of the dvd because it won’t work
• Burn and you are done.

EVOEvo · #14 07-09-2003, 21:23

well i did something on there and it took 80 mins to do like decodeing or encodeing or something then aftr it got doen it started doing it over again and was going to take another 80 mins till i cancled it that was way to long aybe i did it worng i will try ur method

EVOEvo · #15 08-09-2003, 05:48

ok i got the movie to copy it plays all way through and stuff but for some reason in my apex 3 disk changer it plays but has some stupid guy talking all through the moive telling ever thing i h8 that but it plays just fine in my ps2 i dont under stand that at all did i do something wrong is there way to get rid of that carp for good on the dvd cause i dont need that on there i just want the movie an opioins ?