thick newbie!

[danny827]

hi could somebody tell me can u make a perfect 1to1 backup copy of a dvd.i am thinking of buying a dvd+r and do not now the first thing about it.somebody told me i would have to rip the acutal film of it but none of the special feature would fit onto the backup copy due to the amount of data on the original dvd.plz help im going insane.i only want to have a perfect copy of my original dvd like i buy in the shops.also can i make perfect copys of ps2 and x box games.thanks in advance danny:doh: :doh:

[Jedi Master]

PS2 games you can make a 1:1 copy of.

DVD movies,if there dvd5(singler layer)disc's then use dvd decrypter,go Mode > Iso > Read.This will make a image that you then burn,this give a full backup of a dvd5.

If there dvd9(dual layer) disc's,well sorry mate unless u want to downsample the movie and the extras u aint getting the whole of the original dvd onto a dvdr.Its alot of work.

You could use a program called dvdxcopy,which will split the original dvd onto 2 dvdrs.

I myself just rip out the extras and menus.I rip the movie,DD5.1 audio and the chapters,then author those files and burn them.
This gives a basic backup of the movie,u put the dvdr in your player,the movie starts playing straight away.You can still skip chapters as the celltimes/chpaters are still there.

Xbox, ... to copy the originals you have to hook the xbox to your pc..... cant give you much more or how its done as i dont have a xbox.

[danny827]

thanks alot thats a great help , i will buy a dvd+r,would it be possible to sent me an idiots guide to ripping and copying dvds if not could u send me to a site that does.will send my email if u wish danny.p.s sorry to be a nuisance.

[Jedi Master]

This is a ood litle guide http://www.dvd2dvdr.com/

theres some more guides here

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdripping#dvd
http://www.doom9.org/

The first ones a good one to start off with, some of the other guides are good aswell.

But once u know what your doing its not that hard.