Still LMFAO, ddp. P T Barnum would be proud. As varnull stated early on woot!

Edit: @JT45 someone seems to have closed the secret thread, they must have enough paid help now. Bummer! You should have been here yesterday. You should also beware of copying the red DVDs as they have an embedded chip that phones home when copied.

Hell I got a 1000.00 dollar bouns with i opened this thread garmoon vvvvvv

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/622748

After my 100th post, I won a trip to Hawaii.. .. . ;)

And I thought I was doing super!

Originally posted by Gottawin:

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After my 100th post, I won a trip to Hawaii.. .. . ;)

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But I thought you lived in Hawaii?

I don't live there, but I might consider moving after a few more AD bonus checks. .. .. :)

Originally posted by Gottawin:

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After my 100th post, I won a trip to Hawaii.. .. . ;)

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After my 1,000th post, they sent me a lollipop! :)

Originally posted by JT45:

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CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHERE TO GET.....

Try here

http://www.macrovision.com/

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Oh, iluvendo, that was Just Evil of you to direct anybody to the Macrosucktion website for info on backing up JT45's dvds! (Jeeze, you trying to scare our newbies off???) :)

JT, if you're still out there, (as mentiond above in different places), I think your best bet is some combination of DVDFabDecrypter and/or DVDShrink and/or AnyDVD+CloneDVD, but you'll have to learn how to use these programs. I use 'em all the time. It ain't particularly hard - you'll get used to it.

Best place to learn 'em is, of course, right here at A/D (shameless plug).

I find that today though, with many many current DVDs, not even CloneDVD or DVDFab can get "past" the horrific new waves of crippling "Copy Protection" (which I call 'copy corruption') which the DVD makers keep coming up with.

Good luck; take yer time; and above all - Have Fun!

-- Klingy --

A_Klingon

thats why i made this thread vvvv

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/622748

Originally posted by ZoSoIV:

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A_Klingon

thats why i made this thread vvvv

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/622748

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Yeppir. (Saw it already), and it contains a lot of very good and appropriate links.

(Thank you).

sure was glad to do it,being its asked a number times a week so it saves alot of new thread from opening

I love this place :{)

Hi Klingy.Thanks for info on DvDs,I tried the DVD fab no luck at all with it and then the any DVD I tried burnin a dvd with Any DVD and it burned the disk but no picture.it is poor quality software no support and hard to understand when using it,maybe cause its the trial version I don,t know..??But so far no luck with getting a DVD recorded yet????HELP!!???Thanks JT

What exactly is the problem ?, it couldn't be easier; in DVDFab HD Decrypter, choose either Full Disc Mode or Main Movie Mode. That rips either entire DVD or Main Movie to the hard drive.




Don't use AnyDVD and DVDFab together, it has to be one or the other..
If the movie is bigger than the size of a blank dvd then it'll need shrinking in some way. I'm confused by your last post ie i don't know if you've ripped the disc/movie ok or not, never mind the burn stage..

I burned the whole thing and it went to temp folder I know that then I went to burn it and it recorded it but it did not play on comp. or my home DVD player.I,ll try it again and then I will fine tune everything and let u know exactly what it is doinf.Another question why cant I burn these to a DVD RW disk.I just want to do a few practice runds to make sure it is workin right.Does not seem to work on DVDRW.But I tried the DVD R and still didn,t work.??????

i'm trying to do my homework a little more, but i still need a little help. dvd shrink doesn't work right with vista. was introduced to imgburn by you guys and it works great. just need to get by the copyright and i don't have any money. seeing how most of you guys haven't found that secret thread that pays so well, can you lead me to the freeware section for vista. wish i still had my old computer xp works so much better. thanx again, i know you guys are the best at this.

@JT45

You can burn these to DVD-RWs. What movie are you trying to backup? Use the guides that ZOSO sent you too. Also don't use burn when you mean rip, it can confuse. Burn is for the actually putting the data on the blank. Since you've got the trial for anydvd, close DVDFab(disable it)and use DVD Shrink and burn the DVD after Shrink has done it's thing with Nero or ImgBurn or DVDDecrypter. There is no learning curve for AnyDVD just let the program run in background-If you want it really easy download DVD Clone free trial from Slysoft also and it will shrink the dvd and burn it all in one. Both the free trials are full programs and work just like you paid for them. You could also Buy the DVDFab Platimum program and it will do the same as the 2 slysoft products for a lot less. You need as many programs as you can afford and learn to use them all. Just in case! Now take some time and read the GUIDES before you start another project. How old is your DVD drive? It may have problems. I would think yours is a simple new-user error tho. This is not rocket science and you too will figure it out soon. Good luck. Stick around and have some fun here with the rest of us twisted people! :)

@nookie25

Dowload DVDFab Decrypter, a free ripper, that'll get by the DRMs.

http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm

Hi Nookie-U cant download dvd fab dycrypter anymore they stoped it,the link u took me to was an old forum outdated.???????

Ever since I went AnyDVD/ImgBurn, to rip and burn, respectively, I have had 0 problems... I rip the entire DVD to my HDD with AnyDVD, and then using build mode with ImgBurn, output the contents of the VIDEO_TS folder to the DVD. By the way, if you want to avoid compression and enjoy the movie in its full resolution, use double layer DVDs. I use Verbatim DVD+R DL. NewEgg.com often has mail in rebates on cake boxes of 20, for around $32.00. May be a little pricey, but avoids having to do the extra step of compression.

thanks guys for your help. what would i do without you. one thing i need to do is start studying your glossary. i've been using the wrong words and confusing people who are trying to help. slowly but surely i'll get it. just ripped and burned my first movie in a long time. it's good to be back. now i don't have to worry about the kids ruining my movies.

JT45 you can still download dvdfab decrypter. garoon has the site on a reply on this thread. i think it's http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm
the program works great and it's easy. one step and it does the rest. i have one drive and i didn't have to go back and find files so i could write it on a disc. it remembered everything for me and just told me when to put the disc in. i was done with everything in about twenty-five minutes. good luck

JT45, you just hang in there! - The first time you are successful, and you get a perfect copy to play on your dvd player, you will know that all your perserverance was worth it. (And it *does* get easier).

DVDFabDecrypter is simply FABulous! For simple rips of the *entire* disc, the FREE version is entirely A-OK. This program is constantly being updated and improved by it's developers, and doesn't cost a thing. (The free version doesn't have any 21-day time limits or anything like that, and is *always* downloadable).

Without going into specific details, to be successful, here is what you must do:

1) - RIP your DVD into a Folder on your hard drive. In other words, make a folder on your hard drive, and tell DVDFabDecrypter to store your DVD there. (Just follow the program's prompts, and fill in the blanks - use your mouse to search for the folder you have made).

2) - COMPRESS what you have just ripped *down* to a size that will fit onto a single DVD disc blank. This step is necessary because 99% of retail DVDs these days, take up twice the space that is on a simple, inexpensive *single-layer* blank DVD.

If you can find it (it's out there, trust me), the simple and *free* solution to compressing that DVD folder, is to download a copy of DVDShrink. This program will easily knock-down the BIG DVD-rip that you just made, to a comfortable size. Just be sure to tell DVDShrink to compress down to... "DVD-5" size. (That means, single-layer).

3) Burn the now-compressed files (which will now reside in a separate folder) onto a new, blank disc.

I always use NERO for this. (I have never tried to use AnyDVD to burn anything, but I guess that would work fine too). NERO seems to come bundled (free) with just about every cd/dvd burner you buy these days, but you can always download a copy from their website, too.

THAT'S IT! (Whew!) And that's just _one_ way you can do it. For me, it's about the simplest.

I understand your reference to blank, re-writeable discs. If you should bugger up <I have many, many times>, you can always just erase the blank disc and start again, thus avoiding wasting a write-once-only disc. You should be able to use rewriteable discs.

Bear in mind, it will take quite a bit of time to *compress* all those big (ripped) files down to proper (burnable) size - you just have to be patient.

Trial-&-Error. Trial-&-Error. Learn from your mistakes, (and *don't* be afraid to make them! - It's just part of the learning process. Hang in there, JT - you're gonna DO IT !!!

-- Klingy --

Creaky...

That was a *terrific* screen-shot. Thank you for helping JT.

(She?) is just trying to make a Fair-use back-up of her store-bought dvds so she can prevent the kids from destroying the expensive originals. I see nothing wrong in that.

-- Mike --

Thanks soooo much Klingy I just printed all these instuctions out u typed .I,ll go do this now and get everything downloaded .,I gotta go pick up blank disks also.Can u use DVD RW.I got those now.????It seems like everytime I tried to use those in the past they never worked will they????I want to practice,now.???????Also I have windows XP and 3.20 Gig processer and 3 gigs memery I am set to go as far as comp is concerned and 145 gig Hard D.,?????

jt, what make of dvd disks are you burning to such verbatium, memorex(hopefully not) or what?