I have Magic DVD Ripper. I've only used it once to copy a movie to my hard drive. Today though I set out to rip a DVD of a favorite old TV show directly to my DVD burner. I have a DVD ROM and a burner. I set everything up, set all of my destinations and checked that I wanted it compressed on to the blank DVD (because it's 6.48 GB's if I don't) then I clicked start. Almost immediately I got an error message that said "Cannot create DVD directory" so I just changed my destination and it started to burn to my hard drive just fine. So is this whole ripping thing set up where no one can rip directly to a blank DVD? You have to rip it to your hard drive first and then burn it?
Hi, but that is usually the best and most trouble free way. Dvd fab platinum can do what you desire, but is another pay for program, from dvdfab.com Jo
Just wanted to say thanks for the recommendation on DVDFab. I have the program now and it works great, very fast and solid, no glitches and great video copying. To me that's much better than taking the long way by ripping, saving then burning and using two different programs!
To each his own. However, those who are most concerned about top quality of their backups typically use a multi step process to ensure that the best possible quality is achieved before burning to a disc.
I have always been concerned about top quality, not only in video but in audio. And while I'm no technical expert, I think I have a good ear for audio and a good eye for video. Having said that I think I can safely say that I have not noticed any apparent physical difference between a project that was burned from a ripped DVD that was first saved to the hard drive and one that was burned directly from a DVD. DVDFab just must be that good!
Well that depends on a whole list of variables and how you go about it. If you're using one-click mode and doing Movie Only, quality should remain pretty good assuming it is ripped cleanly. DvdFab is known for not ripping as cleanly as it's major competitor. Generally, ripping and burning on-the-fly is not the most recommended way to go about it as it does not provide the ability to A: preview the files before burning, B: remove additional unwanted items. Not to mention compression necessary to transcode the movie you're ripping and burning. This factor can be huge in determining the overall quality of the backup. For example, my typical process is as follows: Rip to HDD with DvdFab Process the files with VobBlanker to remove additional unwanted items and clean the ripped files up a bit. DvdRebuilder Pro to re-encode the files (which is a much better method than simply transcoding, especially for higher compression) to fit on a single layer disc. Preview the files to make sure i've got exactly what i want. Then burn with Imgburn. You'll find i'm not the only regular here that utilizes this process or one very similar with a single goal in mind; achieving top notch quality for our backups. edited: additional text and grammar fixes
