On a few occasions I have tried to back up a burned DVD. I assumed it would be as easy as drag-drop to desktop and burn or perhaps even create an ISO image. The protection had already been removed the first time i burned it (using AnyDVD and DVDShrink) or so I thought?... anyways I get one error or other. A.) is there something easy I am missing? B.) do I have to use AnyDVD and DVD Shrink AGAIN? and if so... will it compress the video again? (i dont want to further degrade the video quality if I can avoid it) any help is appreciated... THANKS!
The most important part of re-ripping backups is media quality. You want high quality media,4x burnspeed max,and every background app turned off on the original backup copy.This copy must be as error free as possible.I also keep the first backup copy at a reduced 4360 mbs as the backup target. I use anydvd only when it is necessary,otherwise leave it turned off. Dvd shrink will use 100% of your processor to analyze and encode to hard drive. Single dvd-rw drive: Re-rip it just like you'd do any other original dvd you copy.No compression is needed because it should be a 1-1 copy,but dvd decrypter may be quicker. Dvd decrypter: Mode- ISO read to hard drive/ Mose- ISO write-locate file and burn. Dual Drives: Nero copy disc or anyother copy disc program like sonic or roxio. Dvd shrink: just like a normal backup Dvd decrypter: Iso read and Iso write. Whichever way you do it,the quality difference should not be very noticeable.Re-ripping back to your harddrive is the safest,just takes a few minutes longer than on the fly with copy disc programs. Also burner quality can also be a factor.
like what?,read errors i just converted and copied a movie,and played it back in a standalone the damn thing was stopping/freezing etc....bad disk unfortunetly,all i had to work with was this bad disk so,all i did was,as a last resort to try and salavge the damn thing dvd decrypter MODE/ISO/READ,...."check ignor read errors" it took some time for it to read as an iso,but it got there burnt it to a fresh disk,and what do you know? perfect....so i'm happy at least so that is one method of saving a damaged disk
i use good quality media as in Taiyo Yuden and have NO problem copying a backup on the fly using nero burning TYGO1 at 4X max. and the TYGO2 burning at 6X max. the trick is using good blank media in the first place period
Thanks for the info! I will re-rip is and keep an eye on the compression. In addition, I may also clear my 120GB external and use it as a temporary back-up bin for the ripped versions. You guys Rock -Brian
