Backing Up Episodic DVDs

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  1. mpc3739

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    I have a lot of TV show seasons and I want to back them up for play in a regular DVD player. I have read some of the guides here as well.

    All of the Seasons consist of 4 DVD9 discs. Since I have a DL DVD burner in my m1330, I can make a direct copy of each disc without any degradation correct? (menus and all.)

    Also how much space do Episodic DVD9 discs generally take up per disc? For example could I remove the menus and extra languages, and then have 2 of the episodic DVDs copied on to 1 blank DL DVD? (having 2 DVDs per season instead of 4.)

    thank you
     
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    I don't see an edit button

    Anyway I have seen TONS of programs recommended. Which one is generally considered the best for what I am trying to do? (episodic dVD, no compression.)

    Also Verbatim media is the best? What about sony DL discs?
     
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    I would say give dvdfab platinum a try, as it contains a 'merge' function to merge the files onto one disk.
     
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    And it comes with a free trial period. Use it first and see what you think before you purchase.
     
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    okay also please address my other questions if you can

    I have read alot about removing menus to get the size lower. If I remove the menus for TV show episodic DVDs, would it just play through the episodes in order?

     
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    If you're wanting to burn with no compression why would you want to remove the menus?

    EDIT: Pgcedit will remove menus.
     
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    I stated in the top posts

    I have 4 DVD9 discs for a season - I was wondering if with the menus and languages removed I would be able to fit the season on just two DL Discs.
     
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    Depending on the file size of each episode, stripping them down to the bare language, they should play one after the other with little to no compression on a dvd9 disk.
     
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    Just use DvdShrink's Reauhor mode (it's FREE) to merge the episodes together if you don't want menus and can remove unwanted languages. Set the Taret DVD size to DVD-9 under Preferences. You will soon know if there's any compression needed or not.
     
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    As long as the episodes are in order in the VOB file structure, they should play in that order.
     
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