sizzler2, If you want to get it done for free, try this: Use DVD decrypter in file mode to rip all the video files to your hard drive. Here's a guide if needed; http://www.dvdshrink.info/dvd-decrypter.php Next: Get vovblanker here: http://members.aol.com/posunplugged/jsoto/VobBlanker_2100_exe.zip On your HDD you should have a VIDEO_TS folder created by DVD decrypter, run vobblanker and....choose.... [bold]Input Video Manager (VIDEO_TS.IFO) selection:[/bold] Browse to the VIDEO_TS.IFO file in the VIDEO_TS folder created by DVD decrypter and choose it. [bold]Vobblanker will load the files and warn you that there are unsupported multiangles in VTS_03_*.VOB and will be skipped, just ok it.[/bold] [bold]VTS_03_*.VOB represents the main movie and should not be skipped, in the upper half of the window click on to highlight VTS_03_*.VOB and then click the "process" button on the right side of the window to change the action from skip to process.[/bold] With VTS_03_*.VOB highlighted, look at the bottom half of the window, you should see: PGC# 01 Entry 02 Entry 03 Entry The top entry (01 Entry) represents your movie, the other two need to be blanked. Click on and highlight 02 Entry and click on the blank button on the right Click on and highlight 03 Entry and click on the blank button on the right [bold]Output Folder selection:[/bold] For output location just choose a folder to store the files vobblanker will create. I create a folder on my desktop and give it the name of the movie, I then create another folder within that one and name it VIDEO_TS (this is the folder you will direct vobblanker to store the files in). example: c:\desktop\Chicken_Little\VIDEO_TS Once all the selections have been made, press the big "PROCESS" button and wait unitl it's done. When it's done open the new video files created by Vobblanker with DVD Shrink and proceed as you normally would to reauthor, shrink and burn using your app of choice.
ICopyDVDs2 is a DVD backup/copy program that will do a good job, but it doesn't come with a built in decrypter, which means you can't make backups of DVDs you own if they're copy protected. Chicken Little is copy protected, so you're going to need a decrypter to use with ICopyDVDs2 like anydvd (not free) or DVD43(free, but not what I would choose). You might also want to checkout this plugin that is meant to work with Icopydvds2; http://www.booyakasha.biz/ anydvd; http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html DVD43; http://www.dvd43.com You might even be able to use DVDFab decrypter to rip the video files to your HDD and then let ICopyDVDs2 do the rest if it's able to open files already on your HDD??? OR You can follow the method I describe above, which will work.
