Copying the Sopranos Box Set series 1

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  1. Shoey

    Shoey Guest

    Type 3. DVD is a DVD9 (double layer > 4.37gb) but maim movie + audio is > 4.37gb
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    With Type 3, you end up with Main Movie plus 1 audio track and re-encoding to a lower video bitrate is needed. In theory there is a drop in quality, in reality I'm unable to see the difference from the original.

    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62671
    Is this true?

    Shoey
     
    Shoey, Mar 26, 2003
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  2. fatboysyt

    fatboysyt Guest

    Ps. its ok to copy dvds but not software :->
    nice
     
    fatboysyt, Mar 26, 2003
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  3. loaded

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    IMHO if you do reduce a 6 or 7 GB movie only to fit on a DVD 4.36, then the file will be made smaller anyway by the deletion of unneeded audio tracks, which can be over 1GB anyway and some of the subs (a bit insignificant, but hey, it all adds up!). You are right, what is left is video and audio, the video is compressed, but in practice, tbh it usually makes little or no difference to the majority of users.

    I am quite happy with it :)

    Fatboy : We live in a digital age and have a right to back up out DVDs, although copying is illegal, both of software and movies. This Internet site does not endorse, or recommend the copying of this material for financial gain, or if it is not a legitimate back up of your own media. Furthermore, we rely on the goodwill of software developers to provide us with software to test, recommend and therefore support, which means YOU get to know what to use to do this. DO NOT ABUSE THEIR COPYRIGHT AND STEAL THEIR INFORMATION, because it affects us too.

    I hope I have made myself clear, the rules and regulations of this site are clearly displayed for all to see.

    Paul.
     
    loaded, Mar 27, 2003
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  4. fatboysyt

    fatboysyt Guest

    Yes loaded i agree with ur statement please forgive me for being an ignorant foolish and selfish man and i agree that if we the people didnt fund the sofware developers there would be no more high quality programs like
    dvd decryptor and dvd2one which i think is excellent

    thanks for your help though

     
    fatboysyt, Mar 27, 2003
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  5. Techzero

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    I was able to copy the Sopranos Box set by putting 2 Episodes on 1 DVD, the retail DVD has 4 Episodes per disc, I used DVD Decrypter to extract the VOB's and VOBrator to see which VOB ID's went to each Episode, then used IFO Edit to extract the ID's, after which 2 Episodes would fit onto 1 blank DVD-R aftre stripping out all of the extra sound tracks, sub titles, and menus. I attempted to encode the whole disc to a lower bitrate to fit all 4 episodes on 1 DVD, but the video quality ws far too poor to do it that way. I just bought some DVD cases that hold 2 Discs and it all worked out perfectly. Hope that this helps. If you need any additional info, LMK.
     
    Techzero, Mar 31, 2003
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  6. jaquestat

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  7. fatboysyt

    fatboysyt Guest

    thanks for the info
    im gonna try using dvddecryptor and new version of dvd2one which can now copy a full disk which is excellent im a loyal proud fan of dvd2one.

    any how ill try it very soon and post it see if it works.
     
    fatboysyt, Apr 1, 2003
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  8. Gogser

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    So the way Loaded describes in the DVD Decrypter / DVD2ONE 1.1.1 part of this thread is the best way to go? The only reason I ask is that I was looking to Back-up my Friends, Buffy & Angel (sad I know) and Sopranos (and eventually Band of Brothers when I get it).

    So will the way Loaded described manage all these including the Friends ones as the epsiode files would be smaller, I just heard that it was pretty hard for DVD Decrypter to recognise the files if they were smaller.

    Gogz
     
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  9. Gogser

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    Oh and I forgot to mention the Friends DVD's are only 3.6Gb at the most with 4 episode on each DVD so will this make it easier since it'll be a double sided DVD-5 or am I way off target?
     
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  10. loaded

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    You are way off target. If the original is less than 4.36 GB already, then you don't even need to process with DVD2ONE, just use the single program solution, DVD Decrypter.

    If your DVD is bigger than 4.36GB, however it is made up, episodes, menus etc, you CAN cram it all onto one DVD-R with DVD2ONE, but you will lose some video quality. How much depends on how much bigger it is. Think of it like a London Bus in rush hour. They are allowed to take 96 passengers. You can fit more, but it gets a little sweaty ;-)

    Paul.
     
    loaded, Apr 3, 2003
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  11. dharmon

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    techzero,

    What was the process for splitting a large episodic DVD disk into 2 DVD disks? I'm struggling with that now. If you compress a disk too much, it loses its integrity. I currently use the suggestions as put forward by Barry at this site for burning episodic disks:
    http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=146795

    Problem is, I want to split these into separate disks so the quality is maintained. I would DVDXcopy, but it doesn't even recognize more than half the disk. At least with the decrypter, dvd2one, ifoedit, and Gear I'm able to get the job done. I just want to be able to maintain a level of quality if possible. Thanks for your help. Is there a guide for doing this?

    Dennis
     
    dharmon, Apr 3, 2003
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  12. carlitob

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    Techzero, how did you do this?
    any tutorials anywhere?
     
    carlitob, Apr 9, 2003
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