OK MY COMPUTER I DIDN'T THINK IT HAD A DVD DRIVE I COULD BURN W/ AND THEN I SEE A PROGRAM ON MY COMP TITLED DVD-RAM. THE FOLDER ON MY COMP LABELED DVD-RAM HAS THE FOLDER DVD-RAM DRIVER IN IT WHICH THE PROGRAMS IN THISFOLDER ARE : DVDForm WPTOOL I HAVE A TOSHIBA SATELLITE M35X-S390 LAPTOP AND I WANT TO COPY DVDS.. CAN I DO IT WITH THE RAM DRIVE AND IF YES DO I HAVE TO INSTALL THE DRIVER (IS THAT WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE FOR)?
Hello & welcome to AD. First, Please no caps. It's like you're about to go postal. Second, Just get dvd decrypter and dvd shrink off the software tab at the top of the page. They're found under dvd rippers. They are great "free" programs that most beyond newbie status know how to use. Also utilize the "guides" tab as much as possible. As far as your dvd-ram drive is concerned, I haven't a clue. You could 1. get the aforementioned programs 2. learn how to use them 3. rip a movie 4. get a blank dvd and try to burn it. If it works, You have a burner. You may also need some kind of virtual drive (Like found in Nero)If you want to make ISO images as opposed to ripping Files. If you dont have one (virtual drive) use file mode on decrypter and use "open file" in shrink. Shrink will spit out an ISO image that can then be burned to a 4.7 disc. (assuming you have a burner) use decrypter in ISO write mode to burn.
if you burn to a dvd-ram disc, you're movie won't be compatible with 99% of the players/drives out today. you need to get yourself a good +r/-r eternal burner and you'll do fine.
Deadhead 7, Het there, one of my friends has a Toshy Satellite wit a DVD-Ram drive, her's is a DVD+-R (not dual layer though) and DVD-Ram, tou will be able to burn DVD+R and DVD-R discs as well ans the more expensive DVD-RAM disc. Hope this helps. M
There are many DVD formats available which can cause some confusion. Even the names can be misguiding. To make things worse some stand alone DVD players can only play some of the formats. Commercial DVD's are burnt on a dual layer DVD. That is the disk has two layers. This allows the movie people room to have a movie and all the other junk on one DVD. Until recently home users were restricted to single layer burners so some compromise on qualaty vs quantity had to be made. Newer burners can now burn onto dual layer blanks. These are the current formats that are used. Refer to your DVD drive and/or player to see if it is compatible with each format. [bold]DVD+R[/bold] Single layer DVD that can only be recorded to once. favored by stand alone DVD recorders [bold]DVD+RW[/bold] Single layer DVD that can be recorded on many times. [bold]DVD-R and DVD-RW[/bold] An opposing format to the + type and the most common used format for burners. Playable on most DVD drives and players. These formats store 4.7 gig which is roughly half that of a commercial DVD. In most cases a movie without the menus, frills and extras will fit without having to reduce the quality. [bold]DVD-Ram[/bold] This format was devised mainly for storing large amounts of data and is re-recordable. Support on stand alone players is limited. It's main stregth is when used on a computer's DVD drive it can behave like a hard drive. [bold]VCD and SVCD[/bold] Formats that allow video to be burnt to a standard CD that can be played on most stand alone DVD players. [bold]DIVX[/bold] A format popular in Japan and commonly uses for transfering across the net. Can be burnt and played on a CD burner and some stand alone DVD players. The latest is dual layer disk which can store nearly as much as a commercial DVD. Hope this helps. The whole DVD thing is a mess due to competing formats. Oh for a single standard.
