hello, i'm a brand new noob at burning dvds. i have a daughter at home who likes to scratch our dvds and tries to take the dvd out of the case and destroys the dvd. I would like to clone that dvd on a dvdr or rw so i don't have buy another. i've been doing some research. payed programs don't bother me as long as it's not over $120 US. i've been seeing a lot of clonedvd / Anydvd positive input. however i heard from feedback that the quality of the image isn't as good as other programs. I've noticed dvdfab platinum is another great program especially for scratched dvds. some say dvd cloner is great and others say it's not. If i burn these dvds, i prefer quality. Burning speed is not an issue. some people say you need an encoder (CCE or Procoder, aren't these programs expensive?) to have a good quality image (is it worth it.) also, is burning a dvd on DL better for quality images as well (dvd9 to dvd9, u need DL is what i understand.) can clonedvd burn on a DL? i know there's a lot of mixed opinions, but what do you think is best for me? is the quality good enough w/ just clonedvd and anydvd or is there something better that i've missed?
Your best burning options, payware or freeware, are listed with links and guides in this thread: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/622748 As far as optimal quality goes, there are several different options available to help maintain good quality. Removing encryption and burning to a DL disc prevents the need to compress. However, good DL blank media (Verbatim are the best) are more costly than your typical single layer blank disc. Personally, i don't burn DL. I use DvdFab Hd Decrypter, FixVts to clean it up after ripping, Dvd Shrink, and ImgBurn as my typical process. I've noticed very little visible loss in quality. You could utilize the freeware method of you choice, ripping Movie Only, thus creating less to compress and use Dvd Rebuilder to make sure you have good quality. Use good blank media. Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. Burn at half the speed of the disc. Typically between 4x and 8x works best. Hope that helps and welcome to aD.
I never notice any quality problems when "ripping" unless your multi-tasking, decrypting and or burning at a high speed. All the programs you mentioned work well, but why pay for some software when the ones you've mentioned will do the job. You can find guides for whatever software you pick to walk you through the process and have you on your way to a backed up movie collection.
If you don't mind paying, i would go with dvd2one/anydvd. dvd2one handles compression better than clonedvd2; picture quality wise. you can always use vobblanker(free) to take out whatever you don't want.Now, you don't need to pay, because; fabdecrypter/shrink/IMGBurn all free, can do the job with great quality output.
DvdFab Hd Decrypter, FixVts, shrink, and ImgBurn sounds like the way to go. dvd rebuilder, is it worth the time to fool w/ due to the quality of the image is better compare to the other programs mentioned in the 1st sentence. plus it sounds like you need an encoder to go w/ it which sounds spendy like CCE basic or Procoder. HC is free when getting dvd rebuilder but is it reliable and effective as CCE basic or Procoder.
i use Rebuilder for any movies under 90% compression; i mainly use HC encoder but sometimes use CCE. It's most definitely worth it, provided you have a powerful enough machine; to summarise, one of my old machines (P4 2.4 for example) would take 5/6 hours to do 1 movie in Rebuilder, and my new Quad Core Q6600 (not overclocked) takes roughly 45mins edit- for anything over 90% compression i use DVD Shrink; either way i use DVDFab HD Decrypter (free) to rip, or DVDFab Platinum which i recently purchased (though i've not tried Platinum for transcoding instead of Shrink yet).
tx guyz and creaky for the info. appreciate it. i'll have to do some research on compression since i don't know squat about it. any great links explaining it? if not, i can google it. another quick question, to my understanding, the EclCCE file for the CCE basic is outdated (from the dvd rebuilder guide) and is no longer need for newer trail versions, is that correct? tx again
compression varies from the software you're using to transcode/encode .to the quality of blank media (like using Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim) to the size of the TV your playing it back on. a movie compressed at say 85% on a Sony 60" SXRD (like i have) is going to look alot different than playing it back on a 30" CRT set. so basically your going to have to find the sweet spot with what your setup is between software and the size of you're TV
Creaky, you mean to tell me you've jumped from the freeware train? I've been contemplating purchasing Platinum too, just to give something back to these cats that make sure i can rip my movies. It'll have to wait until i'm done with my house though!
yeah i know, i only purchased Platinum to show my support for all the time i've been freebie-ing So far i've only used Platinum to transcode one movie, and that was just for a test, and i won't use most of it's features, for now anyway; just use it to rip as i would if it was the freebie version; but Platinum's very cheap to buy (way cheap than AnyDVD too) and who knows, might well find a use for some of the other features eventually
