How to copy a DVD - Part 2
This is the 2nd part of the “How to copy a DVD” guide, the first part can be found here.
In this part of the guide I will assume that you have used DVD Decrypter or another suitable program to get the DVD video files onto your PC and they are sat in a folder on your hard drive. What we are going to do is take a DVD 9 or dual layer disc and make it fit on the more common DVD 5 (4.7GB) disc. Here we go.
Step 1 - DownloadDVD Shrink, again this is free software.
Step 2 - Install the DVD Shrink following the onscreen prompts and when complete open the program. You will be met with a screen that looks like this:
When you first open the program you will be met with a lot of blank boxes so follow this process:
A - Choose “Open Files” and navigate to where the DVD video files are that you backed up using DVD Decrypter. Once you open the location a box will flash up on screen and analyse the DVD content.
B - Shows the folder structure of the DVD
C - Shows the audio tracks that are available, if there are any you don’t require simply untick the box. It also lets you change the quality of each video file by using the slide bar just beneath video. (If this is disabled click “automatic” and change it to “custom ratio”) Remember that the file sizes combined will need to fit on the blank DVD you have. The total DVD size is given be the green bar at the top of the screen.
D - This area will show a preview of the file you have selected, so you can play through extras and see if you really need them.
E - The Re-Author options gives you a blank screen on the left and all the DVD files on the right, it lets you drag and drop them into the area to make up the DVD how ever you want it.
F - Once complete and happy with the DVD choose “Back Up”. You will be met with a pop up screen that gives you the option of either creating a ISO image of the disc (if you have used DVD Decrypter you will get the option to create the ISO and burn with DVD Decrypter) or you can select a folder on the hard drive to save the revised DVD files to burn at a later date.
I hope you found this 2 part guide useful. If you have any questions on the subject just leave a comment below and I will try my best to answer them.
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August 15th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Thx, i am so silly to copy one Dvd