buying a DVD burner

[Colt45]

don't know what is the best, ive never really dealt with DVDs before. free is good but. paying is ok too i guess.

 

[welst10]

DVD Shrink and Nero. You need both of them.

 

[DaveSimmons]

search "dvd" in the Software forum, this has been asked dozens of times this year. Use Advanced Search & archived threads to see them all.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
search "dvd" in the Software forum, this has been asked dozens of times this year. Use Advanced Search & archived threads to see them all.

Isn't there a sticky about this?

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: welst10
DVD Shrink and Nero. You need both of them.

Pretty much all you need.

There are other compressing programs that could do a better job than DVD shrink, but you get what you paid for.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: welst10
DVD Shrink and Nero. You need both of them.

All I use. Works out well for me.

 

[rudder]

DVD decrypter

 

[Hankerton]

Originally posted by: rudder
DVD decrypter

What does that do?

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Hankerton

Originally posted by: rudder
DVD decrypter

What does that do?

Mainly used for ripping the DVD files to your HD, but it can also be used to burn ISO images. You don't even need to pay for Nero in order to burn the DVD....just use DVD Shrink for compression/analysis and Decrypter to burn.

 

[Kelemvor]

CloneDVD from Elby. All in one prgoram that gives you complete control over everything. 30-day trial and then it's pretty cheap anyway after that. Works Awesome.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: welst10
DVD Shrink and Nero. You need both of them.

yep. the dynamic duo.

 

[orakle]

CloneDVD works awesome, but I've used DVDShrink+Nero(or DVD Decrypter) and they are a great team. Your call.

 

[Childs]

"dubbing discs"? hahahahaa...you must be an old ass bastard like myself. I used to dub cassette tapes with my super cool high speed dub dual casette deck.

 

[toneman]

In a nutshell, DVD Decrypter is all you need to rip and burn DVDs...unless you plan on ripping data/movies from a DVD that contains more than 4.7 GB of data (e.g., dual-layer DVD movies), in which case you will [also] need DVDShrink.

DVDShrink can generally do everything DVD Decrypter can do except perform the actual burn itself, (but it can rip selected data from a dual-layer DVD), which is why you need Nero or similar burning software to do the burn.