dvd backup

[Serp86]

Hi. I have a collection of dvd-roms that are very valuable to me (some of them are dvd versions of classic movies). So, since i have lostabout five dvd's over the past four months, i bought a dvd-writer to make backup copies of them. I thought i would view the backups, and keep the originals in a safe place.

Anyway, i got an asus 4x +/- drive, and installed it, however, i noticed that nearly all the dvd's are bigger than 6gb's and the dvd-r limit is only about 4.7gb. I asked a friend about this and he said that i need a program to lower quality a bit so that i may copy them. However, he did not specify one.

So, can anyone tell me about a decent program that can make backup copies of dvd's on to dvd-r's? I would prefer free programs.

By the way, do these type of programs require a new computer? I only have a Pentium 3 600MHZ computer with 128Mb RAM. How long would it take to copy one?

 

[Serp86]

anyone has an idea?

 

[stingygrrl]

most people use dvd decryptor and dvd shrink bothe freeware. then some program like nero to burn.

PS this is a HARDware sub-forum

check out this site they have tutorials and help for software questions like this

 

[jfall]

dvd-shrink.. use it to take out the extra features and international languages.. this alone will make a lot of DVDs fit on a standard 4.7gb writable, if more space is still needed, you can add compression until it fits

 

[Serp86]

how long will it take on a P3 600mhz with 128Mb RAM?

 

[jfall]

4x takes around ~15 minutes just to burn.

Ripping/compressing will vary quite a bit depending on your hardware

 

[SearchMaster]

However, compressing (transcoding) is much, much faster than traditional re-encoding of video. The algorithms used are the ones that convert live television feeds to digital for digital cable and satellite, so speed is of the utmost importance. I had an Athlon 900 and it could generally transcode much faster than realtime (I never really benchmarked exact speeds).