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HOT!!! DVD X Copy - Outpost.com $39.99 AR

kramer: Read the rebate.....call them. "for rebate inquiries, please call 1-866-DVD-XCOPY"

INXSible: DVDshrink is a 9-to-5 shrink program.....it doesn't burn the disk.


DVD-X-Copy is arguably the best (under $100) compressor out there.....plus it can be done as a one step process.

I have DVDXCopy Gold....put blank DVD in my burner, original DVD in my Reader......40min later I have a backup DVD.

 
Originally posted by: Souka
kramer: Read the rebate.....call them. "for rebate inquiries, please call 1-866-DVD-XCOPY"

INXSible: DVDshrink is a 9-to-5 shrink program.....it doesn't burn the disk.


DVD-X-Copy is arguably the best (under $100) compressor out there.....plus it can be done as a one step process.

I have DVDXCopy Gold....put blank DVD in my burner, original DVD in my Reader......40min later I have a backup DVD.
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Does it handle episode / series DVDs well, and multiple audio with subtitles? Will it do 9 -to- 2x5 copies?

I own some out-of-print anime and imported canadian Lexx DVDs I'd like to back up in case of scratches.

 
Souka:
Thanks for the tip, I'll call that number.

DaveSimmons
Go here, it will do episodes and split to multiple disks.

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Also, let it be known that DVD X Copy doesn't copy all the extras and goodies. All it copies is the movie. This is both good and bad. Obviously, you miss out on all of the extras, which isn't good. However, the good thing is that since it only has the Movie/Audio/Subtitles the movie quality is extremely high. It also embeds a disclaimer about backing up DVDs.

Otherwise looks like a good piece of software.
 
Originally posted by: MangoTBG
Also, let it be known that DVD X Copy doesn't copy all the extras and goodies. All it copies is the movie. This is both good and bad. Obviously, you miss out on all of the extras, which isn't good. However, the good thing is that since it only has the Movie/Audio/Subtitles the movie quality is extremely high. It also embeds a disclaimer about backing up DVDs.

Otherwise looks like a good piece of software.
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Every backup copy you make with DVDXCOPY is EXACTLY like the original. Nothing is compressed or left off the disc.
Copy Menus, Trailers, & Special Features
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It does copy everything.
 
Originally posted by: MangoTBG
Also, let it be known that DVD X Copy doesn't copy all the extras and goodies. All it copies is the movie. This is both good and bad. Obviously, you miss out on all of the extras, which isn't good. However, the good thing is that since it only has the Movie/Audio/Subtitles the movie quality is extremely high. It also embeds a disclaimer about backing up DVDs.

Otherwise looks like a good piece of software.
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You really should actually learn about a product before you speak.

DVD X Copycreates a complete duplicate of a 9 to 5. It copies all of the special features, menues, subtites, and languages.

DVD X Copy Xpress copies only the movie (Requires 2 clicks).

Also note that "free" always isn't better. Do it it free, you'll need serveral different programs and It'll take more effort and time.

Additionally noted that the "disclaimer" can be taken out of the movies with IFOEdit in 4 clicks - about 10 seconds of time. I personally use IFOEdit to do this cause it's so simple. Others might not care about the disclaimer.
 
re series disks.... horrifying it works like 10% of the time and thats being generous...

i went over to dvdshrink and never looked back...

total; control over shrinking ratio can shrink extras to almost nothing and still keep menus etc or get rid of em totally and just barely shrink the main movie..🙂

combine different movie or extras on other disks....

get rid of whatever audio you dont want.... (i like keeping the dts and throwin out the ac3 and others)

then all you do is fire up nero and drag and drop the files into the video_ts folder and burn......

what could be simpler....

but by far the best part is being able to totally reauthor the disks..... you can choose one vts or multiple ones and then actually use a slideing bar and crop off begining and ends of movies or choose a split point of yer own... if you do episodic disks this thing is perfect....... say a disk has 5 episodes and they are like 7gbs total..... simply make a couple episodes still photo only and you can get the episodes on 2 disks menus and all with no effort whatsoever.....

just pull out 10 tv sho disks and try and use dvdxcopy and be prepared to cry a river...... 2 will work if yer lucky 🙁
 
One more time ...

Instead of PAYING for "DVD X Copy", download "DVD Srink" for FREE and BURN with "Nero", also a FREE program.
Result: Full/Custom "Backup" of your DVD Movie.

"DVD X Copy" is for Noobies 😉
 
Originally posted by: douglassirk
re series disks.... horrifying it works like 10% of the time and thats being generous...

i went over to dvdshrink and never looked back...

total; control over shrinking ratio can shrink extras to almost nothing and still keep menus etc or get rid of em totally and just barely shrink the main movie..🙂

combine different movie or extras on other disks....

get rid of whatever audio you dont want.... (i like keeping the dts and throwin out the ac3 and others)

then all you do is fire up nero and drag and drop the files into the video_ts folder and burn......

what could be simpler....

but by far the best part is being able to totally reauthor the disks..... you can choose one vts or multiple ones and then actually use a slideing bar and crop off begining and ends of movies or choose a split point of yer own... if you do episodic disks this thing is perfect....... say a disk has 5 episodes and they are like 7gbs total..... simply make a couple episodes still photo only and you can get the episodes on 2 disks menus and all with no effort whatsoever.....

just pull out 10 tv sho disks and try and use dvdxcopy and be prepared to cry a river...... 2 will work if yer lucky 🙁
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I don't understand that part about "still phot only". What does that do? It soundsl ike it'd make the picture quality horrible.
 
There is a program called DVD - Toolbox that will do what DVD XCopy does for free, and it's simple too. DVDShrink will do what DVD XPress Copy will do and more for free and the resulting quality is better.

Why pay for free software?
 
Originally posted by: soundforbjt
There is a program called DVD - Toolbox that will do what DVD XCopy does for free, and it's simple too. DVDShrink will do what DVD XPress Copy will do and more for free and the resulting quality is better.

Why pay for free software?
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If this DVD Toolbox is the software you are talking about, it does not copy the subtitles, menu, and other features of the DVD. Also it requires you to use CopyToDVD and use DVD2One to reduce it down to 1 DVD.

DVDShrink is nice and all, but the output quality of the video/audio isn't as good as DVDXCopy, this is from my own comparative test. Many of the people over at dvdrhelp.com forums have noticed the same.

MangoTBG - I know the previous versions of DVDXCopy had problems with series type DVD's. The latest version has fixed that and it copies them very well. I'm not quite sure what the original problem was though?

douglassirk - you're comparing apples to oranges. When you're sitting here talking about authoring disc and actually creating a disc from multiple series or movies, that's an entirely different beast. There are FAR better editing tools than DVDShrink if you want to get right down to it. But you can't compaire that feature against DVDXCopy because it isn't sold as such a product. What you are talking about involves a lot of work. DVDXCopy is a very simple to use movie copying program. It's not an authoring tool.

Also noted that you'll need other tools such as IFOEdit, DVD Dycrypter, ImgTool, and Nero to use DVDShrink. DVDShrink isn't an all in one program. It's a great program for what it is, but you aren't exactly telling the whole truth.
 
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: soundforbjt
There is a program called DVD - Toolbox that will do what DVD XCopy does for free, and it's simple too. DVDShrink will do what DVD XPress Copy will do and more for free and the resulting quality is better.

Why pay for free software?
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If this DVD Toolbox is the software you are talking about, it does not copy the subtitles, menu, and other features of the DVD. Also it requires you to use CopyToDVD and use DVD2One to reduce it down to 1 DVD.

DVDShrink is nice and all, but the output quality of the video/audio isn't as good as DVDXCopy, this is from my own comparative test. Many of the people over at dvdrhelp.com forums have noticed the same.

MangoTBG - I know the previous versions of DVDXCopy had problems with series type DVD's. The latest version has fixed that and it copies them very well. I'm not quite sure what the original problem was though?



douglassirk - you're comparing apples to oranges. When you're sitting here talking about authoring disc and actually creating a disc from multiple series or movies, that's an entirely different beast. There are FAR better editing tools than DVDShrink if you want to get right down to it. But you can't compaire that feature against DVDXCopy because it isn't sold as such a product. What you are talking about involves a lot of work. DVDXCopy is a very simple to use movie copying program. It's not an authoring tool.

Also noted that you'll need other tools such as IFOEdit, DVD Dycrypter, ImgTool, and Nero to use DVDShrink. DVDShrink isn't an all in one program. It's a great program for what it is, but you aren't exactly telling the whole truth.
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DVD X Copy will not reduce a DVD 9 to a DVD 5. It will only split it to two 4.7 DVD-r's, which DVD Toolbox does as does IFOEdit, keeping everything. All you need is Nero to burn and I'm sure most of us have that.

DVD X Copy XPress will reduce a DVD9 to a DVD 5 but with not as good quality as DVD Shrink.

I've used every program out there is (I've backed up well over 200 DVD's), including DVD X Copy (trial) and There is no reason to pay for this software when you can get free software which will do the same thing.

And to use DVD Shrink you do not need IFOEdit or ImgTool.

 
re quality not being as good.... what the heck does that mean i use dvdshrink almost solely to split up dvd9s to dvd5's and do no reencoding...... thus picture sound identical....

dvdxcopy does that but with no absolutely no control over it.... and it simply DOES NOT WORK for alot of disks including like 90% of the episodic tv show disks i have ever tried.....

re the guy above who wondered what still phot was (i meant to say still photo) what it does is leave a miniscule silent slideshow of stuff you dont want and still enable you to keep the menus etc..... its main use is say you have a tv show disk like the avengers or band of brothers etc..... you still photo the episodes that wont fit (ie make the disk a dvd9) and keep say 2 episodes untouched and intact with no compression etc..... then do a 2nd disk still photo'ing those episodes and leaving the other 2 intact...

re the guy who says i was misrepresenting dvdshrink or something..... i dont really understand the argument..... sure you can use stuff like ifoedit etc (and i used to do that quite alot) but that takes time and brainpower and the results are absolutely no better than a 5 minute dvdshrink think...... litteraly it saves hours with no loss of quality......

i do use the shrink/compression on dvd shrink sometimes (its almost as good as instant copy and cce in some cases even now that it has the deep anaylsis mode) if the disk is unimportant picture wise or if it only needs shrunk like 20% ort less..... i have used dvdxcopyxpress and dvd2one etc and imho the latest dvd shrink is alot better than they are at compression at least under 40% compression.....
 
just saw someone saying the latest version od dvdxcopy fixed the series disk issues.... hehehe..... how gullible/uninformed are you?

they always fix a few more of the most famous series.... but the root of the problem and the VAST VAST VAST amount of series disks out there remain totally unworking.....

also saw that you were the guy who said the quality was lower? do you mean xpress versus shrink? cause you said xcopy versus shrink.... and shrink like xcopy totally does nothing to the audio and video unless you tell it to..... thus its identical..... no idea what you mean unless you meant xpress vs shrink.... and if thats what you meant you couldnt be more wrong........ at least with the last 2 dvdshrinks....
 
likelinus- re apples and oranges and takes alot of work....

the whole point is it DOESNT take alot of work with dvdshrink.... drag and drop stuff from three movies into one new comp and click backup takes 10 seconds.... just try arranging that in any other app with that ease!??
 
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Anybody else have thoughts on buying from Amazon and using the rebate?
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Just placed the order from Amazon and hope the rebate will come throught.
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There was a $50 rebate for compusa about a week or two ago on the DVD X Copy that did not specify the stores where it was valid. So a similar thought process took place then where we would place an order from Amazon.com and get the $50 rebate. However, when I called the CSR to be sure, the CSR very clearly stated that the rebate was store-specific. Needless to say, a lot of people who went ahead and ordered it from Amazon.com had to cancel their orders.

Bottomline: Call Studio123 and see if you can use the rebate for purchases other than Outpost.com. Most likely the answer would be no.
 
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