is nero still the best burning software?

[FreshPrince]

I just got a DL burner for my laptop and I don't really like the sonic recordnow software that came with it.

I know nero was pretty good for cd burners but I don't know if the are any good for DVD's

Also, will I be able to make backups of my dvd movies? or is this still not a possibility?

All I want to do is do a straight up bit-to-bit backup of my DVDs, I have no intention of copying rentals or bootleg any movies, so don't come in here for that...

anyways, suggest something if nero is no longer the king of burning software.

thx

 

[talyn00]

Bit to bit backup of DVDs?? You have some DL DVD+R discs w/ 8.5GB of capacity?

 

[mundane]

I used one of the Nero suites (before my re-format, can't find the installation disc). It worked just as well for DVDs as with CDs. If you're looking for something free with just a simple burning interface, look into DeepBurner or CDBurnerXP

Talyn is correct, you're going to have to pay a premium for DL DVDs to copy your movies bit for bit. An alternative is to "shrink" the movies to fit onto a single layer DVD R, using widely available resources.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: talyn00
Bit to bit backup of DVDs?? You have some DL DVD+R discs w/ 8.5GB of capacity?

I dunno, I'm really a newbie in the dvd burning arena....this is my 1st dvd burner so I don't even know what kind of blank media will do what? I have no clue. I'm doing some research on my dvd burner now on google, I will find out what it can all do.

it's a Sony DW-Q58A

 

[powerMarkymark]

Only one I use.

M@rc

 

[WobbleWobble]

Most Hollywood DVDs are twice the capacity of your standard single layer DVDs. The idea with DVDShrink (free) or any similar products is it'll compress the video and strip out the stuff you don't use like additional languages, commentary etc so that it'll fit on one single layer DVD.

You also can't make a straight up copy of your DVDs. There's copy protection that you'll need to break as well. DVDDecrypter (free) is the favourite and AnyDVD (trialware) can do it. AnyDVD is really nice as it's able to jump straight into movies and bypass the FBI warnings and advertisements. It also removes protection transparently, so you'll never have to think about it again.

 

[Cawchy87]

DVD 43 takes away copyrighting as well, but doesn't do the "skip to menu" thing.