recommend me dvd burning software for home backup collection

[Raswan]

I have a sizable home dvd collection that's growing by the week. It's time I backed it up in a safe place. My knowledge of burning backups is limited to Nero and Alcohol 120. What do you guys recommend for solid dvd burning software that's user-friendly and doesn't leave me with a lot of coasters?

 

[lxskllr]

I'd recommend an external hd, but for burning software, I like infrarecorder.

 

[bluearyus]

http://www.imgburn.com/

 

[kamikazekyle]

I'll second the hard drive solution -- burned DVDs are a bit too unreliable for archiving or 1+ year backups, in my opinion. You can use ImgBurn to rip to an unencrypted DVD to ISO, save it to the external hard drive, and then configure the drive to compress its contents. Since the file format is a disc image, you can use ImgBurn to just burn the ISO contents back to a new DVD if your main disc fails.

Alternatively, Imgburn will also let you burn DVDs if you decide to backup from DVD to DVD.

 

[MustISO]

I like DVDFab
http://www.dvdfab.com/

 

[ImDonly1]

http://www.imgburn.com/

Not very user friendly, but has lots of features and is free.

 

[smitbret]

Just use DVDFab.

 

[Slugbait]

...and doesn't leave me with a lot of coasters?

Software won't leave you with coasters...coasters are usually due to either PEBKAC or media (and sometimes hardware, or a combo of media/hardware).

I can't help you with PEBKAC.

For media, I've been using Taiyo Yuden TYG02 Premium for about 10 years. I must've burned over 1000 discs so far, all still readable. The two coasters I ended up with were my fault. The burning software will default to 12x after it detects the disc capability...change it to 8x before executing burn. Besides a more thorough burn, 8x speed will also help ensure that burned discs will play in older, or crappy, standalone DVD players.

Hardware also can play a role...either it's a crappy drive to begin with, or it only works well with certain brands of media. We see this happen less nowadays, but it does still happen. Hint: if you got a great deal on a Mad Dog drive a few years ago, get ready for disappointment.

I use DVDFab to rip (never expires), DVDShrink to transcode, and Nero 6.6.0.18 to burn.

 

[Rottie]

If you already own Nero then stick with it!

 

[pcunite]

For making a DVD jukebox I'd use Slysoft AnyDVD