Windows XP: open source dvd burning software needed

[Cienja]

I'm using DVD Shrink to rip my dvds and want to know what software you recommend for 1. viewing the dvd on my PC and 2. burning the dvd onto a blank dvd for viewing like the original (i.e., on any dvd player).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Cstefan]

There is a nero free edition at http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php

 

[Quiksilver]

Why does it have to be open source?
Unless you meant free, I'm not seeing the point when your going to be use it on a windows machine...

 

[Arkaign]

CD Burn XP (google it) is a free burning suite that supports pretty much anything you would need, including what you describe there.

Because of the DVD Decoder license fee, I don't know of any freeware DVD playback software. PowerDVD and WinDVD both have downloadable trials. Really the cheapest way to get DVD playback software is to buy a drive and use the OEM software that comes with it (usually a basic non-surround-enabled OEM version of one of the above packages).

Alternatively, you can check your PC Mfg's web site. Sometimes the PC vendor will offer a (almost invariably outdated, but still functional) DVD playback program for download, it will be similar to the above, a very basic but perfectly functional program. I've seen this from Dell / HP / Compaq / etc, but it varies from model to model.

 

[mshan]

Image Burn?: http://www.imgburn.com/

 

[nordloewelabs]

doesnt VLC play DVDs?

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: nordloewelabs
doesnt VLC play DVDs?

VLC, Media Player, MPC, Zoom, etc will all play DVD's, but only if a DVD Decoder is installed (when you install WinDVD/etc, this gets installed).

EDIT : looks like I might have been mistaken on VLC. Interesting. I use VLC as sort of a backup player, so this somehow missed me. I wonder how they get away with the licensing fees?

 

[puffywulf]

VLC http://www.videolan.org and imgburn http://www.imgburn.com

 

[techs]

Yah, CDBURNERXP is great.
You can get it here:
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
It requires .net framework to be installed. It also works great in Vista. It burns, copies, etc.

I have also had great luck with DeepBurner. The free version does not have a disk copy function, but will burn .iso's.
You can get it here:
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

 

[Cienja]

Thanks for all the replies. This all came up due to an article I read about backing up DVDs, and now that 1TB drives (plus) are so damn cheap, I thought it was a good plan due to friends borrowing, kids throwing, and general misplacing of DVDs, to back them up on a drive. I started to back them up and then realized that I didn't have a way to burn them back (if original is lost) or to even play them 🙂

I'll give all these a try and see what works.

Thanks!