Can you copy DVD's to CDR's with a CDRW??? 1

[wncads]

Can you really copy DVD's you own and make a backup playable copy of the DVD on a standard CDR? I am getting a lot of spam saying they have software or instructions on how to do this? has anyone tried or had any luck with it??

Thanks, Keith Buchanan
AplusNetworking.com
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[Danp129]

I don't own a DVD drive or any movies, but I'd bet this site has the information you're looking for.

http://dvd.box.sk

The video quality will of course be lower than that of a DVD because it will have to be compressed to fit on a CDR. Compressed being that it will have any combination of the following: lower frame rate, lower sound quality, and lower resolution. Most often, it will be a combination of all 3.

 

[ngagne]

Yes. DVDs are really MPEG-4 files. There are plenty of utilities out there to "rip" DVDs. My understanding of it is you need a DVD drive to do the ripping, but once it's been done you can burn the resulting file to a CD.

Nero Burning ROM has the ability to create SVCDs, which is what you will need. The ripping process is extremely slow (up to 12-14 hrs), but the end result can be split using video editing software and burned to a CD-R. Nate Gagne
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[cdogg]

I believe the exception to making a VCD is that the file has to be encoded in MPEG-1, not MPEG-4. I'm not familiar with SVCD's, so maybe it's different for that. Also, unless the DVD player manual or specs say it can read CDR's, most likely you have one that can't. A majority of DVD players can't. Most of those DVD players won't read CDR disks, but can read CDRW ones. Create the VCD using CDRW disks. The reflectivity of a CDRW is much like a DVD, which is why the laser is able to pick it up.

~cdogg

 

[ngagne]

You're correct about CDR/CD-RW. I forgot to mention that. SVCDs are MPEG-layer 2. Nate Gagne
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