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I'm particualrly interested in DVD burning software that is easy to use, can copy my DVD movie collection so that my daughter can have her Disney flciks both at my home and hers, and has the most bang for the buck. I don't want to spend a ton of cash for it but am willing to pay premium for a good program that won't fuck up. All I really want to use it for is creating DVD's of my video clips and copying my daughter's Disney flicks. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

I've always found Nero fairly simple and straight forward to use. Just select what you want to do, drag & drop, and click burn.

I also use Nero, but to actually copy a lot of those DVD's, which will have copyright protection, you'll need a program called AnyDVD, which you can download from their site, just google them.

So let me get this straight, when a commercial product like say Nero says in its description that you can back up your DVD collection and copy over all features and menus that it doesn't actually do that? I don't want to shell out $60-90 on a program that won't do what it says it can do. I'm very new to this unfortunately. I assumed it would be like copying my CD's of music.

Stravo wrote:So let me get this straight, when a commercial product like say Nero says in its description that you can back up your DVD collection and copy over all features and menus that it doesn't actually do that? I don't want to shell out $60-90 on a program that won't do what it says it can do. I'm very new to this unfortunately. I assumed it would be like copying my CD's of music.

Unfortunately with DVDs it's a bit more tricky, due to encryption. Nero's great for backing up your own files, or DVDs you've authored yourself, though if what you mainly plan on using it for is backing up your own DVD movies, I'd suggest trying to find a copy of pre-ban DVDxCopy. A great program that will copy the DVD exactly as it is. Though it's a bit hard to find the correct version, unfortunately.

General Zod wrote:

Stravo wrote:So let me get this straight, when a commercial product like say Nero says in its description that you can back up your DVD collection and copy over all features and menus that it doesn't actually do that? I don't want to shell out $60-90 on a program that won't do what it says it can do. I'm very new to this unfortunately. I assumed it would be like copying my CD's of music.

Unfortunately with DVDs it's a bit more tricky, due to encryption. Nero's great for backing up your own files, or DVDs you've authored yourself, though if what you mainly plan on using it for is backing up your own DVD movies, I'd suggest trying to find a copy of pre-ban DVDxCopy. A great program that will copy the DVD exactly as it is. Though it's a bit hard to find the correct version, unfortunately.

Thanks Zod, you saved me some cash, I don't see why I shouldn't then just stick to my free DVD burning software that came with my new rig or just buy Nero at a later date. I felt sort of foolish when my daughter sat by me eager to take a copy of her SpongeBob Movie home with her and the program said it can't do that. I guess I should have known better.

Wait Stravo, don't get DVD X Copy, it's a POS in its last incarnation and it will never be updated again.

Instead, I suggest Clone DVD. It's a very friendly program, and you can use it to cut out extra features easily if you don't fit a standard DVD-5. I've used it to copy most of my DVD collection and it's fast, easy and extremely customizable.

The Kernel wrote:Wait Stravo, don't get DVD X Copy, it's a POS in its last incarnation and it will never be updated again.

Instead, I suggest Clone DVD. It's a very friendly program, and you can use it to cut out extra features easily if you don't fit a standard DVD-5. I've used it to copy most of my DVD collection and it's fast, easy and extremely customizable.

Does that include regular movies from your collection as well?

Yes, you can do personal ones too. Clone DVD is done by the same people who do AnyDVD. It's a very reliable program, and again, you can probably just download a free trial from their site, and they have a glitch that they don't prevent you from getting the free trial again and again. Freeware(on purpose or not) rocks.

Stravo wrote:

The Kernel wrote:Wait Stravo, don't get DVD X Copy, it's a POS in its last incarnation and it will never be updated again.

Instead, I suggest Clone DVD. It's a very friendly program, and you can use it to cut out extra features easily if you don't fit a standard DVD-5. I've used it to copy most of my DVD collection and it's fast, easy and extremely customizable.

Does that include regular movies from your collection as well?

As TK said, yes it does, and it also supports DL-DVD if you want to splurge on it (although I'd recommend a regular DVD-R, then cutting extras, foreign language tracks, and menus if necessary).

Thanks guys!

You might also want to check out DVDShrink. My experiences with copying DVDs was a nightmare until I checked it out. One of my favorite programs.