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tamiboo
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27. October 2006 @ 18:42 |
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HI guys. my name is Tami and I just got a dvd burner yesterday. Last week I talked to an intel rep about burning dvd's and he told me what all I need in order to do it. any dvd, DVD Shrink and dvd deypter. said if i do research i can get it all free. what does each thing do?
any help/input is very much appriciated
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27. October 2006 @ 18:49 |
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Hi Tami, Welcome. Here is the guides and the Software you are looking for. Any DVD is not a free program, but they have a 21 day trial. Any questions just ask the experts on here are more then happy to help. I have had to ask many questions myself and I'm still learning. Good Luck http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/index.html
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27. October 2006 @ 23:12 |
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---Several cardinal rules you need to know here:
a. Always use good media. See my sig line on that. Obey the MIJ Rule - only use media that says Made in Japan on the label and check each time you buy. The sole exception to this rule is Verbatim, which also makes good media. For Double-Layer (DL) discs, Verbatim DVD+R DL is really your only good option.
b. There are basically three kinds of DVD: DVD-9 or Double-layer which hold about 8.5-9 gigabytes of info, and single-layer DVD-5, which hold 4.7 Gb.
c. There are basically three kinds of RECORDABLE disc you will encounter, DVD-R, DVD+R, and DVD+R Double Layer. (There are others including RW discs, but they have varying compatibility problems with lots of devices and, also for the sake of simplicity, I will exclude them from consideration for now.)
d. If you elect to use DVD+R media (single-layer, that is, 4.7 Gb discs), then you might need a hacked firmware for most DVD burners. In short, most drives don't bitset DVD+R. Bitsetting/booktyping is needed for compatibility in many cases, because it fools a DVD player into thinking it's dealing with a commercially-pressed disc, rather than a recorded one. Some DVD players are fine with DVD+Rs that are not bitset, but I'd say it's the second leading cause of playback problems behind the use of cheap media. It's particularly a problem with portable and car DVD players. You can usually avoid all this with DVD-R media, but some believe the quality of DVD+R media to be inherently superior. This is not a factor with DVD+R DL as all modern drives bitset DLs, just regular, 4.7 Gb DVD+R discs.
e. If you are backing up DVDs you own, if the source DVD is a DVD-5 (holds 4.7 Gb or less of info), then you can make an exact copy on a regular, single-layer, cheap DVD-5. If you are backing up a DVD-9 (most movies made since 2002), then you can make an exact clone by backing it up onto a DVD+R DL. As of this writing, blank, MIJ DVD-5s are about 25-35 cents each, whereas blank Verbatim DLs are around $1.50 each if you shop around and buy in quantity.
Things get more complicated when your source DVD is a DVD-9 but you don't want to spend the extra money for DL discs, so you have to back up onto a DVD-5. If you decide you do not want to spring for the more-expensive DL discs (e.g. your kids think DVDs are meant to be drawn on or used as frisbees) then you will either have to split the source DVD amongst two DVD-5s, cut out extras, or compress, or perhaps do a combination of these. Compression can make a DVD look like crap if you are a videophile even at 20% or so, so avoid this where possible. I personally don't copy my commercial DVDs, but if I did, I'd spring for the DL discs if I needed to, but that's just me.
f. If you want to back up your DVDs to protect against damage, the easiest route to go is to buy AnyDVD and CloneDVD2 from www.slysoft.com. People tell me to use a pre-paid credit card if you do - in case you are not aware many credit card companies sell lists of what you buy to direct marketers. Otherwise, free tools like Ripit4me and/or DVDFab Decrypter work just as well, though some would argue that they take a little more initial setup and are a tad less-easy to use. See the guides regarding those. You'll also want IMGBurn (free, of course) if you go the free-software route. I don't do backups myself, but there are lots of excellent guides here and at afterdawn.com->See http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/ and http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/407110
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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