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HOW CAN I IMPROVE PICTURE QUALITY OF MY BACK-UP?
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ILIAS
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17. October 2003 @ 00:11 |
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Hi,
I have notice that the quality and size (in Gb) of the copy of the movie is the same (2,8G) no matter if I use platinum or express. Is there a way to increase the size and as a result the quality of my back-up copy so it can fill a blank dvd (4,7G)?
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ILIAS
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yuedana
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17. October 2003 @ 04:23 |
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you are using xcopy and the quality of the backup does depend upon how you look at the movie. If you project to 60", you might see some pixelation and other artifacts that you might not see at 25" or so. I am not sure how you can vary the compression with xcopy and you might want to check out the xcopy forum...
http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/
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koola
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17. October 2003 @ 07:13 |
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baabaa
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17. October 2003 @ 12:46 |
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Sorry it is the weekend and time for weekend humour......
A simple fix to follow:
Remove the backup, insert the original - wallah ------- Perfect quality......LOL....
Just a slight rib tickler....have a giggle....
Anyway, to your problem, as you stated, you have over a gig left on your backup......Never used platinum or express....
However, what movie is it, is this a full disc backup or just movie, is it a dvd5 or dvd9.....
But as Koola mentioned - DVD Shrink will rip it and compress - to whatever you like, so you can fully utilise the full dvd and increase your quality......
However, you will have to process the original again as you will not be able to improve your backup.....
Follow the link that Koola suggested, great guide for DVD Shrink there, and you can preserve/strip what you want.......keeping a higher quality that you currrently have......
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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ILIAS
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17. October 2003 @ 15:04 |
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Thank you yuedana, koola and baabaa for your answers. I know about DVD Shrink, but I'm talking about dvd xcopy platinum wich cost me 150$ and promises best quality picture. Are you satisfied with the quality of your copies? Is there a way with xcopy platinum to have a copy of a titleset of 6G to a 4,7G blank dvd and not a 2,8G copy? And for weekend humour to baabaa I would say that when you pay for a back-up software you want a very good copy and not the original for wich you have already pay
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baabaa
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18. October 2003 @ 02:33 |
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ILIAS, yes it was supposed to be humourous and I can take your point, sorry if it caused any offense....
I have this problem of pointing out sarcasm in posts etc, and stating the obvious, but yes your exactly correct, backup software is for making alomost perfect backups.......however this is impossible if it is a DVD9 and you want to preserve the full disc....
I have no experince with the 321 studio software packages, you may be better looking at the following forum http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/
I only preserve the movie, as this is my preference and I can keep the quality very high by doing it this way.....
Just for the record, I use:
Dvd Decrypter
Dvd2one
Recordnow DX
This gives me exceptional quality and therfore very happy....
It maybe down to internal settings of the software, but I am very surprised that a program will compress data down to 2.8Gb, rather than closer to the 4.36Gb size....
Again it maybe better to ask this at the above link, sorry I could not be any more helpful as my experience is basically nothing woth the 321 studio products.....
$150 for something that produces poor results, in my opinion is a waste of money, and yes I can agree with you in that respect.......is it an option of asking for a refund and trying out some other method?
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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18. October 2003 @ 04:06 |
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ILIAS, yes it was supposed to be humourous and I can take your point, sorry if it caused any offense....
Feck that, people should appreciate a sense of humour. I appreciated it BaaBaa. Without our sense of humours, this place could be very boring. Who's going to make the funny comments then? Who's going to be giving me something to laugh about as i sit and listen to Manchester United on the radio cuz those fuck-heads at sky are again not showing it live. Damn i really really pissed off about that....
Sorry bout that - sort of started rambling again
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baabaa
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18. October 2003 @ 11:14 |
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I am going out later - into orbit and ripping them dam sky satellites down......
Just bought some kick ass firework rockets - going to strap em all together and launch a mass offensive at sky satellites, any in particular you want takin out......doesn't matter really cos there all going down.....LOL
The sky network as we know it is gonna fall.....LOL
Goldeneye......
Just so it stays on topic, the above may actually improve picture quality in a wierd sort of way.....
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. October 2003 @ 11:15
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18. October 2003 @ 15:26 |
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You go man, take out that mother feckin sky network the buggers.
I'll be looking up to the sky in aticipation :-D
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baabaa
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18. October 2003 @ 16:15 |
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You seen space cowboys Oriphus.....
Well the CEO of Sky is gonna do a good impression of Tommy Lee Jones at the end, except he is gonna vist the constellation Urine.......
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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18. October 2003 @ 17:46 |
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lol - I have seen it and i know the part your talking about - he he he
Here, speaking of Rockets...How am i going to get some class big rockets?? i dont know anywhere that sells them in Northern Ireland and no UK company will deliver them here. I was going to ask Herbsman if he would mind sending me over some if i got them delivered to his house, but i dont think that Royal Mail would allow it. Im running out of ideas and out of time :-(
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koola
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19. October 2003 @ 00:26 |
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Now Now children, playing with fireworks is dangerous!
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baabaa
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19. October 2003 @ 01:31 |
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Yeah, were not playing with them, but using them for a specific reason - gettin rid of the CEO of sky seems like a valid enough reason for me.......2 users here will be pleased of the outcome....LOL
Oriphus I feel for you man, I am off to Alton Towers on Saturday for a spectacular display, they normally have some major rockets 1000 ft etc......with an amazing sound....lovely...
I'll don my camo, and commando rolls and see what I can come away with.....goood for you.....
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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ILIAS
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19. October 2003 @ 04:12 |
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baabaa,
sorry if my anwser made you feel uncomfortable about your sense of humour.I didn't want that and YES we all need it. It's just that the software I bought is much less than I expected.
Yes I'm thinking about asking for refund and stick to DVDShrink that I use till now.Otherwise I have to find a girfriend rich enough to buy me 2 or 3 copies of the originals - it's the easiest way.
Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions.
ILIAS
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baabaa
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19. October 2003 @ 05:38 |
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No worries ILIAS, I do agree that for $150 it should do what it says on the tin....have you had look in at the dvd xcopy forums to see if anyone can help out.....
Other than that - get a refund and try some of the other programs available - a lot cheaper and easier to obtain your required results....
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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19. October 2003 @ 06:12 |
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Here's the dvdxcopy forum. http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com
BaaBaa - maybe we could steal some of those massive rockets and launch them at a certain CEO's house one night. We'll claim it was an accident and then say we saw Koola doing it LOL :-D
If any police and/or security personnel reading this, we are actaully joking :-D
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baabaa
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19. October 2003 @ 08:56 |
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LMFAO........ :-D.......
Formulating battle plan now.....and I am not joking.......well maybe a little.......Koola how do you feel about being OUR Koola downer.....LOL....
I think this is very off topic now, but it has been fun as always Oriphus cheers for the funnies......
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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ILIAS
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19. October 2003 @ 11:09 |
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baabaa and Oriphus,
Searching the forum to get a solution, I realise that you're both masters of the game, maybe since I was watching black&white tv (thank God I'm not so old!). Another reason for me not to play it smart and believe me I'm not.I know that baabaa doesn't like DVD Shrink but I'm using it till now with NeroBurning and, excluding time (~2hours analysing, encoding and burning), it works ok. Is there a way to burn with DVD Shrink, only the movie with no menu or extras?
Thank you
ILIAS
Newbie
P.S. People like both of you give life and add value to forums like this
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baabaa
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19. October 2003 @ 22:25 |
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Cheers for the grats......
Actually contrary to belief, I do like DVD Shrink - especially for it's capabilities, however I only backup the movie and find DVD2One gives me the best results.......
However a certain user here has been bustin my balls to give DVD Shrink a full trial (no mame mentioning....you know who you are....LOL)
Look at the re-authoring guide at http://www.chrismccann.co.uk/DVD_Shrink_Re_Author.htm
Look for the largest title, this is usually the movie, just drag it over, select the correct audio you want, and also the level of compression needed (if the bar is not green already)...
Then point the process to a VIDEO_TS folder, hit backup......
You should then be left with a perfect authored VIDEO_TS folder, just itching to be burned to a dvdr.......
I don't think I have missed anything out - if I have someone pop in and correct me.....
Hope this helps....
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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20. October 2003 @ 05:29 |
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In DVD Shrink Version 3 beta 5, the main movie will have a seperate folder where it will be contained, therefore making it easier to find. You really should use DVD Shrink more BaaBaa ;-D
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loaded
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20. October 2003 @ 06:17 |
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I really don't see the point in taking a full back up of a DVD (extras and everything) if you own the original, but it takes all sorts to make this world spin.
Paul.
I'm back...
...can't you smell the fear?
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baabaa
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20. October 2003 @ 10:02 |
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LOL, Oriphus - funny your the second user to mention that, must have some truth in it....
I do know how to use it but the earlier version (not off the top of my head) but to me it is self explanatory, with being relatively conversant with dvd structure - with thanks to afterdawn members........
So my mission is to be able to learn DVD Shrink by reading the problems others are experiencing and actually NOT use the software at all.....LOL
Probably should not be giving advice really...LOL
But I agree with Loaded, do people really just sit there with their spouses and say - 'what about watching the spiderman extras tonight dear to really get you in the mood'....LOL...
But it is down to preferance at the end of the day, I do prefer the trade off for higher quality than keeping the extras etc.....
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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loaded
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20. October 2003 @ 10:10 |
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Are you Welsh by any chance....?
P.
I'm back...
...can't you smell the fear?
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baabaa
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20. October 2003 @ 14:09 |
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Oooooooh, never heard that one before.....LOL
Nah, Stockport Born and bred, but seen plenty of the UK including Wales.....
Mainly from the top of cliffs.....and wearing red wellies.....LOL
Nick is based on my name......can you guess what it is???????? I believe it is closely related to the types of houses in the country then known as another name......
Bet that confuses you a wee bit......
If not have a look at Oriphus's site, you may find it there.....
Unfortunately I cannot offer any prizes, only congratulations to the winning guess......
...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down
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21. October 2003 @ 07:37 |
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loaded - i agree completely with the 'why keep the extras as well' theory.
Also, If anyone wants to know BaaBaa's name and why its related to sheep, think about who looks after sheep?? Thats a cracker clue - his first names Paul, you work out the rest lol
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