that seems the only sane thing to do now..... i have had so many problems trying to back up my dvds i just am getting so lost in all the options - i have tried shrink beta copy shrink 3.whatever now dvd decrypter and just end up with uplayable discs. i cant use nero coz all i get is the same errors all the time they are
Required file VIDEO-TS.IFO not present and Required file VIDEO-TS.blip not present and DVD video files compliance test failed. a friend installed it - it works for him but not for me. i can copy a copy with nero, but when ever i try a file ripped by shrink that is what i get. decrypter just copies but then when i go to write there are no files the software recognises. if i click on all files there are files in there but they are not the correct type. i am drowning - can anyone throw me a lifeline? my dvd writer is a toshiba 300n if that helps.
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Here is what works very easy for me, with much thanks to Scuba Pete.
Simple DVD Backup Steps
First create a folder for your HD backup. Try to put it someplace where you won?t forget it (i.e. C:/All DVD Work/(movie name will appear here).
Next download DVD Decrypter and under mode select ?ISO, Write?. Un-tick the box that says ?verify?. Where it says ?source?, you?ll leave that blank as DVD Decrypter will find the location of your backed up DVD file automatically. Lastly, where it says ?Destination?, select the drive where your burner resides. Feel free to close DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink will open it when it needs it.
Download DVD Shrink. Open it and click ?Edit?, then click ?Preferences? on this page we?re going to select ?DVD Target Size? as custom and set the size as 4360MB - we do this to make extremely sure that our disc isn?t too large. Then under the ?File I/O? tab un-tick ?Enable burning with Nero? then click ?OK?.
Place your original DVD in your DVD-ROM drive and a DVD blank in your burner?s drive. DO USE Ritek G04, Verbatim or media boasting ?Advanced AZO Dye. All other media could very well cause errors, only the very best media should be used for DVD Video backups. Now is defiantly not the time to put your crappy cheap stuff in - )
Now, take just a second and under ?Target Device? go to ?Select target device? once there, select ?ISO Disc Image?. NEXT, IMPORTANT, tick ?Launch DVD Decrypter to burn the output image? box. Finally, where it says ?Select target image file?, browse till you find your created folder for your backup and click ?Save?. That?s it ! Click ?OK? and DVD Shrink burns that ISO image to your HD. It then opens DVD Decrypter and has it burn the ISO image to your waiting blank DVD.
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many many thanks Nephilim - i read the guides and readjusted my priorities - when that didnt work i checked out the aspi file and found that Nero had one but my system did not - so located aspi driver and downloaded it. now when i try to copy the iso files they work.... success, well some anyway still having the odd bit of trouble but that is down to my inexperience... thanx again and to anyone else who has posted to try to help...
