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DVD RIP

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The People's Hero

The People's Hero

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Hi all

I need to rip/copy a DVD.

I only have one drive. DVD RW

What is the best free software to do this please?

It's an old home video of when we were all kids my mum wants doing, so I'm not infringing any copying before you ask...

Would be great if also I could put on some clips from my iPhone. How easy is this?

sphericalfox

sphericalfox

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Hi all

I need to rip/copy a DVD.

I only have one drive. DVD RW

What is the best free software to do this please?

It's an old home video of when we were all kids my mum wants doing, so I'm not infringing any copying before you ask...

Would be great if also I could put on some clips from my iPhone. How easy is this?

Are you running a PC/laptop or a Mac? These details are fairly important.  :thumbup:

Guest ttfn

Guest ttfn

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I thought this was a thread about the rise of Blu-ray.

Zingari

Zingari

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i've got nero essentials , but i can't remember how the programme got on my pc . i think it may have come pre-installed 

 

 

 

edit; probably not much help to you actually  :)

Ian W LCFC

Ian W LCFC

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i've got nero essentials , but i can't remember how the programme got on my pc . i think it may have come pre-installed 

 

 

 

edit; probably not much help to you actually  :)

Nero is good. It is easy enough to use and understand.

sphericalfox

sphericalfox

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Another question. What kind of DVD player do you have? Does it play AVI/mpeg files? If so all you need to do is burn the file to the DVD rather than try and find software. Drag the file on the open DVD folder. It'll appear as a shortcut. On the left handside of the window you should have the option to burn to disc, or something of that nature, it's been awhile since I used Windows to burn a disc. If you don't have a DVD player that will play files, then Nero is an easy drag and drop DVD file burner, but you'll not find a 'free version', that is unless you 'seek to find one'.  :thumbup:

leicsmac

leicsmac

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Digital compression and hard drives that you can plug into modern tellies via USB are making DVD's rapidly obsolete. 

 

But if you really want to know, then what people have said above about Nero is sound.

The People's Hero

The People's Hero

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Digital compression and hard drives that you can plug into modern tellies via USB are making DVD's rapidly obsolete. 

 

But if you really want to know, then what people have said above about Nero is sound.

 

I completely agree. I have a 3tb drive loaded with my movies (no, not those sort of movies), pictures (not those sort of pictures) and kids tv, permanently plugged in to the tv.

 

This is something I'm doing as a favour for my mum who isn't very tech-savvy and for my purposes, an electronic copy is fine, but she and a few others her age want a copy on dvd. (I've only just got her on to dvd, in fact she made the decision herself, but she has paid boots to put this video on to a dvd)

 

Sorry for the long explanation I'm sure no one is interested in. I'll probably never use the software again.

 

To change the question slightly, I have lots of 1 or 2 minute clips of the last 18 months of my kids and my wife wants them on a dvd or similar to send to some of her elderly relatives. Is it easy to create something which would be easy for people to use?

 

Can I 'stitch' these videos together easily - or have say 100 different 'chapters' but have the dvd automatically play from one to the next?

 

Is there an idiot proof software to do this and maybe add captions etc? I have zero patience and not a lot of time to devote to it, but I have promised I'll do it.

 

Thanks in advance.

sphericalfox

sphericalfox

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I completely agree. I have a 3tb drive loaded with my movies (no, not those sort of movies), pictures (not those sort of pictures) and kids tv, permanently plugged in to the tv.

 

This is something I'm doing as a favour for my mum who isn't very tech-savvy and for my purposes, an electronic copy is fine, but she and a few others her age want a copy on dvd. (I've only just got her on to dvd, in fact she made the decision herself, but she has paid boots to put this video on to a dvd)

 

Sorry for the long explanation I'm sure no one is interested in. I'll probably never use the software again.

 

To change the question slightly, I have lots of 1 or 2 minute clips of the last 18 months of my kids and my wife wants them on a dvd or similar to send to some of her elderly relatives. Is it easy to create something which would be easy for people to use?

 

Can I 'stitch' these videos together easily - or have say 100 different 'chapters' but have the dvd automatically play from one to the next?

 

Is there an idiot proof software to do this and maybe add captions etc? I have zero patience and not a lot of time to devote to it, but I have promised I'll do it.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

There is an idiot proof way on a mac (iMovie), but as you don't have one, then Nero should do it for you. Just google Nero torrent and bobs your video making uncle.

leicsmac

leicsmac

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I completely agree. I have a 3tb drive loaded with my movies (no, not those sort of movies), pictures (not those sort of pictures) and kids tv, permanently plugged in to the tv.

 

This is something I'm doing as a favour for my mum who isn't very tech-savvy and for my purposes, an electronic copy is fine, but she and a few others her age want a copy on dvd. (I've only just got her on to dvd, in fact she made the decision herself, but she has paid boots to put this video on to a dvd)

 

Sorry for the long explanation I'm sure no one is interested in. I'll probably never use the software again.

 

To change the question slightly, I have lots of 1 or 2 minute clips of the last 18 months of my kids and my wife wants them on a dvd or similar to send to some of her elderly relatives. Is it easy to create something which would be easy for people to use?

 

Can I 'stitch' these videos together easily - or have say 100 different 'chapters' but have the dvd automatically play from one to the next?

 

Is there an idiot proof software to do this and maybe add captions etc? I have zero patience and not a lot of time to devote to it, but I have promised I'll do it.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

That's a good question. DVD burning software is pretty easy to come by but doing the more complicated stuff normally requires software you have to pay for.

 

However from what I can tell you could use Windows DVD Maker to do what you want to do (link the videos up so they play concurrently with no stopping). Hve a look at that, I would suggest.

ozleicester

ozleicester

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That's a good question. DVD burning software is pretty easy to come by but doing the more complicated stuff normally requires software you have to pay for.

 

However from what I can tell you could use Windows DVD Maker to do what you want to do (link the videos up so they play concurrently with no stopping). Hve a look at that, I would suggest.

 

This 

 

Movie maker is your friend.. simple and effective :)

Guest seanfox778

Guest seanfox778

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I'm not very good with computers but i bought a laptop recently and i'd like to store some of my dvds on it instead of carrying them around with me, Is Nero the 

best option for me too? I used something called dvdfab and i copied the film Looper onto my harddrive last night but when i played it back to check that it'd worked

the quality wasn't great even though it is a genuine dvd, is this normal or should it be the same quality as when i play the dvd from the dvd drive?

sphericalfox

sphericalfox

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I'm not very good with computers but i bought a laptop recently and i'd like to store some of my dvds on it instead of carrying them around with me, Is Nero the 

best option for me too? I used something called dvdfab and i copied the film Looper onto my harddrive last night but when i played it back to check that it'd worked

the quality wasn't great even though it is a genuine dvd, is this normal or should it be the same quality as when i play the dvd from the dvd drive?

 

There is copyright protection on bought DVDs, dvdfab sounds like a developed software to get around this, thus the reduction in quality in your file. There isn't a legal software to skirt around the protection that I know of. i can be corrected though.

Guest seanfox778

Guest seanfox778

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There is copyright protection on bought DVDs, dvdfab sounds like a developed software to get around this, thus the reduction in quality in your file. There isn't a legal software to skirt around the protection that I know of. i can be corrected though.

 

Ok cheers mate i'll just have to get one of those dvd wallet things so i can carry more around.

sphericalfox

sphericalfox

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Ok cheers mate i'll just have to get one of those dvd wallet things so i can carry more around.

there are some dvds/blu-rays that get released where you get access to an online file that you can download, but I don't think that is universal (usually Disney films/ big releases etc.)

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