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ScubaPete's How to Copy to a DVD-5 using DVD Decrypter OR How to copy a copy

NOTE: The very best way to make a backup of a DVD-5 (a DVD-5's (<4.36GB) requires no compression), a copy of a copy OR even a copy of a DVD XCopy backup is to make it using an ISO image. An ISO image encapsulates every nuance of the original, EVERY nuance making it a PERFECT copy.

(Note the attention I placed spelling the word PERFECT. :)


AND, guess what, DVD Decrypter does just that for the affordable price of . . . FREE ! !


Here's the "Uncle" ScubaPete's, can't miss, step-by-step guide to using DVD Decrypter -


HINT:

I always create a folder on my Desktop named " All DVD Work" and before ripping my DVD's I create another sub-folder with the name of the movie I'm backing up. (i.e. C:\All DVD Work\The last Samurai Kills Bill gets Eaten Alive.)


Next - you need to download this: (Get your DVD Decrypter's newest version here - )

Download DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0


Place your original DVD in the drive tray and close tray.


To make a PERFECT backup with DVD Decrypter we'll do it in the ISO image mode. First go to "Mode" then "ISO," then select "Read." Where it says "Source," select the drive containing your original DVD. Hopefully, this drive is your DVD-ROM drive. Using your burner to read a disc is hard on the drive. The constant starting and stopping of the drive can cause over-heating and can prematurely wear your burner out. If you have just the one drive, there's not much you can do but use it. Where it says "Destination," Browse until you find your pre-made folder (C:\All DVD Work\The last Samurai Kills Bill gets Eaten Alive) and select that. Now "Click" the Disc-to-HD icon.

Me, I'm headed out to get a cup of coffee and a cigarette but I should be back 'bout the time the ripping is done, . . . .

When the "Reading sound" signals that the job is complete, remove your original DVD and insert your *blank DVD.

Alright, I'm back, and you didn't think I'd make it . . .
Now back you go to "Mode," then "ISO" and then choose "Write". Now we go to "Source" and locate our folder where our ISO and mds file resides. Choose mds. Then, let's head to "Destination" and select our burning drive where our blank DVD disc awaits. Lastly, we "Click" the HD to disc icon

and . . . .

STAND BACK FROM THE COMPUTER ! It's too late in the game to want to make a **coaster, isn't it ? Remember, let your PC do its "thing" without your interference - until we hear the "Finished tune".


Your PC requires more resources while it's burning than at any other time. The only other thing that requires that much of your PC's resources is the encoding of your DVD, so again, for those times, relax, have a sandwich and a beer and say "Hi" to those strange "little people" running around your house, they're your kids (Lol).


To copy a DVD successfully it's necessary to use a decent grade media - Don't cut corners there ~

DO USE; Phillips, RiData, Sony, TDK, Ritek G04, Verbatim DataLife, Verbatim DataLife Plus DVD discs OR media boasting "Advanced Metal AZO", Taiyo Yuden's and generally, almost any discs manufactured by Mitsubishi or RICOH are excellent bets. Other media could cause unnecessary errors, only the very best media should be used for DVD Video burning. Now is defiantly not the time to put your, "Boy did I save money buying this crappy cheap stuff." in - ) ) "The DVD's you successfully save could be your own."


**Coaster is a single-write DVD that for one reason or another hasn't been burned correctly and therefore cannot be played. Its only use is for a beer coaster.


NOTE: It is illegal in 64 Countries and in 47 of the 50 United States use a DVD coaster for any other drink but beer.


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