dvd copying

[Guest]

I am trying to copy my first DVD. I get a message when I press copy on the
Sonic Record program to put in a blank DVD 9. What does the 9 mean. I'm
trying to use a brand new DVD R 4.7GB/120 min/up to 8x Fujifilm DVD.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

DVD-9 is a dual layer DVD. Your DVD drive must support dual layer burning
in order to use it. The disc you are trying to copy has more data than will
fit on a single DVD. If your burner is not a dual layer enabled burner,
then you will have to use software to split the DVD among more than one DVD,
and you will lose the menus and extras because they are no longer on a
single DVD.

There is software that will compress the DVD enough to fit on a single DVD,
but the results are less than perfect.

FWIW, if you are trying to copy a commercial DVD, you cannot do it unless
you have software that will defeat the copy protection encoded on the disc.
The Supreme Court has ruled that using *ANY* software to defeat copyright
protection on *ANY* DVD is a federal offense, punishable by both fines and
jail time. While it is unlikely that they will come knocking on your door
for copying a single DVD, you should at least be aware that in copying a
protected disc you are in fact breaking the law.

Bobby

 

[Guest]

Bobby, Thanks for the info. My kids are constantly scratching their DVDs so
I thought I would make an extra safe copy for them. I wasn't even thinking
about the protection on it so you can't copy it. Thanks so much. Karen

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

I wasn't trying to discourage you from copying...just wanted to post the
"facts". It's a really strange situation, because you can legally back up
audio CDs, audio cassettes, vinyl phonograph albums, etc. Buy somehow the
courts see DVD movies as "different". As long as you are backing up for
your own use, and not for selling the copies, you *should* be allowed to
back up any disk/tape you buy.


Bobby

 

[Mike M.]

Google for DVDShrink. It will copy and compress a DVD so that it can be
burned onto a single 4.7 Gig DVD.