Any freeware utility to copy DVD disks
Some are copy protected.
How to make a safekeeping copy.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in
conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup
copy of any DVD video disc.
DVD Shrink will also burn your backup DVD, if you have installed the
latest version of Nero. If you already possess alternative burning
software and prefer to stick with it, then you can still use DVD Shrink.
The output from DVD Shrink can be saved as files on your hard drive,
which you can then burn with software of your choice.
DVD Shrink is free software. You should never pay for DVD Shrink.
http://www.dvdshrink.org/
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Ripping with DVD Decrypter is about as easy as it gets! By default, the
program will, where possible, automatically select the source (ie. the
DVD drive) and the destination folder (by finding the drive with the
most free disk space). The 'Main Movie' files will have already been
selected for you, so you really only have to press that big button to
get the ripping underway! In about 10 - 30 minutes (depending on the
speed of your computer / DVD drive) it will finish and you will have
lots of nice DeCSS'd VOB files on your hard disk. From there you can
choose to watch them with the likes of PowerDVD and WinDVD or you can
re-encode them to MPEG1 (VCD) or DivX. DVD Decrypter keeps a log of
pretty much everything it does. Many of you will have seen this kind of
thing in other programs - ie. CloneCD At first, DVD Decrypter might
seem like a bare bones program... compared to an Operating System, I
suppose it is! Hardly anybody in the DVD Ripping scene makes money from
what they do and I am no exception. I spend lots of my time (on and off)
coding DVD Decrypter. A free tool can/will never be as 'functional' as
one you pay for. I do however, try my best.
http://www.free-codecs.com/DVD_Decrypter_download.htm
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