COPYING FILMS TO DISCS advice please.

devon-gnome

Please can someone advise me what sort of disc I should use to copy a film on to? (Disc to disc.) Also, can such discs take 2 films, say a total of 3 hours? Finally, what sort of price would be reasonable and is there an online company that I could use? I know nothing about these things so would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.

mandy_moo_1

Hope I'm okay posting this, but if you go to http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/ this site is brilliant at helping with stuff like this. look for the right forum you need, and i'm sure someone'll be able to help you.
HTH

cargo

Not to sure as to what you want to copy.
Do you have a dvd film on a dvdr and want to copy onto another dvdr?
If this is the case it is really easy and you should copy it onto a dvd-r disc.
Sorry if I mis read your post as I have had a couple of brandy's.

TOBRUK

Hi devon-gnome,
You don't give enough information:
Are you recording to a dvd recorder from dvd player, or using computer?
Whatever form you need to specify what your recorder records in - either DVD-R , DVD+R, or DUAL?
I have recorded to standalone DVD RECORDER - mine records in DVD-R.

The length you can record depends on the BIT RATE which you can change, (if you don't understand, think of it in terms of a VHS tape where you can record LONG PLAY or SHORT PLAY, but with more options) and obviously as you change the bit rate you must consider that the quality may suffer.

There are a number of companies, makes and prices available and it depends (in my view) how precious these films are to you! I personally would only use a quality disk like Taiyo Yuiden if it was something I valued. Also consider if you want an inkjet/laser printable disk - this enables you to print on the DVD, this is what I buy as I print them on my printer.

Also check that any disk is compatible with your recorder - some recorders don't like certain makes - don't ask I don't know why!
Anyway, I can't be of any further help as you haven't given enough to go on.

sarabob

devon-gnome wrote:

Please can someone advise me what sort of disc I should use to copy a film on to? (Disc to disc.) Also, can such discs take 2 films, say a total of 3 hours? Finally, what sort of price would be reasonable and is there an online company that I could use? I know nothing about these things so would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.

by the way, if you're getting confused at any of the posts here, it's because you have 'sort of' asked how to copy commercial films, which is illegal.

So, giving you the benefit of the doubt, people are assuming you mean copying your own home movies from dvd-r to dvd-r, which is trivial - simply use something like nero or whatever software you used to burn it in the first place to copy the disc. Commercial movies are a) copy protected and b) come on dual layer discs which you would either have to copy to another dual-layer disc or 'transcode' to a lower bitrate.

Of course, buying a CD and ripping it to your media centre PC or ipod is also illegal, just so that *everyone* can be a criminal.