its like the pirate with the stearing wheel in his crotch

[Ezteq]

ITS DRIVIN ME NUTS!!!!!


yeah yeah its me moaning about dvd burning again, right so i have dvd shrink, decrypter and something called ripitforme (which i thought was a gay web cast of people losing their virginity...man was i disappointed) and ive got nero


and i still cant do it

i only have nero for like 13 more days (free trial ftw!!11) so time is of the essance! (always wanted to say that...that and a rather classy one liner from mae west that im saving for a special occasion) can someone please please tell me wtf is going wrong, i mean there are 12 year old cretins (and i dont mean people from crete) out there who merrily burn millions of dvds and make millions on ebay, all i want to do is back up my existing movies so that i dont have to worry if they get damaged!


now then if anyone can help me i will pay the sum of.....



One Millllion Dollers!!!

(not really thats just something else ive kind of wanted to say but not as much as the time is of the essance thingy)

but i would be eternally grateful and in your debt!

Help me obi wan kanobi... your my only hope!

 

[Ezteq]

Extree Extree Read All About It

Ez Cant Spell Steering!

 

[Binky the Bomb]

ok, take us through to the point were your failing

 

[Ezteq]

right ok so

first i put in the movie disc dvd thing then i do something with ripitforme which does something with decrypter (possibly this decrypts it?) then it does some stuff to the disc, then when thats done i go to dvd shrink and do the business there basically i follow these instructions:

HINT
I 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. “All DVD Work\Pirates of the Caribbean, Sittin' by the Dock on the Bay.”)

Let’s go over our settings for DVD Shrink.
When we open DVD Shrink, go to “Edit,” check to make sure that “Full disc Backup” is checked. Next, go to “Preferences,” where is says “DVD Target size” I select “Custom” and in the size box I put 4260MB. That allows you a bit of wiggle room on your disc so that you’re not writing to the very edge of your disc. NOTE: A 4.7GB disc only holds 4.36GB of data. I like a tiny bit of room when I burn hence, the 4260MB instead of 4360MB. Make sure the “User preferences” boxes are all “ticked”. Under the “Preview tab” be sure the “Enable video and audio preview” is “ticked”. Under the “File I/O tab,” - “tick” “Enabled overlapped I/O” and “Check RPC drive region code”. Under “Burn settings,” “tick” “Enable burning with Nero.” NOTE: When you wish to have Nero do it’s “Automatic burning thingie” make sure this box is “ticked.” Tick this box now ! DVD Shrink can also burn an ISO image with DVD Decrypter, when you wish to use DVD Decrypter as your burning engine, make sure this box is “un-ticked.” When you are finished, click “OK.”

Alrighty then, are you ready ? Good ! Let’s do us an entire DVD backup - -

Please do your homework and find the correct media for this project. The proper discs are extremely important and can make the difference between a good backup or a “Coaster”. (A coaster is a disc which didn’t burn correctly and therefore is good for nothing other than a beer coaster. Lol)

Place your original in your DVD ROM drive (if you have 2 drives) and put your blank in your burner’s drive tray. If you only have the one drive - put your original there and continue on - when your blank is needed, that is the time to swap discs. Click “Open Disc” - find your drive and click “OK,” - DVD Shrink is now ripping your DVD - Cool Huh ? If you want an entire disc, which we do today, everything is completely “Automatic” - (Just to make sure, check the top of the window, “Full Disc” should already be depressed - Now don’t get upset, it likes being depressed, I just don’t want you being depressed - ) - (lol) OK, then, moving on - -

When you click "Backup" in DVD Shrink, a box will come up saying “Backup DVD.” Under the “Target Device” tab where it says “Select target device” choose your burner’s drive. Where it says” Target Folder:” click "Browse" and trace your path back to "All DVD Work\ Pirates of the Caribbean Sitting by the Dock on the Bay ". Under the “DVD Region” tab, make sure “Region Free” is “ticked”. Under “Quality Settings”, “tick” “Perform Deep analysis” (it takes longer but with your longer pictures, it makes the picture quality Ooohh so much better Now, under "Quality Settings, "tick" "Compress video with high quality adaptive error compensation" there you may adjust quality enhancements. Practicing with the settings can produce even better end products. For a no-frills DVD's like "There's something about Mary" I like Extra Smooth BUT for DVD's with a lot of special effects, I use the Extra Sharp setting. That's for me, you'll have to decide what you like If all the boxes are "grayed out" that's OK, it means your DVD is small enough that little will be lost from the original. While we’re in the neighborhood, let's go to "Options and “tick” the “Run backup in low priority mode” box. Good, now click "OK". - Guess what, we’re done and done !!
DVD Shrink will place a copy of your DVD’s files in a folder named VIDEO_TS and a folder named AUDIO_TS. This last one is empty so you need not worry about it. When all the compression etc. is finished DVD Shrink will open Nero and use it’s burning engine to burn your backup to your disc. You won’t see it, you’ll just see DVD Shrink’s preview window on your desktop. Feel free to minimize it if you wish BUT, use your PC for nothing else until this work is done.

Last step: “STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER !”

then (because my pc only has one hole in it) my pc spits out the movie and i put the blank disc in (DVD-RW 4.7GB) and it actually says its doing it (i mean it doesnt say yeah baby im doin it im doin it but it says burning then gives a percent of how much its done) then it spits out that disc when its done and i put it in my dvd player and with one movie i got all the opening trailers but no movie and with another one i tried i just got a big yellow blob that looked a bit like egg yolk.

so then i go cover myself in jam and roll about naked on the floor.... just kidding, just making sure i still have your attention after the above yawn fest

 

[Binky the Bomb]

Wow, all I do is just pop a DVD in the drive, tell it what device its gonna play on, and press 'GO'.

That program is somewhat overcomplicated.

By any chance does the rip program seperate the various parts of the DVD out, and your just copying the wrong bits?

 

[Ezteq]

*cries*

i just dont know




its all just too hard and complex for me and its making my brain ache a little.

i was lead to believe its simple but somehow i think i may have done what you said and over complicated things (trust a chick to do that eh?)

 

[Binky the Bomb]

Don't blame yourself. Blame analy retentive programmers who can't get a date so make overly complex programs to revenge thier ever shirinking blue manhood.
Sorry.

 

[Oysterboy]

Try AnyDVD and CloneDVD instead. These are very user-friendly programs in my opinion, and you can try them for 21 days.

 

[Ezteq]

reptastic cheers OB

 

[Oysterboy]

Here's a tutorial: CloneDVD & AnyDVD Guide by MadBob

Good luck!

 

[Roalith]

Also, are the movies in .avi format? You could just burn them as data to a disk, rather than actually converting them to a playable DVD format... admittedly won't be able to play them back on anything except a PC, but might be a lot simpler to burn?

 

[Hawkwind]

Also, are the movies in .avi format? You could just burn them as data to a disk, rather than actually converting them to a playable DVD format... admittedly won't be able to play them back on anything except a PC, but might be a lot simpler to burn?

If the .avi is in DIVX format alot of DVD players will play it straight off the disk. Would advise anyone in the market for a DVD player gets one with DiVX Logo on it. Most new DVD Players by Samsung, Phillips, Sharp, Panasonic and even Sony will play DivX files. Personally I use a 500Gb Media Player with WLAN for easy updating. Much better than keeping all those easily scratched disks.

 

[Little Boy]

Omg Ez!! You call yourself a Librarian? You must read tons of books, and you still can't spell, I am utterly appauled Log on MSN more (oh yeh, i forgot, I can't get on it Meh!!!

 

[Ezteq]

lol ive tried for days to get on msn and my pc aint having it and nerf at my spelling

i want to make dvds that i can watch on my dvd player and the lap top from copies of dvds that i already own (i need master copies because im so lame i usually end up scratching or buggeriung my dvds and sick of having to buy the same movie again and again) so a data disk would not be much good as it would not work on my dvd player.

and like i said i managed to make a copy where the trailers and everything i wasnt interested in came up perfectly, the movie however was scrabled worse than an egg in a blender.