Topic: Burning Dvd's

[italianbuff]

hi old gang
i used to come here a back while ago,
glad to see this site is still running
i just got myself a dvd burner,and started making some backup copies of my dvd's.i noticed some dvd's cannot be copied due to the lenght of it.I just would like the movie on the dvd only,is there anyway to do this?

[Sandra]

Theres a free prog called DVD shrink available from here :

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

Its supposed to be good but I havent personally tried it.

Welcome back  

[italianbuff]

hey sandra
thanks
i'll try it out,
lately i have gotten error messages of movie not being able to fit on dvd.
lets hope this works

[Sandra]

It should do, I read a bit back about Nero 6 having a facility for cutting the unwanted bits out like extra scenes and directors comments and crap like that, along with cutting extra languages and subtitles which werent needed to enable it to fit on one dvd too  

[Simon]

Of course, it must be said that we cannot condone the illegal copying of DVD films.  If you own the copyright, that's fine, and I think it's just about OK to back up your own DVDs, strictly for your own personal use.  

[italianbuff]

hi guys
alright so i finally had time this weekend to sit down
and work with dvdshrink.Well it did great to compress and backup my dvd.The only problem is how to I get to burn them?
I tried burning just the files onto a dvd,but the dvd didn't play.
any ideas?

[Simon]

What software are you using to burn the DVDs?

[Sandra]

Which files did it create, were they VOB ones in a TS folder, if so you just drag all of them in and burn as a video dvd as far as I know  

[italianbuff]

it created vob files,and i'm using nero to burn it

[TR]

Can I jump on board please to ask a few Qs as well  

I am having the same problem, have used DvD shrink and it wont play them, but it will play them on the House dvd player.

Also the same copy that I have originaly backed them up from won't work now, but will on the house dvd player, what am I doing wrong.

Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems we have the same problem  

[Sandra]

This article explains how to burn an already created TS folder with VOB files in, to a DVD using nero, hope it helps  

http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides.php?category=dvdburn&name=nero

[TR]

Nothing like my nero software  >

[Sandra]

Open Nero from the start/programs/nero/nero burning rom Hooky and it will be excactly the same as in the article.
You are opening Nero Smart Start  

[TR]

Sandra, I tried that and I dont have what you said  >

[Sandra]

I assume its because you have the OEM version of Nero 6 that came with your DVD writer  
That article , and my version, is Nero Ultra and I have attached a screenshot of my Nero Express 6 which has a button at the bottom called "NERO" which switches from Nero Express to the Nero Burning Rom as described in the article  
I dont suppose that you have that option in your Nero Express do you ?

If you look at your Nero CD again, check and see if you have an option for ULTRA or NERO BURNING ROM on it as you may have only installed part of it, but I doubt it