Free DVD copying
Why pay for DVD copying software when you can get it for free? If the rumors I heard about DVD X Copy are true then you won’t be able to buy DVD copying software in the near future, but that is another story.
I was watching an episode of ScreenSavers when they did a bit on free DVD copying. Of course my ears perked right up and I can to do some investigation of my own. This investigation consisted of me downloading the free programs, DVD Decrypter (Download) and DVD Shrinker (Download). I installed both programs and started playing with them. One thing I noticed so far is that it takes a long time to decrypt a full DVD movie. I decrypted Austin Powers: Goldmember and it took about 50 minutes to complete. I’m not to happy about that, but what can you do? Next, I invoked DVDShrink. DVDShrink did its thing rather quickly, so this is a bonus. I haven’t yet burn the movie to a DVD yet but one beautiful thing about this program it that it allows to determine the compression ratio, This feature allows you to make a copy of the original DVD using only one DVD. Store bought DVDs are recorded on 2 layers while the burners we have only burn on one layer, therefore it usually takes two DVDs to copy an original DVD. Using DVDShrink will alleviate this problem. Now, I haven’t made the DVD copy yet because the software require you to use Nero. I am a fan of Roxio, so I don’t have a copy of Nero handy. I will attempt to burn the DVD using Roxio and if I’m unable to do it then I will have to install Nero. Either way I’ll get back to you on how the burn goes.
For more info on the free DVD copying software, visit the ScreenSaver website.
March 24th, 2004 at 9:01 pm
well it seems that 321studio have made some new ground in the dvd software business:
Dvdxtreme
April 26th, 2004 at 3:09 pm
did it actually work with roxio
April 26th, 2004 at 10:52 pm
I have tried it burning a VCD and SVCD but not DVD. There should be a problem…I must add that I have tried it using Roxio 7.
July 2nd, 2004 at 6:22 am
dear sir ive used dvd shrink and nero to try and copy a warner home video dvd film the film is called showtime everytime i try to copy it it keeps telling me it is copy protected can you tell me how to get around this or if possible is there any websites that you can give me that will give me software to copy these dvds many thanks for the help
paul
July 13th, 2004 at 12:36 pm
instead of nero you can also use the DVD decrypter to burn the image onto the dvd
October 28th, 2004 at 1:41 pm
DVD steps: Use DVD Decryptor in ISO Read mode to create ISO image of DVD (removes security) then use shrinker to mount ISO image then select “Backup” with option “create ISO and burn using DVD decrypter” works burning to DVD-R,DVD+RW. Worked every time for me….
November 1st, 2004 at 7:59 pm
how nice
May 31st, 2005 at 11:25 pm
Love Your Programs
June 24th, 2005 at 4:40 am
it’s ok
July 7th, 2005 at 10:46 pm
I have been using DVD Shrink and Nero for about 8 months and find the combination works perfectly. I have never had a failure.