Help with Copying DVD to Hard Drive, then re-burning

prsterling · #1 12-10-2009, 12:41 PM

I have a series of family movies on DVD that I'd like to copy to a USB attached archive drive, and still have the opportunity of re-burning from the archive drive to a fresh DVD in the future. What is the recommended way to do this?

admin · #2 12-10-2009, 12:50 PM

"Family movies" as in purchased retail DVDs from the store, or DVDs you made from your own VHS tapes or TV recordings? The method is different, depending on source.

prsterling · #3 12-10-2009, 01:24 PM

thanks for the question.. these are DVD movies I have made via Sonic DVD. I have them archived now on Iomega 500GB USB-connected disk in Video_TS and Audio_TS folders. But now I want to re-burn them on DVD media and dont know the best way to do this.

admin · #4 12-10-2009, 02:33 PM

The best way to copy the disc -- the actual disc -- is to read the ISO in ImgBurn (freeware) to a temporary ISO files on your hard drive, and them write the ISO file to a new disc -- again, in ImgBurn. A guide for this process, using the pre-ImgBurn DVD Decrypter (near-same program) is at http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/vid...-decrypter.htm

If you've already copied the folders off the disc, and want to burn from those non-disc locations, then you'd want to use ImgBurn in build mode (write files to disc). Be sure it's on UDF 1.02 + standard ISO 9660 mode for the burning type. ImgBurn is usually able to "smart detect" when content is a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS, asking to switch to UDF+ISO if you've made a mistake.

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