In this guide I will show you how to copy, split or customize your legally purchased DVD-9 disks in order to have a back-up of them! I will use DVDFab Platinum. If you want to test it first you can download a trial version here . DVDFab is able to remove almost any copy protection from the dvd disk such as CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc. Now let’s continue with the tutorial!
This guide refers to the old DVDFab version 3. I have posted an updated guide for DVDFab Platinum 5. Enjoy!
Insert your DVD disk in the dvd rom tray. The following screen will appear.
As you can see in “Source” (1) there should be your DVD drive and in “Target” (2) your DVD drive again. This way DVDFab will copy the movie in your hard disk and immediately burn it into a new disk. However you may save the movie in your hard disk and burn it later using “Write Data” (3). “Quality” (4) shows the amount of compression that has to be applied on the movie in order to be copied in a DVD-5 disk. Of course if you have a DVD-9 disk no compression is needed. More compression means less quality.
As you can see in the DVD to DVD menu you have some options: Full Disk (5), Main Movie (6), Split (7) and Customize (8). Lets see them one by one.
- Full Disk
The entire disk will be copied to another disk just like it is. All the menus, audio and subtitles will be copied. Quick and easy way. Just press “Start”.
- Main Movie
If you select ‘Main Movie” from the menu only the movie part (1) of the DVD will be copied. No extras, introductions and other parts will be copied. You also have the option to select the subtitles (2) and audio (3) of your choice. When you are ready press “Start”.
- Split
If you select “Split” you can copy a DVD-9 to 2 DVD-5 disks. This way you preserve the initial quality of the movie. You can adjust the “Split Chapter” (1), the part of the movie where split be applied. In the two boxes “Disk # Size” (2) you can see the size of each one of the two disks. When you are ready press “Start”.
- Customize
However you may want to keep some of the movie’s extras. This is what the option “Customize” is for. Apart from the “Audio” (1) and “Subtitles” (2) you can select the movie parts (3) you want to keep. Use the preview window (4) to see what each “Title” contains. Again when you are ready press “Start”.
The copy to disk process will begin.
When this is over you will be asked to insert a blank DVD in the dvd rom. Do so and press OK. The burn process will begin.
After some time you will get a message that the process has completed successfully. Your movie is ready! Enjoy!
DVDFab is probably the best software at this time for copying your legally purchased dvds. Download a trial version here !
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Is there a way to operate a customised split? i.e: keep the main movie and the menu titles in one DVD5, and the the menu titles and the extras in another.
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Most probably the movie itself will be too big to put it in one DVD5 on its own. So even if you choose customize and select the movie for the first dvd and the extras for the second one, the movie won't fit. But you can always see and try.
@mary
Did you try to insert a blank DVD-5 in the tray? :roll
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Melinda
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I think you'd better send an email to the support team of DVDFab. You can find a contact form in their official site.
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Merging 2 DVDs into one...
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Lots of artefacting and dropping sound.
Not as good as old DVD fab decryptor with DVD2one.
Am I doing something wrong or is this the standard?
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DVD to ipod
Video fine but sound is very dull.
When ripping then placing in Ulead videostudio 10 and exporting as ipod the sound is 100% sharper and clear.
Not sure that the $60 spent on this is really worth it over the free HD version.
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Copy full movie to DVD9 (or DVD-DL)
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target folder to copy dvd
complete novice
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The target folder should be your DVD-r drive or in case you want to store the dvd in your hard disk drive just choose a partition that has enough space.
ramtin
I don't know a program for linux that can split a dvd. Take a look at k9copy although I don't think it supports this function.
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When I do as directed and choose E: for the target I get an error message:
Failed to create directory
E:MainMovieHoliday The
What am I doing wrong?
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When I do as directed and choose E: for the target I get an error message:
Failed to create directory
E:\MainMovie\Holiday The\
What am I doing wrong?
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Unable to burn DVD9 split files with Nero Burning ROM
I split a DVD9 disc to two DVD5 discs using DVDFab ver6. When using Nero burn the DVD5 disc, I get the following message..."DVD-Video file reallocation failed. The resulting DVD-Video might be unplayable. Do you want to continue?"
How to I resolve this issue?
Thanks.
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I don't know what is causing you this problem. You could try http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn the dvd and check it.
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