DVD Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. DVDs resemble compact discs as their physical dimensions are the same (12 cm (4.72 inches) or occasionally 8 cm (3.15 inches) in diameter) but they are encoded in a different format DVD’s are becoming more and more popular today. With there ability to store more, they are the latest technology. Offering better clarity in movies, they are the medium of distribution for big entertainment companies like Sony. All the latest movies, music and other content are available through this media. Many people due to access problems or just for storage, would like to copy all this content either to normal compact disks or to their hard drives. Some times, high end DVD do not work with all players these can be reduced to normal DVD R for better working. How can this be done? Well, There are many excellent software that can decode and help you copy that favorite piece of your movie or song to any media.
What should good DVD copying software include? The best DVD copy programs offer a wide variety of features, that include, Compression capabilities, the ability to decode CSS decryption and the software should be able to Restore defective or scratched DVDs
DVD Cloner III with a powerful CSS decryptor copies almost any DVD and receives our Gold Award. This product offers everything from exact 1:1 DVD copies to automatic compression to episode selection. DVD Cloner 3 is excellent software, it offers a high level of flexibility and customization, including multiple languages and format options, and is compatible with most burners and DVD players.
DVD Cloner III makes quality DVD copies quickly and gives you the option to copy bonus footage, subtitles, audio, language and menus. In addition, unlike most products, this cloner incorporates the ability to decrypt CSS encryption without requiring an additional download. With DVD Cloner III’s decryption tools, virtually any DVD or CD can be copied.
DVD Cloner 3 makes excellent, high-quality copies even if you are shrinking an entire full-length DVD (DVD-9) with all its bonus footage to a 4.5 GB DVD-R (DVD-5). It also supports copying to dual-layer DVD-Rs (DVD-9) so you don’t need to compress anything. Note: You must have a dual-layer compatible DVD burner to take advantage of this feature.
If your burner is not capable of burning to a dual-layer DVD-9 disc, this software offers two good options. One, an excellent copy can be made by choosing “Movie Only,” this option cuts out additional bonus footage and menus, therefore requiring less compression. Secondly, you can split the entire DVD onto two DVD-5 discs with no quality loss.
In addition, with an upgrade from the manufacturer the software can copy DVD movies to AVI, SVCD or MPEG formats so you can burn to a CD and play in an SVCD compatible DVD player or a normal old type VCD only player.
This product also has the ability to copy to your hard drive, which is a useful, energy saving feature for laptops. It also offers your favorite content at a click saving you the trouble of always searching for and inserting the DVD.
This product is very easy to use, no matter what format you are copying to. The screens are well designed and intuitive. The software guides you through the process of making copies including the selection of your source (where the original DVD is) and your target (what you want to save the copied movie to).
The help section is easily accessible and provides useful information. However you may not need this feature as the software is self explanatory.
As DVD’s become more popular, people will want more and more features with their copying products. Today the dvd copying software is already quite advanced. Still in the future, we can expect great time saving qualitative features that might help you to leave your computer on with 3 dvd’s and the pc could do them automatic allowing for mass copying. DVD copying however is not legal as it allows an individual to break the copy protection and distribute content for which only one license has been brought. AS the new century dawns, protection agencies and the big companies are trying to eradicate this problem.
S. Stammberger is the editor of Copy
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