What is the best software to duplicate a DVD-R?

To copy and make an identicle copy like the original?

This is my first DVD Burner.
Thanks , I appreciate the help.

Try dvdshrink, its free. There are others like instant copy 7, dvd2one, dvdxcopy. I her instant copy 7 is the best for movies that are over 4.7 gbs.

If it is under 4.7Gb then just use dvd-decrypter in ISO mode to read and write the image, job done




andyw

Alcohol 120% works for me - no coasters yet (under 4.7GB). DVD2one if its over that.

Originally posted by MOSSCHINO
What is the best software to duplicate a DVD-R?

To copy and make an identicle copy like the original?

This is my first DVD Burner.
Thanks , I appreciate the help.

As long as you are doing DVD-R to DVD-R then you can simply use Recordnow Max to do the job. Just read to the HD and then write back to the blank DVD-R and you will have a perfect working copy.

Thanks for all the info , everyone.

I been having problems with my pioneer ao5 and burning to Memorex media DVD+R.The pioneer does not recognize this blank media.Is there a better media such as Apple , Princo or Ritek?

Your problem is beause you are using a +r disk, need to use -r.

What does the + & - mean?

type of dvd there is a mesage on the top of the forum about. you can only use -r media.

Originally posted by MOSSCHINO
Thanks for all the info , everyone.

I been having problems with my pioneer ao5 and burning to Memorex media DVD+R.The pioneer does not recognize this blank media.Is there a better media such as Apple , Princo or Ritek?

Yup as mentioned in other posts you have a DVD-R/-RW writer and not a DVD+R/+RW writer. Unless you have a drive that supports both + and - you cannot write + on a - format drive and vice versa. Simply a difference of formatting but other than that not a whole lot of difference. For Starting out I would highly recommend Ritek DVD-R discs as they are highly compatible with DVD Players, Videogame consoles, ect. I think you will also find the media a little bit cheaper than the Memorex DVD+R discs that you tried.

I just figured how to copy on the fly. Using recordmax now. Hooked up dvd drives to seperate IDE connectors. Saves me 30 min time now. Before that I could only copy to HD then to disk.

hollie.weimeraner,
when using Alcohol, are you ripping the files to the h/d first?
Im wondering if alcohol can do a decrypt/burn on the fly.
Is this even possible?

Alcohol does not decrypt. It coult though, in theory if you had AnyDVD running, I wouldn't want to try copying on the fly though.

I agree that copying on the fly with DVDs is really a gamble. Some people get them to work with no trouble but most end up running into trouble sooner or later. It will save you time and money in the long run if you take a little bit of extra time and copy to the HD first.