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Old 7th Nov 2004, 22:59
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DVD Copying

Most DVDs on the market are 5+GB size and will not fit directly onto a blank DVD.

You will need to search for and download DVDShrink (or similar) to rip, strip extras, compress and convert the DVD to fit on a 4.7GB blank DVD using a regular burning software (e.g. Nero)

Double-Layer drives are now available with 8.5GB blank DVDs (cheapest disks I've found are £6 each!!! - Verbatim DVD+R from PC World), but I've heard of problems with them when burning video/movies - "Layer transition may trigger a slight pause" = 20 seconds of blank screen!!!!!!!!!

All of this may prove completely useless if the DVD is using the latest encryption technology to prevent it being copied (or even read) on a PC!!
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