Dual layer DVD's

[tomars]

Hey, just wondering where you buy your dual layer discs from and how much you pay for them?
At the moment the cheapest I have found is £25 for a stack of 10 (no cases). This seems exceptionally expensive, but I might be looking at the wrong kind or something. Anyone else?
Thanks :D

[tomars]

Also I have another question: do you normally backup your DVD's to 4.7gb discs or dual layer discs?

[Krell]

I dont know anyone that uses dual layer discs.

At this point, I do not see why it is needed, or how to justify the expense.

I use 4.7 for everything

Actually, I forsee never, ever buying a dual layer blank media
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[tomars]

Thanks Krell, they do seem a lot more expensive than 4.7gb. Just one question, when you backup DVD's do you put the whole thing (menus, extras etc) or do you usually just put the movie? I'm quite new to DVD backup and I'm not sure on the quality of the finished product. I can find the info and software to do it myself I'm just wondering about others' personal preferences.
Thanks :D

[Krell]

So many times, I have posted instructions on how to get only the tilte 1 and only the audio or language files that you need, with DVDShrink. I do not need the "behind the scenes" or french audio etc.

Once youve done it you'll realize how easy it is.

The only time you have to do anything different, is when there are more than one title

By playing the movie in your DVD software, you can determine which title you want

If you cant figure it out, or find my posts, let me know


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[tomars]

Thanks Krell :D

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[tomars]

Whoa, only the £4 each then :D Normal 4.7gb DVD-R's are like 20p each at computer fayres :D I might buy 10/15 or so dual layer discs just for longer films or TV boxset back-ups, but I dont care about all the documentaries and stuff. If theres some bonus feature I really want I'll just put it on a second disc.

[shawners]

People have rip the extras or split the movie across two dvd-r 4.7.. I saw like 24 dollars for a pack of 3 dual layer DVD-RW.. DVDrw are well worth that much since you can put something on it and later rewrite it for other purposes.

[SanDiegoKid]

I've used dual layer discs for a few flicks I wanted perfect copies of (but still didn't want to shell out the extra $$ for the originals).

Overall I'm happy with DVD Rebuilder + CCE to encode to single layer discs.

[tomars]

Ok so I ripped my DVD using DVD Decrypter to my hard-drive, then I re-authored and burned just the title track using DVD Shrink and I had the setting 'No compression' onto a 4.7gb DVD-R. Does this mean it is an exact high quality reproduction?
kleenr, you're using DVD Rebuilder + CCE, what is the advantage of using that over the combination of programs I used? There seems to be alot of backup utilities out there, it would take a long time and waste alot of DVD's to try them all, so should I stick with what I've done? It seems good quality but I'm not sure if its the best backup I can get?
Thanks :D

[SanDiegoKid]

Stick to DVD shrink for now I would say... then check out doom9.org and afterdawn.com to learn about DVD Rebuilder+CCE.

If your main movie was set to no compression, and it actually burned it on a single layer disc, then it should be an exact copy. Some argue that there is still an imperceptable quality loss on digital copies... but that's picking nits.

[tomars]

Ok thankyou kleenr :D

[DwarfBaby]

If you plan to use the backups in a DVD player, use 4.7 gig disks. I have had bad luck with duel layer disks working on anything but the computer that burned it. Even newer players that handle both -r +r disks well, seem to have problems with burned duel layer disks. At $5 a pop it's to damned painful when your DVD player freezes halfway through the movie.