copy DVD to computer

Hi Coach,

It you can please list the name / models of your drives. Also as a side note, what type of DVD are you trying to copy? If it happend to be a commercial hollywood movie, then you are seeing the embedded copy protection on the disc kicking in.


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the good fortune to run into the ones I do
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I have an Dimension 8400 with media center and 16 x dual drives.  I was trying to copy a DVD-R that I burned with my basketball game on it to my computer.  It only allows me to view it and not copy it to my computer.  I put it in the DVD Rom to view it and not the DVD Burner.  Is there a way to just copy DVD'S that I burn onto my computer so that I can select certain games and then burn them back onto another disc later?  Thanks a lot if you could help.  No one else has been able to.  Coach McD  (Basketball Coach in Michigan)

Coach:

It is a fairly complicated procedure to "rip" and edit video such as you are describing. You may want to post this in the video forum.

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@osprey4 wrote:

Coach:

It is a fairly complicated procedure to "rip" and edit video such as you are describing. You may want to post this in the video forum.

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Not that complicated depending on your software. With Roxio you use Capture, point it to the DVD and click capture…

That creates a mpeg or avi file depending on what you chose.

Thanks, Jim, I'm not familiar with Roxio.

so a simple DVD that was already burned can't be recorded by me on my computer?

When I put a DVD(a homemade one) into the drive and open Windows Explorer and click on the DVD drive icon I can see the folder/files that are on the DVD. I can copy all these to a folder on my hard drive. I don't know if that's what you want. With the Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 software that I have I can use the DVD copy function to copy a DVD to a blank DVD disc, or to a folder on my hard drive. The Roxio program(and many other programs) have functions to capture the files on a DVD, edit and then burn them to a blank DVD. So, maybe you can't do what you want with the software that is on your computer. I don't have a media center Dell so I don't know what you have on it.

Ken

Thanks for info.  I'll look into Roxio.  Everytime I look at another program though it says it can only capture off another device such as a camcorder or a VCR.  I looked under Windows Explorer and it didn't help (if I was doing it right)  Coach McD