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Swan_Knight
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« on: 12:47:25, 11-04-2008 »
My laptop may or may not have the technology to copy DVDs, but if it has, I don't seem to able to use it - and those in the know aren't helpful, 'cos it's 'illegal'.

So, I'm just wondering whether anyone could recommend any DVD copying software obtainable in the shops - or, even better, for free online?!
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« Reply #1 on: 13:10:56, 11-04-2008 »
First thing first - make sure you have hardware that can write disks! Smiley   If you can copy/write cds, cd-roms etc, then your hardware should write/copy dvds too.

You ought to be aware that the huge majority of commercially-available dvds have copy-protection on them - so even having suitable hardware,  and the software to do the job,  will not enable you to copy those disks unless you "crack" them...   the legality of which is questionable.   As its probably illegal to do so,  getting software for this kind of job is a harder task:(

NERO is probably the most well-known and widely-used software for all kinds of disk-writing/copying tasks, both for music, graphic media, data and dvd.  It has a choice of two interfaces - for newbies, and for advanced users,  so you can get started straight away.  Although I have Nero,  I tend to use Roxio,  mainly because it came bundled free with my laptop, and it's a breeze to use, and quite fast handling even large amounts of data.
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« Reply #2 on: 11:22:36, 21-04-2008 »
I wonder whether any of you 'techies' could advise? I have just purchased a new laptop running Vista, and my favourite freebie Audio conversion program - Audiograbber - will not function properly in systems later than XP. In particular the OS specifically disallows third-party programs to create MP3 files! Further, the mixer is disfunctional, and (worst of all) it appears that if 'Line Input' is selected, an error appears to say that no sound card could be found.

I wonder if any of you know of other 'free' programs that could work under Vista?

Thanks.

Baz
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« Reply #3 on: 15:10:22, 21-04-2008 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 13:10:56, 11-04-2008
You ought to be aware that the huge majority of commercially-available dvds have copy-protection on them - so even having suitable hardware,  and the software to do the job,  will not enable you to copy those disks unless you "crack" them...   the legality of which is questionable. As its probably illegal to do so,  getting software for this kind of job is a harder task:(

In Norway, e.g., it was found to be perfectly legal to reverse engineer (ie, "crack") DVD copy protection. Read all about DVD Jon here. What you want is something called DeCSS, which should be readily obtainable online. BUT: in countries signed up to the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) Copyright Treaty (including the EU and USA) cracking DVD protection is still illegal.
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