If you've ever had a DVD that is scratched and jumps you'll know how frustrating it is, which is why a lot of people copy DVDs. You might copy the DVD because you want to backup up a movie before it gets scratched, so if you are already doing this the chances are you have DVD copying software. Depending on the software you own you might only be able to copy DVD movies, but most software is capable of copying CDs, DVDs, Video tapes and games ( if the software is good ). Because of the wide range of DVD copying software choosing the software is a more gruelling task than actually copying the DVD.
The most obvious reason for Copying DVDs is to back up your DVD collection or Pc Game collection. With Games at ?25-?35 Brand New and DVDs at ?12-?20 Brand New a tiny scratch or mark would just be like taking ?10-?20 and burning it. But with DVD copying software readily available you can easily and quickly make Copies of your games and DVDs, Games being easier to copy than Films of course. And once you have your copy you can use the copy instead of the original ensuring the original is in perfect condition should anything happen to the copy, and you always have it available to make more copies.
There are so many benefits of owning DVD burning/Copying software its unreal. It is so easy to make a copy of your Child's Nativity play that you recently filmed in order to send off to relatives who were unable to attend. DVD burning/Copying software is also immensely easy to use. Before you start to copy a Film you need to make sure the target disk will be big enough to store all of the data from the original disk, if it won't then it will just be a waste of time attempting to copy the DVD without first compressing it to make sure it fits. Compressing dual-layered movies into a single layer disk will help to preserve disk space, if your original Film is damaged during the copy process then the professional software "DVD Cloner" will help you restore the data. You can convert your Film into many different video formats including but not limited to .avi and .MPEG2 (.xxx is the file extension). With the advancement of technology then system requirements for DVD software shouldn't be an issue, but do make sure you have at least 10-15GB (Gigabytes) of free Hard Disk space.
Have you ever had a DVD you wanted to copy and popped it into your dvd burner and when you go to copy it you find the data is far too large to fit onto the DVD, this Is where Shrinking data comes into play. A lot of software programs can compress data from the original DVD so that it can fit onto your blank DVD. The software compresses/shrinks the data and makes it almost impossible to decipher whether or not the DVD is the original or a replica. For the average PC user Movie compression is a lengthy objective and can take a few hours, but for the more advanced Computers this time is "Compressed " to about an hour or less.
