I have a DVD recording of a PBS show for which I want to make a copy for a friend. I used to have a computer with Windows XP that had Nero software that could do this, but the software has compatibility issues with my new computer which runs Windows 7. Does anyone have a suggestion for a copy program? (I am not interested in copying commercial DVDs.) My only other choice is to dub the DVD onto tape then back again to DVD. I really don't like to do this because tape quality is not very good.
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Try the free CDBurner XP. You can burn CD's and DVD's as well as Copy them. Be sure to Decline to install the Optional offer.
The link you suggested is https://cdburnerxp.se/. Is this legitimate? What country is se?
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SE is Sweden, and the software (cdburner) is legit.
A good alternative is ImgBurn: The Official ImgBurn Website
SE is Sweden, and the software (cdburner) is legit.
A good alternative is ImgBurn: The Official ImgBurn Website
IMGBurn is great for burning an ISO images to disc, or creating an ISO image out of a disc. It is also great for burning a Data disc of files on your computer. However it does not Copy discs, nor does it burn Audio discs, or DVD movies
CDBurner XP is also free and does all of that Copies CD' and DVD's and burns Audio and Video.
CDBurner XP is also free and does all of that Copies CD' and DVD's and burns Audio and Video.
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Depends on how you use ImgBurn - but obviously you have to make a copy first before you can burn it, regardless of software. ISO image or not. 
How to copy a disc using ImgBurn - Guides - ImgBurn Support Forum
How to copy a disc using ImgBurn - Guides - ImgBurn Support Forum
https://cdburnerxp.se/help/Data/copydata
Start CDBurner XP. A wizard starts, ask you if you want to burn a DATA Disc, Audio or Copy or Grab a Disc. If you want to Copy disc choose Copy.
The next window shows your Burner drive and a little lower in the window, the drive you are going to copy to. If you have more then one DVD drive, Take the drop down arrow and choose one to read and one to write. Put the disc you want to copy in the drive reading drive. If you don't have a secondary DVD drive, choose that as your burner drive, when it's done it will eject the disc and ask to put in a blank, if you have 2 drives, put a blank in the secondary drive and it will automatically copy to the next drive once it has cached the disc to the HDD.
Next to the Device you are going to copy to in the Wizard is Write Speed, choose the slowest speed for your blank media. Press Copy Disc.
Start CDBurner XP. A wizard starts, ask you if you want to burn a DATA Disc, Audio or Copy or Grab a Disc. If you want to Copy disc choose Copy.
The next window shows your Burner drive and a little lower in the window, the drive you are going to copy to. If you have more then one DVD drive, Take the drop down arrow and choose one to read and one to write. Put the disc you want to copy in the drive reading drive. If you don't have a secondary DVD drive, choose that as your burner drive, when it's done it will eject the disc and ask to put in a blank, if you have 2 drives, put a blank in the secondary drive and it will automatically copy to the next drive once it has cached the disc to the HDD.
Next to the Device you are going to copy to in the Wizard is Write Speed, choose the slowest speed for your blank media. Press Copy Disc.
The window that comes up after clicking on Copy of grab disc, the top section is labeled Copy Options/Copy Progress. The bottom half is labeled Target with Device selected. After clicking on Copy disc, I get a window that says "Disc copy started" followed by ejection of the DVD and a second window that says "The following type of disc is required. The process will continue automatically as soon as it has been inserted."
Below that is says Required/1.50 MB free/Empty disc and Present/0 bytes/Empty disc. At that point, all activity ceases and the process has to be terminated.
Below that is says Required/1.50 MB free/Empty disc and Present/0 bytes/Empty disc. At that point, all activity ceases and the process has to be terminated.
Please look at the pictures provided in the link in post #8.
If you have more then one DVD drive, then take the drop down arrow next to the Target drive and select the secondary DVD drive and put a blank in it.
If there is only one DVDRW drive on the computer, then put the disc you want to copy into the Source drive and press Copy Disc. The Disc Copy Progress window opens and shows it is copying the files to a temp directory on your HDD. After it copies the disc to the HDD, it will eject the disc and ask for a blank DVD-R. Put the blank in and it will now burn the disc to the blank.
If you have more then one DVD drive, then take the drop down arrow next to the Target drive and select the secondary DVD drive and put a blank in it.
If there is only one DVDRW drive on the computer, then put the disc you want to copy into the Source drive and press Copy Disc. The Disc Copy Progress window opens and shows it is copying the files to a temp directory on your HDD. After it copies the disc to the HDD, it will eject the disc and ask for a blank DVD-R. Put the blank in and it will now burn the disc to the blank.
This is a follow-up to posts made on 3-7-2016 and 3-10-2016 by myself and spunk.funk. Still trying to use CDBurner XP to make a copy of a DVD which was originally created by dubbing a VHS tape. The DVD was then finalized. After inserting the DVD to be copied, the program takes less than a minute to copy the DVD (less than a minute for an entire movie?) After inserting a blank DVD, burn time is less than 3 minutes. The resulting copy triggers a "Read Error" on my DVR. Attempting to play it on my computer, the only thing that appears is the Title Menu. So I'm thinking the movie itself never gets copied. If I look at the DVD using Explorer, it contains one folder called VIDEO_TS. The folder itself contains 9 files, 4 of which are VOB files which are over 1 GB in length. The folder and all the files are date- stamped 12/31/2008. My guess is only the title menu is being copied. Any comments anyone?
Put the disc in and browse the contents, Compare this disc with the original disc. The file structure, should look the same. If the original disc is not very long, not a 2 hour movie, then it will copy in just a few minutes.
What type of Blank disc are you using? Be sure you are using a disc that is supported by your DVR player. (eg) Do not use a DVDRW disc, these discs need to be Finalized before they can play. Some player only read DVD+R blanks, some only read DVD-R blanks. I have found that most players will read a DVD-R fine. Also, what brand of blank are you using? Use only Name brand blanks, Verbatim, Phillips, Sony, do not use Generics. Many DVR's will not play a Generic disc.
When you Copy a disc, under Disc Copy, the top drive in the menu is the Source drive, Where you are copying from. under that is a drop down arrow for Read Retires, the default is set to 3. This means, that if there are errors on the disc that your Optical drive cannot read, it will do up to 3 Retries to copy everything. You can increase this if you think it is skipping files.
Under Target drive is the drive you are going to burn to, to the Right of this is the Burn Speed, the default speed is Maximum. Never burn a disc at Maximum, burn a disc at the slowest possible speed for the media, like 4X. The faster the burn speed, the more errors appear on the disc and the less your DVR will be able to read the disc. DVD-R and DVD+R discs do not need to be Finalized before they are ejected, but DVDRW and not be readable.
What type of Blank disc are you using? Be sure you are using a disc that is supported by your DVR player. (eg) Do not use a DVDRW disc, these discs need to be Finalized before they can play. Some player only read DVD+R blanks, some only read DVD-R blanks. I have found that most players will read a DVD-R fine. Also, what brand of blank are you using? Use only Name brand blanks, Verbatim, Phillips, Sony, do not use Generics. Many DVR's will not play a Generic disc.
When you Copy a disc, under Disc Copy, the top drive in the menu is the Source drive, Where you are copying from. under that is a drop down arrow for Read Retires, the default is set to 3. This means, that if there are errors on the disc that your Optical drive cannot read, it will do up to 3 Retries to copy everything. You can increase this if you think it is skipping files.
Under Target drive is the drive you are going to burn to, to the Right of this is the Burn Speed, the default speed is Maximum. Never burn a disc at Maximum, burn a disc at the slowest possible speed for the media, like 4X. The faster the burn speed, the more errors appear on the disc and the less your DVR will be able to read the disc. DVD-R and DVD+R discs do not need to be Finalized before they are ejected, but DVDRW and not be readable.
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