DVD Duplication Information

Something that can be used on relatively low spec machine, something that is as simple as drag-and-drop and then click start.
Must be able to burn files to DVD and CD and create standard music cd's.
Also something cheap, less then £20.
Thankyou.
Something I can just install, click on the icon on the desktop and drag and drop files into a list or add them to a list.
Put a disc in the drive and press start.

Something that simple would be great.
I did get software with the burner but it is just useless.

Nero is very good and user friendly. You can download the trial here and see if you like it.
http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/nero7-demo.php

The system requirements are on the same page.

"# Microsoft® Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
# 800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III or AMD Sempron™ 2200+ processors, 128 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista)
# 1.5 GB hard disk space for a typical installation of all components"

I have DVDShrink, and love it, but it doesn't BURN DVDs. My copy of NERO bugged out and crashed, I have no backup for NERO - therefore nothing to burn to DVD with - I need to either find something that will compress AND burn, or I can use DVDShrink to compress - but I need free burning software. Thanks.
So, I'm asking for something other than NERO if available.
I don't think DVD decrypt or DVDshrink can BURN DVDs. Also, I don't want some crack, I just want freeware or shareware that can burn DVDs.

I use DVD Decrypter in conjuction with DVD Shrink

I have a Dell, I only got it within the last two years. I can definatley watch dvd's, but how do I know if I can burn them. Please help. I have to do a slide show for my grandpa's funeral and I have to burn it onto a dvd.

Check it on device manager in the control panel, you'll see if it is CD/DVD.

I have Nero 4 or something now. It takes about 2 hours to burn a movie! It transcodes and encodes and this and that! What can I do to reduce the time? Why cant I burn in minutes instead of hours. I have a dvd burner on my pc and an external one. It takes forever! Can someone with great knowledge and wisdom help?

Cucusoft Video to DVD Creator is a good choice. It converts popular video formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, DV, VOB to DVD and burn DVD movie played on portable or home DVD player. Any video to to VCD/DVD/SVCD is even faster than real-time.
Free download here:
http://www.topsreviews.com/dvd-creator/dvd-creator-cucusoft.html
Unbiased reviews and side-by-side comparisons of the DVD creator give you enough information to research the ins and outs of a particular product:
http://www.topsreviews.com/reviews/dvd-creator-review.html
Also, you can search some other software:
http://www.ask.com

I want to burn Dvd’s and want to know other than Nero. The best dvd burning software that is compatible with Vista?

AGAIN NOT NERO!

If you don’t mind payed one, try Ideal DVD Copy, I use it on my vista, and it works well.

http://www.idealdvdcopy.com/, 10 times full function trial, remove copy protection automatically, can compress dvd 9 to dvd 5, just just split it to two dvd 5 discs. You may have a try.

Dear All,

Needed some help, am not all that computer savvy… I wanted to get Some DVD burning software free.. How do i go about it… How about getting NERO free or any other similar software for my Windows Vista Notebook,
you help would be really apprecated.. Thanks a lot guys..

- Steve

I wish all questions were so easy fo answer
Ashampoo Burning Studio Free
Excellent program and not difficult to use. Even I can, so for you no problem
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/burningstudiofree.html

I want to burn a DVD that is protected, is there no way I can burn this DVD?

Total Video2Dvd can help you convert movies to dvd simply and directly, work on home dvd player, free to try

. Click "New Project", add video files,
. Click "2. Menu", view dvd menu,
. Click "3. Output", Click "Convert & Burn" output.

1. easy convert AVI or other popular video formats(such as Youtube FLV, MPG, XVID, DIVX, MP4, 3GP, MKV, RM, RMVB, MOV, WMV, OGM, TS) to video DVD or ISO image file.
2. support SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, SMI, PSB, TEX, IDX subtitles.
3. support dvd menu with background music.
4. support download YOUTUBE video and other video share website`s video, then burn it to dvd.
5. support photo slideshow to dvd, more than 300 kinds of effects.
6. easy to use, only a few clicks,

you can download this software FREE:
http://www.google.com/search?q=video2dvd
or
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=total+avi+to+dvd&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

I have Nero, but I'm assuming that there's DRM or CSS protecting the DVD from being copied and Nero will be unable to break the encryption.

I've searched on the web, but they all refer to burning DVD movies, when I just want to burn an extra copy of DVD software.

Also, the Norton Ghost 12 DVD is bootable and I want the copy to be bootable as well.

Have you actually tried Nero and had it fail? DRM and CSS are copy protections to protect copyrighted material, but I have never heard of any manufacturers using them on just data CDs. I have never had a problem copying any DATA cd. If you have 2 CD drives, try doing a CD to CD copy with Nero–I once copied a Windows XP CD with that method and it worked fine. Or another option would be to copy the contents onto your hard drive then just burn it onto a blank CD-R (you will need a bootable disk handy to make it bootable using that method).

i have u-lead now and it doesn’t burn the whole movie. i need the program to convert from avi to dvd format.

Total Video2Dvd can help you convert avi movies to dvd simply and directly,
1. click "New project", add video files, then click "OK"
2. click "DVD menu", preview dvd menu
3. click "Output", click "Convert and Burn" start burn DVD.

a. easily convert avi or other popular video formats(such as youtube flv, mpg, xvid, divx, mp4, 3gp, mkv, rm, rmvb, mov, wmv, ogm, ts etc.) to dvd or ISO image file.
b. support srt, sub, ssa, ass, smi, psb, tex, idx subtitles
c. support dvd menu with background music, with a lot of templates
d. support download youtube and other video share website video, then burn to dvd
e. support photo slideshow to dvd, more than 300 kinds of effects.
f. easy to use, only a few clicks,

you can download this program FREE:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=total+video2dvd&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2
or
http://www.google.com/search?&q=Video2Dvd

I Bought a DVD of a movie that is public domain. The case says that "duplication is prohibited" Can i copy just the video part, which is the public domain part and not the DVD menus and other original work off the DVD and sell or distribute it.

Interesting response from a DVD forum:

Even if a work is in the public domain, that does not mean it is completely without protection.

If I make a DVD of a public domain film, I can copyright my DVD version of it and that protects me from someone duplicating my work and making a profit off it. They are free to get their own source copy of the work and create their own DVD but they can't copy mine.

This is why companies like Something Weird that specialize in public domain films have valuable properties. They have pristine master prints and make their own copyrighted DVD's off those prints, which means anyone else wanting to make a DVD of the film would have to get his own master print, which is virtually impossible in many cases.