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User friendly DVD copier?

Dec 8, 2011 7:11 PM

Years ago my brother had our old Super 8 family movies transferred to VHS. This year I had the VHS transferred to DVD. I'd like to give copies to my family members for Christmas but the transfer place charges $20 each disc, which is exorbitant for a copy on a .10 DVD. This is in DVD (NTSC?) format. If possible, I'd like a converter so I can change it to more versatile .avi format. I used to have a $25 program like this but a virus ate my hard drive and I can't remember the name of it. Free is nice, but user friendly is even nicer. Thanks!

Ugg, I noticed the missing R in the question after I hit send and I can't change it. Sorry.

moondrake moondrake

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The free version of DVDFab lets you do basic copying of DVDs. That's your best bet. Download it here:

http://www.dvdfab.com/download.htm

Since you own the copyright on the content you're trying to duplicate, there's no ethical reason not to go this route. It's fast and simple.

cloudscout cloudscout
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Thanks!

moondrake moondrake
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Any program that copies data DVD's can do it. I'd recommend IMGBurn. You can type the number of copies to make and it will do all the work. For bonus points, you can make multiple copies of the .exe file and run one instance of the program for each burner if you have multiple burners.

It's sad, though, that you have to go from VHS to DVD. Super 8 is much closer in quality to DVD than VHS.

http://www.imgburn.com/

omnichad omnichad
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To make an AVI file, you can use a program like Handbrake (free).

http://handbrake.fr/

I recommend keeping it in DVD. Converting it again would be yet another layer of quality loss.

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