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DVD Backup Software Advantages

Depending upon the player that you own, you may experience a few glitches here and there while trying to enjoy your favorite DVD (digital videodisc) movie. Perhaps you’ve even experienced the problem of the non-playable DVD – you know… the one that worked fine when you first bought it, but then failed to run properly after a number of viewings. If you have experienced this problem, then you’re probably ready to learn how to back up your DVDs onto an environment guaranteed to run it!

Fortunately, you can use DVD backup software to burn your favorite movies onto another workable CD (DVD disk). “Burning” is the process of copying data from a DVD (or audio CD) onto your hard drive, and then making another copy from your computer onto a readable and writeable DVD (DVD-R). Writeable DVD disks, like writeable CDs, can be purchased at any computer or office supply store. Once burned, you can watch movies from your new copies.

To get a movie onto your hard drive, you’ll need to “rip” it. Ripping a DVD requires additional software that’s designed to copy the movie onto your computer. It’s not a process for the computer newbie and if you’re not familiar with terms like IFO files or VOB files, you’ll need to do a little research before attempting to rip a DVD.

In addition to researching the concept of DVD ripping and burning, you’ll also need to familiarize yourself with U.S. copyright laws.
As it currently stands, you may rip a DVD for your own personal use, but you may not distribute it at all for any reason. Copying a movie for personal use is permissible under the copyright’s Fair Use law. However there are no protections for people who make these copies available for others to use.

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What cd burning software to use if I want a LIST of the contents of the cd to be created when burning data cd?

E.g. I want to backup a large number of mp3 collections. If there are just 20 songs maybe I can still get a pen and just write down the list of songs on paper and keep it with the cd packet. But what if there are 300-500 song titles? I don’t wanna list em down myself.

I want a software, cd/dvd-burning, which can create a list of the files to be burned(either as .txt or .html) and save it in the data cd/dvd. *Note: I want the list to be burned into the data cd/dvd as well!

I can then just either print the list or use the Ctrl+F function to check if I have this or that file in that particular data cd/dvd. You digg?
Hi madwoman75, thanks for the answer. I’ve tried the software out. While it kicks ass for being free, the cd/dvd ‘print cover’ function in Cdburnerxp isn’t exactly what I had in mind. I want it to be in *.html or *.txt only. Cdburnerxp will only generate the list of cd contents to be printed out. Do you have any idea how to save it as a text document? Thanks.

Hi, I use cdburnerxp and I really like it… you should be able to do what you want with it.

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