DVD backup guides

These guides explain how you can backup a DVD to one or two DVD±R disc(s). There are several options to choose from, ranging from keeping only the main movie and one audio track, to splitting complete DVDs onto 2 DVD±Rs and to squeezing every feature on a particular DVD on a DVD±R.

Full DVD backups

A full DVD backup is a backup that contains all the features of the original disc. It can be very easy if the disc is 4.7 billion bytes (4.37GB) or less (single layer DVD or DVD-5), or very complicated if the disc is larger (dual layer DVD or DVD-9) and makes use of advanced features like seamless branching or multiangles. Another option for DVD-9s is to split it over two discs.

DVD-5 -> DVD±R
- using DVD Decrypter - last updated on 02/04/02

DVD-9 -> 2 DVD±R
- using DVDFab - last updated 07/07/03
- using IfoEdit - last updated 11/20/02

DVD-9 -> 1 DVD±R

Quality over Speed (using CCE)
- using DVD Rebuilder (CCE) - last updated 04/15/2004
- using the Big 3 (DoItFast4U, NuMenu4u, Scenaid and BatchCCEWS) - last updated 09/25/2005
- using Scenarist NT & the big 3 (DoItFast4U, DoCCE4U & ReAuthorist) - last updated 05/28/03
- using Scenarist NT & the big 3 new (DoItFast4U, BatchCCEWS, ScenAid & NuMenu4U) - last updated 12/09/2004

Speed over Quality
- using DVD Shrink - last updated 09/28/03
- using DVD2One - last updated 09/28/03
- using DVD Rebuilder (ReJig) - last updated 04/15/2004
- using CloneDVD - last updated 09/28/03
- using Nero Recode - last updated 12/09/03
- using InstantCopy - last updated 11/23/03

- basic multiangles using Scenarist - last updated on 07/19/02
- advanced multiangles using Scenarist - by SeYtoN, last updated 11/03/02
- Button over video guide - by Influenza, last updated 07/22/03
- Infinifilm guide - by OxP, last updated 12/07/03
- Finding Nemo - removing duplicate VOB IDs explained - by Eyes'Only, last updated 12/07/03
- Mimicking seamless branching using Scenarist - by OxP, last updated 08/31/02

A partial backup is a backup containing less material than the original disc. It can be only the main movie, main movie and menus, or the whole disc minus some extras you have no use for. Partial backups can also involve re-encoding some of the features of the disc but only few MPEG encoders can be used to do that.

Main movie only
- using DVD Shrink - last updated 09/28/03
- using DVD2One - last updated 09/28/03
- using DVDFab - last updated 07/07/03
- using IfoEdit - last updated 12/24/ 02
- using DVD2SVCD - last updated 11/23/03
- using CloneDVD - last updated 09/28/03
- using Nero Recode - last updated 12/09/03
- using InstantCopy - last updated 11/23/03

Stripping unwanted extras

- basic guide using IfoEdit - last updated 12/24/02
- VTS removal using IfoEdit - last updated 12/24/02
- multiangle / seamless branching using IfoEdit- last updated 12/24/02
- multiangle using Ifoedit & TMPG - last updated 01/03/03

Last but not least there's a guide in between two worlds. IfoEdit allows you to author your own DVDs but the featureset doesn't really qualify it for a DVD authoring program but more as a DVD backup program.

DVD authoring using IfoEdit - last updated 11/01/02

This document was last updated on September 25, 2005