Copying a DVD

[KneesUp]

DVDs and children are not a happy mix, so I tend to make copies of the ones we buy to put onto the tablet for DD to watch. This has the added advantage of no-one having to find the DVD player buttons, which are always missing because we so rarely use it.

It also means that when the actual DVD gets scratched, I can make a replacement. I've just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how to copy one because of the copy protection on it: clearly the makers do not want me to do this. What is your take on the morals of copying a DVD you own to watch on a device with no DVD player and as a backup?

(Just got to wait an hour and a half whilst the film is compressed now ...)

 

[Markymark]

I assume when you say make copies, it's much easier to rip it to a file and store that rather than make a duplicate?

I think it's still technically illegal but only really an issue if you distribute.

 

[KneesUp]

It's just for us - I keep an ISO file on the external hard drive to make another copy from if we need it. Seems a waste of a blank to make one in advance. I'm also ripping it to go on the tablet so DD can watch it without the TV being on. It's environmentally friendly (and easier to take camping).

 

[Markymark]

I meant for burning them silly.

Because it would be too easy to then copy.

They missed the boat with music when data was expensive so they made iTunes fairly cheap. Music is now often seen as a give away to get people to concerts. Movies however they're still trying to protect. They know that its not like music where people will want to listen offline, so they limit the market to people at home to stream the movies.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

The government is supposed to have made "BACKING UP" dvd's and cd's legal in the UK from June 1st but I can find anything saying they have only that they are going to.

I back up all my dvd's and cd's to my NAS Drive so that every device in my house can access it.

I use windows media player to rip the cd's to mp3 files and I use WinX to rip the dvd's to mp4 files that I can play on my tv, phone, tablet and all the pc's in the house.

 

[classic33]

I've just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how to copy one because of the [Bcopy protection on it: clearly the makers do not want me to do this.[/B] What is your take on the morals of copying a DVD you own to watch on a device with no DVD player and as a backup?

(Just got to wait an hour and a half whilst the film is compressed now ...)

Try a black permanent marker pen on the outer 1/8 inch of the DVD, to defeat the security on the DVD itself.
Simple, effective & was demonstrated to the industry as just how good their "security" is.

 

[Markymark]

The government is supposed to have made "BACKING UP" dvd's and cd's legal in the UK from June 1st but I can find anything saying they have only that they are going to.

I back up all my dvd's and cd's to my NAS Drive so that every device in my house can access it.

I use windows media player to rip the cd's to mp3 files and I use WinX to rip the dvd's to mp4 files that I can play on my tv, phone, tablet and all the pc's in the house.

Similar to me. I think having a backup of your own media may still technically be illegal but nobody is interested. They may care if you start giving it to other people but based on the stories of the number of people sharing thousands and thousands of movies, it will not register on anyone's radar.

 

[KneesUp]

Try a black permanent marker pen on the outer 1/8 inch of the DVD, to defeat the security on the DVD itself.
Simple, effective & was demonstrated to the industry as just how good their "security" is.

Thanks - it was actually not the DVD seller being clever, it was me being stupid - I'd forgotten I'd re-installed Lubuntu since I last did one, and I hadn't re-installed all the extras needed to play proprietary formats. For anyone else who happens to find this via google, follow the instructions here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

 

[the_mikey]

[QUOTE 3190772, member: 259"]If it's your DVD you should be able to copy it. No moral problems there.[/QUOTE]

Technically you only own a licence to view the media, you don't actually own the material stored on the media. Although the British Govornment in the past has suggested that it's ok to make copies of media for the purposes of shifting format to make it viewable, ie transcoding a dvd to make it viewable on an ipod or tablet.

 

[StuAff]

Been ripping DVDs for personal use ever since I've had computers with DVD drives (2001). Same with Blu-ray since I bought a burner (only slightly more complicated). I have a lot of live concert discs and I like to extract the audio- most of them aren't available on CD/audio download even if I was willing to buy them twice.
What ripping software (and which OS) are you using?

 

[CopperBrompton]

You can play ISO images directly in VLC, including, as of today, VLC for Android:
http://9to5google.com/2014/07/21/dv...ts-easy-to-watch-them-on-your-android-device/

 

[KneesUp]

Been ripping DVDs for personal use ever since I've had computers with DVD drives (2001). Same with Blu-ray since I bought a burner (only slightly more complicated). I have a lot of live concert discs and I like to extract the audio- most of them aren't available on CD/audio download even if I was willing to buy them twice.
What ripping software (and which OS) are you using?

I'm just using Handbrake with the default 'Andorid Tablet' settings - it seems to reduce an hour and a half of DVD to about 700 to 800 Mb which is great as obviously even with an SD card there is limited storage on a tablet. Plus the whole lack-of-dvd-player thing means you have to transcode it anyway.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Plus the whole lack-of-dvd-player thing means you have to transcode it anyway.

Not any more - see post directly above yours. :-)

 

[KneesUp]

Not any more - see post directly above yours. :-)

I'd still have to rip it into an ISO though (which I do with the kids' DVDs anyway admittedly) but you don't get many ISOs on an SC card.

This quote from the article is a bit misleading

"a bunch of DVDs and a cheap Chinese tablet could be the easiest way to entertain the kids on a car journey."

because you still have to create the ISO and get it on the tablet (which at the very least for me involves a card reader and a pair of tweezers!)

 

[up hill struggle]

i am lead to believe although could be wrong that making a digital copy of any dvd that you have purchased is legal, so long as you do not make duplicates & sell/distribute them & that they are for your own use.

i personally regardless of the legality have a digital backup of every dvd i have in the house, stored on a hard drive, also stored on my computer are a further 2 copies of everything in different formats so they can be watched on various devices. On my Nokia 1020 i currently have every top gear special that has been made & 15 of my most favorite movies from the past few years & still have 39.6GB of free space to add more & both my daughters have android tablets with all there kids cartoons & movies on them.

it has save me loads of money having to replace kids movies for use in the car.

dvd shrink is very good for ripping certain dvds & its free. Can normally rip all but the most recent dvds.