Complete Newbie DVD Backup Guide v2.6

Introduction!

In this guide, I will attempt to make it as easy as possible to explain how to create a Backup of your DVD movie, This version of the guide is updated to the latest programs and will guide you from Start to Finish in one go! using the most common and freeware programs! and also included is Chaptering, do remember MOST of the settings used here are DEFAULT, I did not make any changes, and if I did have, they are mentioned in the guide. as I have recently recieved some feedback and suggestions on this guide, I will continue to work on it, but for now, the All-In-One/Ultimate Guide will be on halt.

Programs used in this guide:

Copying - Smart Ripper
FrameServing - DVD2AVI
Encoding - TMPGEnc or TMPGEnc Plus
Chapters - Chapter-X-Tractor
Authoring - VCDEasy

Before we start with the guide, we must make sure the tools we are going to use actually work and setup correctly! Unzip the tools you are going to be working with into the SAME folder, and once you do, make sure all applications work, and then we are ready to begin! For this example i've used "Superman - The Movie Special Edition" (NTSC/154min/DD51@384k) and we will be converting it to a Video-CD NTSC Standard so it will fit on two 80min CDR media. (or 74min with 2min Overburning, which is only if your CDRW drive and media supports it!), do remember that 740mb filesize will fit into 74min CDR and 800mb Filesize will fit into a 80min CDR (in VCD 1min = 10mb!).

NOTE: This current guide does NOT support Subtitles, if you want subtitles in your movie I suggest you use one of the other great guides on VCDhelp, in the future, if there is an easy method of adding subtitles, I will add them to this guide!

This guide will be divided into the following sections:

Part 1 - Copying
Part 2 - FrameServing
Part 3 - Encoding
Part 4 - Chapters
Part 5 - Authoring
Part 6 - Burning
Part 7 - Troubleshooting