copy dvds

[caramba12345]

How do I copy a dvd film to a blank cd...I've tried in explorer dragging from D drive to E drive but keep gettting a E drive inaccessable/ incorrect function pop up box. I've tried copying the film to my hard drive but i still can't get it to copy to my E Drive. Help please

[khana]

You have not said what type of DVD you are trying to copy. If its a commercial film then its probably protected to stop casual copying, thats not to say you cant copy it, but you would need a DVD ripper and also a program to bypass the protection, from memory there is a utility called CSS.
You would also not be able to fit a DVD on to a CD as the storage capacities are totally different. You would need a further program to encode the MPEG2 stream used on a DVD to a different format such as DIVX which will compress the data down to fit in the smaller CD's capacity.
Lastly, unless you are running windows XP which has some rudimentary DVD copying software built in, you will need a program to write the CD.
Of course, if it is not a commercial film then you can ignore most of the above and cut straight to the encoding process after ripping the DVD.
As you can see it is a lot of hassle and I heartily recommend that its just easier to buy the DVD.

[caramba12345]

bloody hell Khana.This is too complicated. How do the street traders, market stall traders make bootleg DVDs, which is what I want to do with one DVD film

[zingo1327]

Unless it's a protected dvd you should be able to copy to your hard drive and drag the file to E drive...or copy to your hard drive,right click the file,select cut and then click E drive and paste.