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Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 3:24 pm
by rocky12345
Hi Guys
I want to back up my xxx dvd collection to my harddrive.
I'm a computer novice does anyone know a straight forward easy way to do this?
Thank You in advance.

Re: Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 3:32 pm
by Peter
Handbrake




Re: Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 6:05 pm
by rocky12345
is there away to compress the files,they are about 8gb each?

Re: Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 6:59 pm
by Peter
There's a slider that allows various compression (with according quality loss) or various preset outputs you can use. Best thing is to try it and see.


Re: Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 7:20 pm
by Sam Slater
A regular DVD only holds 4.7gb of data. How can they be 8gb files?

But, yeah.......Handbrake is good and gives you options on compression.

Most DVDs can be compressed down to about 800mb with acceptable quality.


Re: Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 7:46 pm
by rocky12345
Hi Sam
I was just guessing at about 8gb,I didn't realise they were 4.7gb on average.i just knew they were big.

Re: Backing up my DVDs to hard drive

Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 6:28 am
by m100
dual layer