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Re-Burn or Copy?
I have been asked by a client to supply a second copy of a DVD I prepared last week. I still have the project in Architect and it will be easy enough to remake a second DVD but I’m just curious to know if I made a copy of the original DVD with 1 Click or Intervideo would I take a quality hit?. Which is best option?.
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6 Replies
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I use RecordNow to do this all the time as I don’t have the room to keep the master project for very long. I just set it up to make a data DVD, copy the original VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS folders to my hard drive and make as many copies as necessary.
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If the prepare folder is still on your hard drive, just open DVD A, tell it you want to “Burn”, and then point it to that prepare folder. You won’t even need the other DVD then. I have several different prepare folders I keep on my hard drive until I’m sure I won’t need more copies.
Edward Troxel
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Yea I have no problem to do that Ed I was just curious to know if DVD Copiers actually make exact copies with no quality loss. Now I’m also curious about your procedure Mike. You make a data dvd in Record Now and save your Video TS and Audio TS files in it?. Whats the benefit over saving a copy of the DVD and just making copies from it as needed?. Or am I being thick?.
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If you’re simply copying a DVD, the Video_TS and Audio_TS folders will be exactly duplicated and there will be NO quality loss.
Edward Troxel
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Many Thanks Ed
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I have found that even if there is a DVD that won’t play properly in a DVD player, I can make a clean copy that will play. I think the reason is because the reading software on a PC is much more aggressive in getting the data off the disk, and will slow the drive down and read the disk multiple times until it’s satisfied. Once you have a clean copy of the VIDEO_TS folder, you can burn clean new copies.
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