2 cds a must?

[TSmitty]

Hello all....im new to the forum and very new to backing up dvds and im sorry if this has been asked before. I read that you had to make dual layer dvds into two dvdr's but i also read that you can compress the two into one using dvd2one. Im really confused and could really use a basic newbie guide or somthing lol. Anyway thanks to anyone that can help me it would be greatly appreciated.

[shiny#3]

Welcome to the forum!!

no it is not a must... compressing a dvd9 to a dvd5 dvdr
(dual to single layer will also reproduce good results....
this depends mostly on the dvd itself... dvdone is also good but

I would suggest the DVDshrink program ... you can get it at
www.dvdshrink.org it is free and you finde good support here
in the DVDshrink subforum.....

good luck!

[TSmitty]

Thank you shiny for the reply. I actually already have dvdshrink. I guess I just have to figure it out..lol. I used dvd decrypter to decrypt then dvdshrink to compress and dvd2one to burn it(?) it but dvd2one still said that it was too large. I guess I did something wrong but i suppose its just trial and error. unless someones willing to help a noob

any help would be great and appreciated,thanx in advance

(Is Nero best for burning?)

[setarip]

"I actually already have dvdshrink. I guess I just have to figure it out."

Lots of "How-to's" at the link provided by shiny#3...

[TSmitty]

thank you for the reply

[setarip]

My (Our) pleasure ;>}