using a cd r drive to copy dvd's

have a toshiba sd r 2312 dvd rom/ cd-/+ rw

drive that came with my HP Ze 4230 pavilion computer.

am interested in learning to copy some dvd's.

can anyone suggest a freeware,
freeware at the moment before i go out of pocket,

if any exists

that can assist me in doing this?

i understand some software can copy dvd via
cd r onto, say,

two (2) cd r/ rw disks.

i tried dvd ripnburn software looks good, and easy,
but it is not reading my dvd player.

within dvd rip and burn,

dvd rip n burn pop up window
says i need a dvd player or encoder.

i have several dvd players installed.

intervideo win dvd 4,
media player 9.0,

real player.
etc.


perhaps i have done something amiss
with instalation of dvd ripnburn,
but i do not think so,

tho i am open to suggestions.

..

any help would be greatly appreciated.

detailed step by step detail, please,

as i an a newby in all this,


i am about six- nine
months away from purchasing

a new notebook which i expect

i will get with a dvd rw -/+ drive.

robert in gozo.

Robert

On 1.9.2004 14:40, Robert wrote:

> have a toshiba sd r 2312 dvd rom/ cd-/+ rw
> am interested in learning to copy some dvd's.

> i understand some software can copy dvd via
> cd r onto, say,
>
> two (2) cd r/ rw disks.

You can convert a DVD into a so called SVCD. For a film with ~90 min.
lenght 2 CDR's should do fine, for longer films you might want to use 3
CDR's.

Hans Schlager

thank you.

can you advise best freeware/software?

have 'ripnburn'
but it does not recognise my dvd player.

downloaded dvd shrink.


robert



"Hans Schlager" <> wrote in message
newsFlZc.543504$...
> On 1.9.2004 14:40, Robert wrote:
>
>> have a toshiba sd r 2312 dvd rom/ cd-/+ rw
>> am interested in learning to copy some dvd's.
>
>> i understand some software can copy dvd via
>> cd r onto, say,
>>
>> two (2) cd r/ rw disks.
>
> You can convert a DVD into a so called SVCD. For a film with ~90 min.
> lenght 2 CDR's should do fine, for longer films you might want to use 3
> CDR's.

Robert

> can you advise best freeware/software?

Visit http://www.doom9.org. They have guides and software downloads.

Mike Jackson
Editor & Web Developer, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com

Mike Jackson

thank you,

robert

"Mike Jackson" <> wrote in message
news:...
>> can you advise best freeware/software?
>
> Visit http://www.doom9.org. They have guides and software downloads.
>
> Mike Jackson
> Editor & Web Developer, DVD Verdict
> www.dvdverdict.com
>
>

Robert