DVD Backup Freeware DVD Shrink freeware does much of what DVD X Copy used to do (extract, decrypt, and compress DVD files), and does it for free, but without documentation or tech support. Although DVDShrink has been under legal attack, at last check it could still be downloaded at AfterDawn. NetFlix DVD Rentals rents over 85,000 titles, with fast free shipping, no "due dates" & no "late fees". For $16.99 a month, you can rent an UNLIMITED number of DVDs, with three out at a time. Other plans range from $4.99 to $23.99 a month. DVD Decrypter freeware will extract the files from a DVD and decrypt them, but will not compress them to fit on one recordable disc the way DVD Shrink does. It also has some capabilities that DVD Shrink lacks. It has been reported that Macrovision purchased the rights to DVD Decrypter and changed the license to prevent anyone from acquiring it--thus it may now be very difficult to find. However, at last check Video Help still has pages with good links to places where you can download DVD Decrypter, as well as similar tools such as DVDFab Decrypter. DVD Help also has some advice on how you might locate a download--or just try a search with Google, and keep looking. RipIt4Me freeware, used in conjunction with DVD Decrypter (and, if necessary, DVD Shrink), helps backup recently-released copy protected DVDs with new forms of encrypting (such as ARccOS and RipGuard DVD) which those older programs cannot handle by themselves. FixVTS is also said to be helpful with some difficult to backup DVDs. RipIt4Me user guide - user guide 2 VobBlanker is a freeware editing tool that allows you to remove unwanted VTS video titles, warnings, etc. from the DVD files you backup on your hard drive before you burn a copy disc. ImgBurn is a freeware CD, DVD,HD-DVD, & Blu-Ray burner (recorder) that you can use to move your DVD backups from your hard drive to a recordable or rewritable disc if you do not have Nero, Roxio, or other commercial software to do so. Chopper XP freeware allows you to cut already decrypted DVD .vob files into shorter samples and save them to your hard drive (you can also do this with DVD Shrink).

Over 50 trailers from select classic films     can be viewed in the Amazon Unbox window below the newsfeed. Amazon stocks almost every title you can imagine, and the prices are good. Amazon has an unsurpassed reputation for prompt shipping, too. find this: in: DVD Video VHS Video Popular Music Classical Music Books Outlet Store All Products Shop: Movies - Music - Amazon - eBay - Classic Film Posters News: Film Reviews - Oscars - Film Articles Search: Photos - Videos - News - Bios   DVD News

  Blank DVD+R & DVD-R Media

Get blank DVDs at the lowest prices. At the Super Media Store you can save up to 70% on blank DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, DVD+Rs, DVD+RWs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, flash memory, and printer ink cartridges. Super Media Store sells quality blank Taiyo Yuden 8x DVDs for as low as 24¢ each in quantity, and the prices keep dropping. Blank DVD brand names also include Ritek, Optodisc, Samsung, Memorex, Verbatim, Radius and ProDisc. They have a 30 day return guarantee for most media, 15 days for most hardware (see website for details). They ship via UPS to the US, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Alaska. The do not ship internationally.

Meritline also has ultra-low prices on blank optical media, including blank DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, as well as blank CD-R and CD-RW discs. They sell cases, sleeves, & labels for your discs, and DVD & CD "burners," as well DVD & CD recording software. They also sell blank Zip & Jaz discs, VHS tapes, and other media, flash memory (USB, MMC, SD, Compact Flash, memory stick, etc.), and other peripherals and accessories.

YesBuy carries all varieties of CD and DVD blank media, including LightScribe blank DVDs for less than $.50 in quantity, printable blank DVDs, and blank Blu-Ray discs. They sell CD and DVD sleeves for as low as 2 cents each in quantity. YesBuy also carries consumer electronics gear, including mp3 players, Flash memory, HDTVs and LCD flat panel displays, and more than 8,000 computer hardware, software and accessory items.

  DVD Burning & DVD Authoring Software; DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-RW Burning Software

Nero Ultra Edition provides over 20 applications in ONE solution with ease of use and cutting-edge technology. Burning CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and HD DVD, editing videos and digital photos, access to and burning of media files from TV using remote control, recording of TV programs, streaming content through connected digital home, encoding video to iPod® and PSP™, or completing an entire system backup, Nero 7 Ultra Edition offers the most complete and comprehensive digital media solution available today.

Roxio Easy Media Creator is the leading DVD and CD burning software package. Roxio also makes and sells the PhotoSuite® digital photo editor, VideoWave® video editor, VideoWave movie creator, Easy DVD Copy, and Toast MacOS DVD/CD burner software packages.

  DVD Player Software

Long known for quality graphics software, Corel has acquired both Intervideo and Ulead, and now sells the top-rated WinDVD Software DVD Player which provides a quality picture and sound with additional features only possible on a PC:
-- WinDVD will play DVDs from hard drive folders as well as discs (with full menu functions).
-- You can easily capture still frames and GIF animations.
The above features are now available on some freeware players (see below), but WinDVD also permits you to:
-- Watch at double speed with sound (with normal tone)
-- Watch at quadruple speed with visible subtitles, and to
-- Visibly scan your DVDs at up to 60x normal playing speed.

Corel also makes and sells iVideoToGo for iPod & PSP, DVD Copy, WinDVD Recorder, WinDVD Creator, WinDVD Media Center, Ulead GIFAnimator, Ulead Photo Impact and more software for video capture and editing, digital video recording (DVR), MP3 and MPEG encoding and playing. Of course, they also sell traditional Corel graphics titles such as Corel Painter, Corel Paint Shop Pro (formerly JASC Paint Shop Pro), Corel Draw, and Corel Animation Shop.

CyberLink offers complete digital home entertainment software, including PowerDVD DVD player, PowerVCR video recording, and PowerDirector video editing software.

  DVD Player Freeware

KM Player is, as of this writing, the best freeware DVD player, and the best player for many other video and audio files as well. Although it does not have a handy users manual, questions are answered at an online forum. it has dozens of useful options, including capturing single or multiple still frames, video clips and audio clips, and for choosing which "filter" (decoder) you wish to use to display the video.

Media Player Classic looks like Windows Media Player 6.4, but has additional features, including a DVD player with real-time zoom and single still frame capture. It is very compact and places a relatively low load on your PC, and thus is particularly good for those whose PCs have had difficulty with other DVD playing software.

VLC media player is a freeware multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can capture and save still frames from the video you are playing. Versions are available for Windows, MacOS, Linux, and other operating systems.

GOM Player is another DVD-capable multimedia player with still frame capture capabilities.

  MPEG-4: H.264 & Divx

HandBrake "is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows." HandBrake is freeware that uses the H.264 version of the MPEG-4 codec to compress video to much smaller file sizes than the standard DVD (MPEG-2) codec, while preserving quality.

Divx is a proprietary version of the MPEG-4 codec that allows you to compress video to much smaller file sizes than the standard DVD (MPEG-2) codec, while preserving quality. The DivX codec is free for playback purposes, for encoding (compressing your videos), the price is about $20.

DVD Backup Help Websites: AfterDawn - Video Help - Doom9   DVD Technical Information and DVD Specifications     The official DVD specs are kept in large books that cost $5,000.     Much info, however, can be found for free at the sites below: Wikipedia: DVD Doom9: DVD Backup Glossary dvddemystified.com: DVD FAQ CNET: DVD, Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Compared Pioneer: DVD Technical Guide MPEG.org: DVD Technical Notes DVD-Replica: Unofficial DVD Specification Guide wwwdotorg.org: DVD Documentation dvdburning.biz: DVD Filesystem Overview ECMA: DVD-ROM specs, 2.09MB .pdf     ISO-9660 filesystem spec, .pdf - UDF filesystem spec, .pdf OSTA: UDF 1.02 filesystem documentation, .pdf sourceforge.net: Programmer's DVD-Video Information   Best movie lists, greatest film lists, classic movie lists American Film Institute: America's 100 Greatest Movies, .pdf 400 nominees for America's 100 Greatest Movies, .pdf FilmSite.org's 300 Greatest Films Leonard Maltin's 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century Mr. Showbiz's Critics' Picks: The 100 Best Movies of All Time Mr. Showbiz's Readers' Picks: The 100 Best Movies of All Time TV Guide's 50 Greatest Movies (on TV and Video) Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time Sight & Sound Magazine's 10 Best Films Polls Guinness Book of Film's Top 100 Films Movieline Magazine's 100 Best Movies Ever Made Empire Magazine's 50 Best Films Empire Magazine's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time FilmFour's 100 Greatest Films of All Time Village Voice's 100 Best Films of the 20th Century San Francisco Chronicle's Vintage Video: A Hot 100 From Out of the Past Time Out's Centenary Top 100 Films Time Out's Readers' Top 100 Films Video Detective's Top 100 Films of All Time The Library of Congress' National Film Registry Titles Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Academy Awards Best Pictures Greatest Films' Greatest Silent Films Movieline Magazine's 100 Greatest Foreign Films British Film Institute's 100 Favorite British Films of the 20th Century Los Angeles Daily News Readers' Poll Greatest American Films Greatest Films' Greatest Directors and their Best Films Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Maverick Movies of the Last 100 Years Premiere Magazine's 100 Most Daring Movies Ever Made New York Times' Essential Library 100 Recommended Children's Movies Greatest Films' 100 Memorable and Great 'Chick' Flicks O Magazine's 50 Greatest Chick Flicks Maxim Magazine's 100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made Men's Journal's 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time