hey. i was wondering if anybody could point me to a good program that will rip a DVD image so that i can make an exact copy onto another DVD disk.

Don´t know if this is exactly what you need but maybe you can use the tool to make the rip:

http://www.warp2search.net/reviews.php?o...ntent&id=3

try the DVD forum on http://www.doom9.net

thanx. i will try over there. what i am really looking for is a program like clone cd. maybe somebody out there, a more talented hack than myself (i'm really not talented at all, just a beginer) could come up with something. clone dvd has a nice ring.

If the DVD fits on a DVD-R/+R (4.35gb) it' rather easy. Use Smartripper (backup-mode) to get rid of the copy-protection and then burn the content back from the hdd to the medium (the latest release of nero or winoncd should do just fine).

When the DVD ist to big, but the movie fits and so on you should read/print out the guides from http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/index.html (topic articles).

One more thing: after shrinking a dvd-movie stream use ifo-edit to remux it with the audio-stream (most authoring tools just don't get the job done right; only wav or ac-3 2.0 supported :evil: ). And it is the only way to keep more then one language file and the sub-titles without spending money for a descent tool).

Took me a week to figure it all out! So don't give up to easy :wink: