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I've got the Liteon LDW-411s and these are the programs I use
<ol>
<li>Clone CD</li>
<li>Clone DVD</li>
<li>DVD Decrypter</li>
<li>Nero 6</li>
<li>Windows XP Built In Burning</li>
</ol>

Don't forget DVD Shrink!

http://www.dvdshrink.org

what do you think is better, DVD Shrink or CloneDVD (ignoring that CLoneDVD is not free)

clonedvd fo sho!

I use:

Nero
DVD Decrypter
CloneDVD
CloneCD
Alchol 120% sometimes
WinISO sometimes
and EAC for audio CDs.

and don't forget D-Tools - I like my CDs to stay safe in their boxes!

yes, I use d-tools also

D-Tools is an awesome problem - although I have a friend who says that he likes the virtual drive feature of Alcohol 120% better, and that even Nero's virtual drive isn't half bad. Anybody have any experience with these?

<i>Poll/Discussion:</I>
Also, which is better for extracting copy-protected game CDs:
CloneCD
Alcohol 120%
Blindwrite

Ive been using CloneCD for a few years now, Its been able to copy almost any game w/o emulation, Alcohol is just clone cd w/ emulation features

Copying copy protected media is really dependant on the burner, Lite-on is best for data, Plextor is best for audio

I use CloneCD mainly, since that's what I'm familiar with, however, I know that it couldn't copy my Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne game a while back, so I used Blindwrite and it worked. I suspect that the newer versions would work with War3-FT, or that you could tweak the options, but it did kind of turn me off to CloneCD a little.

Other than that incident, I have never needed emulation or anything other than just the normal D-tools mount to install/play my games and apps - from using CloneCD.

(I used to have an Asus CRW-4816A, and still do if anybody wants to buy it from me and save the eBay costs, heh).

Do you know what copy protection the game had? I know SafeDisc 2.9 and Securom 3+ are difficult to copy if not impossible w/o emulation because of the atip data check (in safedisc 2.9 case)

I am not sure, check the d-tools website (I think it's Securom), as I didn't care since Blindwrite was able to get a working image in D-Tools without any emulation.

I am using :

1) Nero 6.0

2) DVD Xcopy Express

3) DVD Xcopy Platinum

I've also got a Liteon LDW-411s.I use Dvd Shrink 3.1 for movies usually without all the extras,it's free,easy and delivers superb results when burned with Nero 6. Also Sonic My Dvd that came with the drive for creating dvd's, although it doesn't like some av files and often hangs at the building menus stage without any indication as to why it's being fussy.

Welcome To The Forums patchy

I never really licked Sonic My Dvd much so I use Nero

CloneCD
Windows Built IN CD Burner
Nero

Usually I use Nero or Alchohol 120%

NERO 6 - the best thing to burn with (if your not burning any type of video or illegally copied games or stuff of that sort) which basically leaves music and data files.

whats dvdshrink? does it actaully copy the dvd and then shrink it to MPEG 4 format? or some format that is smaller?

The_Man wrote:whats dvdshrink? does it actaully copy the dvd and then shrink it to MPEG 4 format? or some format that is smaller?

It can copy a copy-righted DVD entirely, then either burn it straight to DVD media, or burn it as an ISO image, which you can either load onto a virtual driver, convert to a different image or burn later to DVD media.

oh man i always use dvdshrik, that and blockbuster.com unlimited rentals for 15 bucks is HEAVEN... especially since i got a dvd burner