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Sep 5, 2017 05:21:37 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

For years, I used the excellent CloneDVD to copy disks. It was fast and effective and cost about $30. They went out of business and RedFox took over, and it now costs almost $100, and I have no idea if it works as well as the original program, or if they used the name an interface with new software.

My son makes a lot of videos, and he has to make multiple copies of DVDs. Working on this last night, it was taking up to an hour to copy one disk with the top-rated DVD-Cloner 2017. I can't keep buying one program after another to see which one actually works, so I'm asking if any of you have a good program that will copy a movie - made with PowerDirector - onto a DVD quickly, like 15 min or less after the initial copy is made.

Sep 5, 2017 05:43:42 #

doughboy33

1 clickdvd pro

Sep 5, 2017 07:28:17 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

doughboy33 wrote:

1 clickdvd pro

Thanks. I'll take a look. I downloaded the trial versions of CloneDVD, but they are expensive.

Sep 6, 2017 08:27:47 #

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

jerryc41 wrote:

For years, I used the excellent CloneDVD to copy d... (show quote)

I have a program from AShampoo, got it from 'Give Away of the Day', works and is free, my main use is to convert to a file on a flash drive for traveling, should do the job, price is right.

Sep 6, 2017 08:28:20 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bobmcculloch wrote:

I have a program from AShampoo, got it from 'Give Away of the Day', works and is free, my main use is to convert to a file on a flash drive for traveling, should do the job, price is right.

Thanks!

Sep 6, 2017 10:22:02 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Jerry,
I have used NCH software for quite a while. It seems to be very efficient and fast. It's free as long as you verify that it will be used for home/private use.
It may be worth a try.
Mark
http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html

jerryc41 wrote:

For years, I used the excellent CloneDVD to copy d... (show quote)

Sep 6, 2017 10:24:27 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

Right. I had forgotten about that. I had several of their programs, some I bought. After a while, they wanted my key number, but it wasn't accepted, and eventually the programs gradually stopped working.

Now I have a new roadblock. I'm simply trying to burn some files to a disk. Windows isn't cooperating. That might become a separate plea for help.

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Sep 6, 2017 10:30:20 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Sorry to hear that. Seems strange and I'm sure, very frustrating.
I had similar problems with NCH. Before I replied to you, I downloaded and executed the program. It seems fine.
Mark

jerryc41 wrote:

Sep 6, 2017 10:32:34 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

Sorry to hear that. Seems strange and I'm sure, very frustrating.
Mark

After I drag the files over, I sometimes get the Manage > Burn to disc choice in the top menu, but sometimes I don't. I'll keep playing with it.

Sep 6, 2017 10:37:13 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I seem to recall that happening to me. Instead of dragging, I navigate to the files and select the ones I want to burn/copy.
Mark

jerryc41 wrote:

After I drag the files over, I sometimes get the Manage > Burn to disc choice in the top menu, but sometimes I don't. I'll keep playing with it.

Sep 6, 2017 11:06:18 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

I seem to recall that happening to me. Instead of dragging, I navigate to the files and select the ones I want to burn/copy.
Mark

After making the same moves for a dozen or more times, "Manage" appeared, and I was able to copy the files.

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Sep 6, 2017 11:21:53 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Weird!! Glad it worked for you. Now you may have time to do other things such as eat, sleep and maybe even shoot some images.

Mark

jerryc41 wrote:

After making the same moves for a dozen or more times, "Manage" appeared, and I was able to copy the files.

Sep 6, 2017 13:28:37 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

Now you may have time to do other things such as eat, sleep and ...

Mark

Thanks! I knew there was something I wanted to do, but it wasn't on my list.

Sep 6, 2017 18:00:46 #

rfmaude41 Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)

Have you tried xcopy (a leftover from the DOS days); still works on Win7, don't know with win10 though...

Sep 7, 2017 07:08:06 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rfmaude41 wrote:

Have you tried xcopy (a leftover from the DOS days); still works on Win7, don't know with win10 though...

Thanks. I've been using DVD-Cloner 2017 and CloneDVD (free trial). If one gets stuck, the other sometimes works. I'll look at XCopy.

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