Burning dvd directly fom one dvd rom drive to a dvd burner drive with disk in it

[grocker]

Heres what I want to do, I want to know if there is a way to copy a dvd directly from one disk to another using my computer. I have a dvd rom drive and a dvd burner drive hooked up. I want to be able to copy from the dvd rom to the dvd burner without worrying about copyright laws. Any ideas?

[EzyStvy]

You only have to worry about copyright laws if the "source" dvd is protected.

[grocker]

If the source disk is protected can I still perform the operation? If so how?

[bigandy]

We can't really tell you how to do that here because of the rules of the forums.

Another thing you need to worry about is the size. If you're trying to copy a full DVD, it will probably be too large to copy to a standard disc. Unless you're writing to a dual-layer disc.

[pam123]

We consider this a grey area and it's been gone over before.
Use the search function to find all the answers and all the problems.
Basically it's this, it's legal to copy a DVD it's not legal to circumvent the DMCA.
The company that goes after you for making a personal back up isn't in a good position, if you put that back up on the net you're not in a good position.
Otherwise we recommend the free programs DVDShrink and DCSS as well as AnyDVD ($40) which will strip out (some) copy protections. There are others but those are are a start.
Do a search for our instructions and a google for the rest.
Like Andy said, if you're burning it to disk you need one of the double-layer kind unless you use DVDShrink.

[RayH]

There is no "on the fly" DVD studio movie copying software. They all create a temp folder, although many will proceed to burn automatically.

As far as the law, if you are copying DVDs you own and use them personally, that is legal. If you are copying DVDs you don't own or engaged in selling copied movies, you can be in big trouble.

The process is straight forward enough. The problem is there are tremendous compatibility issues with hardware, media, and source disk. Nothing works under all conditions.

It's understanding why something doesn't work that's the problem.