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AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Introduction Overview AVS DVD Copy is a compact and fully functional application that lets the user copy, clone or compile own CDs, DVDs and new generation Blu-Ray discs. It also supports shrinking DVD video to let the user backup a double layer video DVD onto one single layer DVD±R/RW and burning previously saved ISO images onto different types of optical discs.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Introduction System Requirements Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista operating system (all of the last updates installed are recommended); Pentium III 800 MHz or higher; 128 MB RAM; CD-RW, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, DVD-R/RW/DL, DVD+R/RW/DL, DVD-RAM, BD-R/RE drive with 1394, USB2.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Introduction Contact Us If you have any comments, suggestions or questions regarding AVS DVD Copy or if you have a new feature that you think could be added to improve our product, please feel free to contact us. General information info@avsmedia.com Technical support support@avsmedia.com Sales sales@avsmedia.com If you do not receive an answer to your question within 24 hours, please feel free to submit your question via support form .
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Introduction Technical Support AVS DVD Copy software does not require any professional knowledge. If you experience any problem or have a question, please refer to the program help. If you cannot find the solution, please contact our support staff. AVS Media staff provides several forms of automated customer support: Web Site Support Please visit our website (www.avsmedia.com ) to explore the extensive customer support information on AVS DVD Copy .
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Program Interface Main Window AVS DVD Copy has a simple intuitive interface that is easy to understand and very easy to use. When you launch the application you will see the Main Window where the basic controls of the program are placed. AVS DVD Copy Main Window consists of the following principal parts: Top Toolbar - the toolbar with the main action buttons that let the user select the work mode of the AVS DVD Copy program.
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AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Program Interface Top Toolbar The Top Toolbar consists of the action buttons that can be used to select the work mode of the AVS DVD Copy program. You should use the appropriate buttons depending on the task you are going to perform: Button Description Use this button to copy your input DVD video onto a disc or your computer hard disk drive folder with the size selected in the box in the lower part of the main area.
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AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Program Interface Main Area The Main Area is the central part of the AVS DVD Copy program window that lets the user select the main burning parameters or add files. It looks different depending on the program work mode.
burning parameters and start disc burning or ISO-image creation . Please see the respective chapters for more details on these actions. © 2007 Online Media Technologies Ltd., London, UK. All rights reserved. http://www.avsmedia.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Program Interface Disc Size Meter Disc Size Meter is available in the Burn DVD , Burn DATA and Burn ISO work modes. It shows the size of the current disc inserted into the CD/DVD/BD drive and the size of the data that is going to be written onto the disc. Thus, depending on the disc type and its capacity the Disc Size Meter will look differently for a CD , DVD Single Layer o r DVD Double Layer and Blu-Ray discs of different capacities.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Program Interface Express Menu The Express Menu is used to facilitate access to the main features of the AVS DVD Copy . It can be activated clicking the right mouse button within the Main Area of the program in the Burn DVD , Burn DATA and Burn ISO work modes: Item Description Level Up Use this option to go to a level that is parent to the current one. Add... (DVD, ISO) Use this option to add more files, DVD video or ISO-image to your compilation.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Working with AVS DVD Copy Overview The main work modes of the AVS DVD Copy are: 1. Copy DVD - use this mode to copy video DVD from one disc to another. The source disc will be analyzed and, if you would like to copy from a greater size disc to a smaller size one, recompressed to fit the target size. You can also remove unwanted languages, menus and extras, if needed. 2. Copy CD - use this mode to create exact copies of DVDs, CDs and BDs.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy DVD Overview Copy DVD work mode is used to copy video DVDs and recompress the DVD video recorded on doublelayer media to fit single-layer discs. The work with the Copy DVD mode is quite easy. It can be done in several steps: 1. Select the Source and the Target DVD drive (or hard disk drive folder, if you have your DVD video on your computer HDD). You might also need to select the folder for the temporary files.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy DVD Source and Target To start burning the discs you will need to select source and target drives. Source (input) drive - the optical disc drive or a hard disk drive folder used to read the information from. It can be either DVD video disc or hard drive folder containing DVD video files.
choose the folder on your computer hard disk to save the files to. © 2007 Online Media Technologies Ltd., London, UK. All rights reserved. http://www.avsmedia.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy DVD Copy Modes There are three main modes used to copy a video DVD onto the other one: Copy the entire DVD Copy DVD without extras Copy only main movie Button Description ENTIRE DVD with menus and extras Use this button to copy the source DVD with all its structure - main movie, menus and extras - onto the other DVD.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy DVD Language Selection It often happens so that the source DVD contains more than one language. It is very useful when you can speak these languages or learn them. But if you do not need them, they can be easily removed. Moreover, if you compress the source DVD to fit the target disc, removing the unneeded languages can help avoid stronger compression of the video, thus enhancing the quality of the output video.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy DVD Setting DVD Drive Region Code Region code - the software protection used on DVD discs to prevent unauthorized playback and duplication of the discs made in one country to be played in another country. Motion picture studios want to control the home release of movies in different countries because theater releases aren't simultaneous.
change it again using any software means, even reinstalling Windows or taking the drive to another computer. To set the new drive code press Yes , to leave it unchanged select No . Please note, that you will not be able to copy the DVD if you choose to leave the drive region unchanged. © 2007 Online Media Technologies Ltd., London, UK. All rights reserved. http://www.avsmedia.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy DVD Copying DVD-9 It happens quite often that you need to backup your double-layer DVD (so called DVD-9 ) onto one single layer DVD (known as DVD-5 ). As a matter of fact, you will need to recompress it so that it could fit the lesser capacity disc. The quality of the video could deteriorate in this case, so you will need to decide what you need more - the best available quality or all the materials on the disc.
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AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy CD Overview Copy CD work mode is used to create an exact copy of the source disc. No data will be changed and no video will be compressed on the target disc as compared to the source disc. Select the source drive that you are going to copy from. Please note that in the source drive dropdown combo box a path to any previously created image located at your hard drive could be specified.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Copy CD Copying Discs After you select all the settings click the Start copying! button to start the copying process. You will see the progress of the current operation and the buffer state at the moment: You can click the Cancel button to abort the recording, although it is not recommended to do that during the burning to the destination disc as the disc might become unreadable afterwards if the burning process is not complete.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Burn Discs Overview The Burn Discs work modes include three types of work depending on what type of data you are going to burn: 1. Burn DVD - use this mode to record DVD video discs if you have video files that compose the DVD structure (files with .vob , .ifo and .bup extensions) on your computer hard disk drive. As a result of adding these files a DVD video disc will be recorded that will be compatible with your software or hardware DVD player.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Burn Discs Adding Files Before you start burning your discs you should compile a list of all the files you would like to record onto your disc. To do that use the Add button or the Express Menu , clicking with the right mouse button within the File list area and selecting Add...
Use this button to move directly to My Videos folder of your computer hard disk drive to add files from there. Use this button to move directly to My Music folder of your computer hard disk drive to add files from there. Use this button to move directly to view your network to add files from a network drive. You can also drag the files and folders from the standard windows explorer and drop them to the File list area.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Burn Discs Adjusting Settings Before you start burning, you might want to view and if needed change the additional settings. To do that you will need to click the Settings button when you are in the Burn DVD , Burn DATA or Burn ISO work mode. The following window will be opened: Here you can change the following parameters: Disc label The name of the disc. You can select any you like best. Speed Possible recording speeds for this drive and disc.
After you select all the parameters you can close the window clicking the appropriate button. The changes will be applied automatically. © 2007 Online Media Technologies Ltd., London, UK. All rights reserved. http://www.avsmedia.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Burn Discs Erasing Discs If you use a rewritable disc (CD-RW, DVD-RW or BD-RE), you might need to erase it prior to recording your compilation. To do that you should press the Erase button when you are in the Burn DVD , Burn DATA or Burn ISO work modes. The erase dialog window will appear to let you delete all the information from the rewritable disc: Here you should select: Drive - the name of the drive that you use to record your discs.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Burn Discs Burning Discs and Images After you select all the settings click the Start burning! button to start the recording process. You will see the progress of the burning, the current operation and the file that is being written at the moment: You can click the Cancel button to abort the recording, although it is not recommended as the disc might become unreadable afterwards if the burning process is not complete.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Burn Discs Working with Images Sometimes you might need to create an image for your disc prior to recording it onto a CD, a DVD or a BD. You can do that with the help of the AVS DVD Copy . Currently it supports ISO-type images, compatible with all the main programs on the market nowadays. You can burn this image onto a CD, a DVD or a BD later if you would like to with AVS DVD Copy or mount it to some third party virtual drive.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Appendix Enabling the DMA Mode DMA mode - Direct Memory Access - allows certain hardware subsystems within a computer to access system memory for reading and/or writing independently of the CPU. Many hardware systems use DMA including disk drive controllers, graphics cards, network cards, and sound cards.
You should click it to open the Device Manager window:
Here you should find IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers among the other devices and click the "+" in front of it to open the list of available IDE channels that the controller has. 4.
In the Advanced Settings tab you will see the Transfer Mode drop-down box where the current transfer mode is displayed.
After that click OK to accept the changes you have made. The same can be done for the Secondary IDE Channel . After you enabled DMA modes for the IDE channels you can close the device manager window. Sometimes the reboot might be needed to apply all the changes. Note : not all the controllers allow the user to change the transfer mode. If you install the third party driver for your computer IDE controller see the instructions that go along with the driver software.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Appendix Disc Types AVS DVD Copy currently supports three types of optical disc formats that are available for consumer use. This section will better explain the purpose of these formats and their place in history. With the support of other disc types and formats the corresponding information will be added.
Blank discs are usually available in the following sizes (block sizes approximated). 21 63 74 80 minutes minutes minutes minutes = = = = 94500 blocks 283500 blocks 333000 blocks 360000 blocks [Back to the Top ] Digital Versatile Discs In January of 1995, Sony was the first to showcase Digital Versatile Disc technology after having announced co-development six months earlier.
First side DVD disc types Second side Total capacity First layer capacity Second layer capacity First layer capacity Second layer capacity DVD-5 4.7 Gb - - - 4.7 Gb DVD-9 4.3 Gb 4.3 Gb - - 8.6 Gb DVD-10 4.7 Gb - 4.7 Gb - 9.4 Gb DVD-14 4.3 Gb 4.3 Gb 4.7 Gb - 13.3 Gb DVD-18 4.3 Gb 4.3 Gb 4.3 Gb 4.3 Gb 17.2 Gb DVD-5 - single sided, single layer (disc capacity about 4.
DVD-RAM, it is playable in about 75% of conventional DVD players. The primary advantage of DVD-RW over DVD-R is the ability to erase and rewrite to a DVD-RW disc. According to Pioneer, DVD-RW discs may be written to about 1,000 times before needing replacement, making them comparable with the CD-RW standard. DVD-RW discs are commonly used for volatile data, such as backups or collections of files. They are also increasingly used for home DVD video recorders.
[Back to the Top ] Blu-Ray Discs Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next-generation optical disc format meant for storage of high-definition video and high-density data. The Blu-ray standard was jointly developed by a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), led by Sony and Philips. Bluray has information capacity per layer of 25 gigabytes.
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[Back to the Top ] Is there a user guide or manual available for this software? You can use our Help file which is included into installation of AVS DVD Copy or contact our support team at support@avsmedia.com every time you experience any difficulties using our software. [Back to the Top ] Which operating system I can use AVS DVD Copy with? AVS DVD Copy is supported by the following platforms: Windows versions Windows 9x versions 4.0.950 Windows 95 Unsupported 4.0.1111 Windows 95 OSR 2 & OSR 2.
AVS DVD Copy Send comments on this topic. Appendix How To Table of contents I have a rewritable disc with closed session, but want to add some files to it as it has much free space. How can I do that? Answers I have a rewritable disc with closed session, but want to add some files to it as it has much free space. How can I do that? You cannot add files to a closed rewritable disc without erasing it. But you can retain the information already stored on the disc.
