What is the qualitest way to convert DVD9 to DVD5 ?

[Somebla]

Hey,
I have a DVD I would like to backup, but I dont have dual-layerd discs, I have only DVD 5 discs.
So I wanted to know what is the qualitest way to convert the DVD9 to a DVD5 ?

Thanks.

[dialysis1]

You'll get great results with DVD Rebuilder.
http://www.jdobbs.com/

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Some (There are many) other quality choices are:

DVD Shrink
NERO Recode
DVD2One
DVD95Copy

[Somebla]

I've been told that CCE gives the best resultes, it may not be a easy program but gives the best quality.
Is that true ?

[setarip_old]

""CCE" has nothing to do with compressing DVD9s to a DVD5s - It is used to convert DVD format files to other, more compressed formats...

[manono]

""CCE" has nothing to do with compressing DVD9s to a DVD5s - It is used to convert DVD format files to other, more compressed formats...

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you said there. I use CCE every day to reencode movies from DVD9s so that they'll fit onto a DVD5. Same format (MPEG-2), just a smaller size.

For sombla-

CCE is one of the encoding programs supported by DVD-Rebuilder. For beginners, I second dialysis1's suggestion.

[Somebla]

I know CCE is not a program for beginners, but if CCE gives out the best quality i'm willing to learn it.
I know there are dozens of guides that explain how to use it.

[CWR03]

Another option is to split the movie and the extras across two disks. Use one for a movie only backup with only audio and sub streams that you need checked, and in most cases there will be no compression at all, resulting in a lossless backup. The other disk would have everything checked except the main movie.

If it's an episodic disk, you can put half the episodes on each disk.

[JarrettH]

Nero Recode IMO gives the highest quality conversion. I converted Serenity once, just the movie w/o extras, and it looked 90% like the original DVD. CCE is very indepth, I don't think it's worth the trouble.