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. It can be selected from the drop-down list:
  

  

  
  

  In this list you can see:

  • Drives - the list of all the optical disc drives that are present on your personal computer (including virtual drives);
  • HDD folders - the list of three most recently opened hard disk drive folders, containing DVD video files;
  • Open DVD from folder - select this option to open the standard explorer window and choose the folder on your computer hard disk that contains DVD video files.

• Target (output, destination) drive - the optical disc drive or a hard disk drive folder used to record the information to. It can be either a recordable (rewritable) optical disc or hard drive folder. As well as the source it can be selected from the drop-down list:
  

  

  
  

  In this list you can see:

  • Drives - the list of all the optical disc drives that are present on your personal computer (including virtual drives);
  • HDD folders - the list of three hard disk drive folders most recently used to save your files to;
  • Copy DVD to folder - select this option to open the standard explorer window and choose the folder on your computer hard disk to save the files to.

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

The selected mode will be marked with the sign.

Depending on your needs and the input and the output disc size you can select the mode that will suit better. For instance, if you would like to save a DVD-9 onto one DVD-5 disc, you will need to recompress it so that it could fit the lesser capacity disc. If you do not need all the menus and folders from the input disc, you can use the ONLY MOVIE mode to record the main movie only and delete all the other materials to keep the quality better.

If you want to retain the disc structure (it can be helpful if the disc contains the deleted scenes from the original movie or the director's cut that can only be selected from the DVD menu), you will need to select the second mode - WITHOUT EXTRAS.

And finally, if all of the disc contents are important to you, you should select the ENTIRE DVD mode to preserve the original DVD structure and contents.

Note: you can remove the unnecessary Languages in all the modes, thus enhancing the quality of the output video.

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.

When the disc or a hard disk drive folder is opened, all the available languages for this DVD video can be found in the Languages window. You can either check all of them or uncheck the languages you consider unnecessary. Note: there can be not only other languages but also audio variants of one language that differ in the number of channels and audio codec used to record them. It is usually done so that the DVD could be better played on different hardware or software players. If you are sure, what track is best played by your DVD player, you can leave only this track on the target DVD and uncheck all the other audio tracks.

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. They have required that the DVD standard include codes that can be used to prevent playback of certain discs in certain geographical regions. Each player is given a code for the region in which it's sold. The player will refuse to play discs that are not allowed in that region.

Most DVD-ROM drives let you change the region code a few times, usually between 0 and 5. Once a drive has reached the limit it can't be changed again unless the vendor or manufacturer resets the drive. This limitation cannot be overridden.

There are 6 main regions: (1) Canada, U.S., US Territories; (2) Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East (including Egypt); (3) Southeast Asia, East Asia (including Hong Kong); (4) Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, Caribbean; (5) Former Soviet Union, Indian Subcontinent, Africa (also North Korea, Mongolia) and (6) China.

Before you can start copying your DVD, you will need to set up your DVD drive region code so that it would coincide with the disc region code. In case they differ the following window will appear that will let you set the drive region:

If you have several DVD drives on your computer, you might try and insert the disc into the other drive that could have the region code matching the region code of the disc. If you still need to change the code of your drive, you should bear in mind, that this will decrease the number of the drive region changes left. When you change the drive region a certain number of times, you will not be able to 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.

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. There is one more way out: you can take a double-layer DVD to record the video onto it, and the program will suggest such an option:

You will see the disc full size in the upper part of the window and will have two options:

• Use a standard DVD - use this option to reconvert the input DVD and shrink it so that it will fit the output DVD-5. It is recommended to use this option if your DVD-drive does not support writing onto double-layer DVDs or if you do not have a double-layer DVD available. See below to find out how you can improve the output video quality if you record onto a standard DVD.
• Use a double-layer DVD - use this option if you have a possibility to record the input DVD onto a double-layer output DVD. The disc will be simply copied without any recompression and thus any quality loss.

Some tips when copying DVD-9 onto a single DVD-5:

• If you do not need all the menus and extras from the input disc, you can use the ONLY MOVIE mode to record the main movie only and delete all the other materials to keep the quality better.

• If you want to retain the disc structure (it can be helpful if the disc contains the deleted scenes from the original movie or the director's cut that can only be selected from the DVD menu), you will need to select the second mode - WITHOUT EXTRAS.

• And finally, if all of the disc contents are important to you, you should select the ENTIRE DVD mode to preserve the original DVD structure and contents.

Note: you can remove the unnecessary Languages in all the modes, thus enhancing the quality of the output video.