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Copying DVDs?

I have recently gotten a spate of email spam from people claiming to sell software (or something) that allows me to copy DVD (movies, presumably) onto my CD burner, then play them back in my DVD player.

Is anyone aware of this? Is it something that can be done anyway with no special software? What are the downsides?

- Eric
ehart
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swampwalker
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You mean besides the fact that it is illegal?
ehart OP
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Yes, I'm curious about the technology involved. I don't yet have either a CD burner or a DVD player.

I'm curious because I assumed that DVD-V and CDs are so different that you could never have a movie on CD. Also that DVDs hold more info, so that quality must be dropped if a movie goes from DVD to CD.

So is this actually possible technically, or are these complete scams?

I don't actually plan to do this, but my curiousity is piqued by the "format wars."

- Eric
gboren
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Actually, under the "fair use" doctrine, it's not illegal to copy a cd or dvd for one's own use, eg, making a copy for the car.

But the original question leads me to another question:
I have been doing vinyl restoration, ie, copying it onto cd. I first copy at 24bit/96KHz and then depop it, clean it up, etc., and then convert to 16/44. However, with all the dvd burners coming out, does anyone know of any software which will allow me to take the 24/96 file and burn it to a dvd using dvd-audio format?
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