Digital DVD/Game Library
I am not perfect with my CDs/DVDs I will lose them, scratch them, or just break them. Becaue of this I have started a project to backup all of my Games and DVDs that I would not like to lose. What I am doing is ripping DVDs and Computer games to ISO’s on my computer using MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD. This software is freeware for Windows and allows you to do two very cool things, A. you can rip your CD’s/DVD’s/Games to ISO’s which isn’t that rare but B. is that you can mount those ISO’s virtually as a drive and install that game, or watch that DVD on your computer. And it supports more than just ISO’s but that is all I use it for. And with a big enough harddrive you can keep everything on your computer, safe and sound! If you have a semi-good Zip Archive Utility you can get into those ISO’s and say add a cd.key file with the code so you don’t have to worry about that either. Cool eh?
I’ve used a combo of Alcohol 120% (terrible name) and Nero, which neither are free. Good to know that there is some free software out there that does both. Have you checked it for spyware, etc.?
No I have not checked them personally for spyware but I do download from reputable sources like CNet’s Download.com that does. The ISO burner is Active @ ISO Burner which is also available from Download.com. In case anyone is looking for a good DVD Ripper ( to mpg, avi, etc. not ISO ) FairUse is having a limited time offer on the light version linky.
I use HandBrake to convert DVDs to mpg, avi and m4v. It works on both Windows and Mac computers. I find that it works better if you rip the DVD to the HD first on Windows computers and for that I use, DVDFab HD Decrypter. Both are free tools and work great.