Free DVD Copy software

You need to copy your most precious DVD movie as a backup.

But when you searched the free CD-DVD copy software , most of them are shareware and functions are limited.

This is my tip on how to copy (copy protected ) DVD using Free Software. Be ware, you need to use two separate software to do this and it’s not easy like a commercial software. But not that hard either. You can do it with a little bit of patience.

First get DVDFAB HD Decryptor from http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm. As the description says, it is a free software that removes copy-protection and copies the DVD data to Hard Disk. You can only use first two menus from the left menu bar. You can copy complete DVD or select specific movie files to copy.

Second, you will need free software to copy local DVD files stored in HD into a blank DVD. I just can’t remember what it was. I will just find it and update it later. 🙂

It is called ImgBurn. Once executed, you need to select the Mode=>Build menu to create an ISO file or write files into DVD directly.

I will update with the details later.

I am sorry , but there was no update. But I recommend you below article , as long as I know, it is the best and easiest way to copy DVD.
Free DVD Copy software – DVD Rip for DVD Shrink

Read More

Make Movie with image files – PhotoStory 3

Initial Screen

Microsoft provides several useful freeware utilities in its download website. PowerToy series is the most renounced utilities, but also there are some user friendly multimedia softwares such as PhotoStory 3.

PhotoStory 3 is a wizard program that let users to create a wmv movie file with a set of images.
You can

  • edit , rotate, or enhance image quality
  • apply special image effect.
  • insert text message at the position you want (top , middle, bottom , left, right , center)
  • define custom motion or transition effect. The program automatically set transition upon importing images.
  • record and insert your narrative voice anywhere you want.
  • set a background music using an existing music file or a generated music from a predefined set of customs musics.

It is very user friendly and provides preview button in each step for easier preview.

Selecting images
Selecting Images

Here is the sample file that I made LINK It’s only about 1 MB. Enjoy. 🙂

Here is the website for you to download PhotoStory 3.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Read More