DVDXCopy Platinum Tutorial and Product Walkthrough

:: DVDXCopy Platinum Tutorial and Product Walkthrough

DVD X Copy Platinum

DVD X Copy Platinum is a program designed to help you back up your retail DVD movie collection with as much customization as you desire.

When you first open DVD X Copy Platinum, this is the screen you will see.

Copy the DVD in the Xpress Interface. This will compress to place just the movie or the whole disc based on simple options.
Copy the DVD using Advanced Options. This allows you to define what to keep, omit, and where to compress or split.
Launch DVD X Rescue. If your disc is not copying correctly, you may wish to try to copy using Rescue instead. It can handle many discs that Xpress and Platinum will reject because of damage.
Adjust the settings. All the settings for temp location and burning drive are stored here, as well as more minor preferences.

These buttons function at any time in the Advanced preliminary process. For example, if you forget to change settings, you can jump straight to the settings screen from anywhere the button is visible. However, your chosen settings for a copy will not be kept if you leave Advanced mode.

Clicking the Advanced button will lead to this screen:

Place a check next to the titlesets desired. Only those titlesets that have checkmarks next to them will be copied. Hitting the + will show the contents, and allow previewing.
This area will show the size of the currently selected options If the size of the disc is larger than 4.36 gigabytes, the Use Compression checkbox will be enabled.
This option will determine if you want to split or compress.
This button leads to the current screen. If you change your mind in any of the following steps, click this button to back up to here.
This button leads to the compression screen. This button is only visible if Use Compression is enabled.
This button leads to the splitting screen. This button is only visible if Use Compression is disabled. Replaces the Compression button in the above diagram.
Once the options here are configured the way desired, this button will progress to the next step.

Select the portions of the disc you want to keep, and leave the unwanted unchecked. Decide if compressing or splitting is preferred, and proceed to the next screen.

If Use Compression on the Select Titles page is enabled, you will get the following screen:

This area shows the amount of compression for the titlesets selected.
This bar shows how compressed the total disc will be. Can be determined by dividing 4.36 by the DVD size shown on the Select Titles screen.
This status bar shows the amount of compression on the currently selected titleset. The higher the number, the more compressed the titleset will be.
This lets you tune the compression on the current titleset.
Once a titleset is manipulated, check this to lock it in. If you do not lock the compression changes you make, those changes will not stay fixed.
These buttons will begin the copying process.

Drag the sliders to try fine-tuning where the compression will occur, then click the Next button or the Write DVD button to continue. The disc will be prepared then burned.

If Use Compression on the Select Titles page is disabled, you will get the following screen:

This area lets you place the titlesets as you want them to be available on the 2 disc set
These meters show the amount of space taken up on each disc. If larger than 4.36 GB, the number will change to red.
This area lets the user determine where the split occurs. Cels are subdivisions of chapters. Currently, only splitting at the beginning of a chapter is enabled.
These buttons will begin the copying process

Move the titlesets between the discs using the disk1 and disk2 buttons and highlighting the titlesets one at a time. Keep an eye on the size gauges at the bottom, making sure that they do not exceed 4.36 gigabytes (the limit on writable DVDs). If you like, you can also tune the chapter that the main movie will be split at, if this option is needed. This is the cel position box at the very bottom.

Clicking on the Settings button will lead to the following screen:

This button will search 321 Live for TDF files of the current movie in the drive. This feature has not been instituted as of yet.
This area shows all the available burners detected on your system as well as the current burner selected.
Shows the location of the temporary folder. The temporary path can be adjusted by typing a new one or by using the button to the right of the path.
Shows the location of your TDF folder. This folder contains TDFs on every movie you have backed up. If Check Local TDF Files is enabled, every time a movie is placed in the drive the program will search this directory to see if there is a TDF for that movie.
Shows the location of your DVD info folder. If you have renamed the movie or any of the titlesets, that information will be stored here. That information can be accessed if the movie is ever used again as long as Check Local DVD Info Files is enabled.
Forces the DVD to identify itself as a DVD-ROM, thereby making it usable in any DVD player. This function only works with certain DVD burners.
Saves the settings for future uses of the software.

The different states during the Reading and Writing processes

This is the state that is first seen when reading and preparing the DVD.
This is the state when the reading is complete, and the software is waiting for you to insert a blank disc.
A blank disc has been detected, and the software is ready to burn. Click start.
The start has been pressed, and the program is preparing a blank DVD disc for the writing process.
Writing is now in process. If you cancel this step on recordable (not rewritable) media, the disc is now a coaster.

Source: forum.321studios.com

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