If I wanted to make some backups of some DVD's I own what would be the best application to use?

hmmm. what format would you intend to keep these backups in?

What I mean is.... would you like 'perfect' 1:1 backups (including menus and extras)
backups of just the films

playable on DVD player or PC..?

Would rather do a straight copy to another dvd, but misplaced the DVD's was going to copy to so may have to settle for dumping them onto pc (minus all the extra gubbins

various choices then sir.
Obviously though, I must set out some terms and conditions.
If you read below the line that says "DO NOT READ BELOW THIS LINE UNLESS YOU AGREE TO THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITONS", then you automatically agree to these terms and conditions.
i) You acknowledge that you have express permission from the copyright holders to make a backup of the aforementioned DVD's
ii) OK, there's only one term/condition


DO NOT READ BELOW THIS LINE UNLESS YOU AGREE TO THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITONS

My recommendations -

1) DVDFab HD Decrypter(£0.00) This will copy the whole disc to a folder on your hard drive. No loss of quality, but it can take up to 9Gig per film

2) DVDShrink (£0.00) An oldie but a goldie - This will copy the whole disc or whichever parts you want to an ISO file (for burning), and will 'shrink' the size down to fit on a single-layer DVD, with very little loss in quality (and can often do so in less than 15 minutes)

3) Handbrake (£0.00) A new-kid to the Windows block, and I have only had experience of the Mac OS version, but I'm sure it works the same way. This will encode the main movie into either an xvid or h.264 file.

Thanks for that

Handbrake looked good, but doesnt like copy protected dvds so giving dvdshrink a go

well you could always DVD HD Decrypt them first, then handbrake them

There is another option similar to handbrake - AutoGK

I just had a loot at autogk, looks complicated

the thing i don't like about AutoGK is all the crap it installs with it for subtitles and stuff. Handbrake is an easier solution.

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ahhh, nice touch

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Also works with Google Video, Bolt, iFilm, Meta Cafe, Yahoo, Daily Motion, Amazon and MySpace. Though have no idea what most of them are