How to Transfer Video From a DVD Recorder to an External Hard Drive
A DVD recorder saves the video it has captured directly onto a DVD disc. You can transfer the video from the DVD to an external hard drive for safekeeping or playing on another computer. The procedure is straightforward and requires converting the video from the DVD into a digital video file. You can do this using a disc copy program. You can find a number of free programs, all which operate in a similar manner.
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Instructions
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Download a disc copy program to the computer's desktop and install it. Examples are the free MacTheRipper for a Mac or Final Burner Free for a PC.
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Double-click on the icon of the disc copy program to launch it. Put the DVD disc that you made in the DVD recorder and close the tray.
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Wait for the name of the DVD disc to appear at the top of the disc copy program's main screen.
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Select "All" from the drop-down menu beneath the "Region" tab.
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Select "DVD-Video" from the drop-down menu below the "Type" tab.
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Select "Full disc extraction" from the drop-down menu below the "Disc mode" tab.
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Press the "Go" or "Start" button at the bottom of the disc copy program's main screen. It will take from 10 minutes to an hour for the disc copy program to make a digital video file from the DVD disc and save it to the desktop.
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Quit the disc copy program when it has completed making the digital video file.
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Plug the connector attached to the external hard drive into the appropriate port on the computer (this could be a USB port or a Firewire port). Wait for the icon of the external hard drive to appear on the desktop.
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Drag the digital video file that was made from the DVD disc onto the icon of the hard drive. When the transfer of the digital video file is complete, right-click on the icon of the external hard drive and select "Eject" from the pop-up menu.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use the digital file that you make to duplicate the DVD.
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