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Old 20-03-2007   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Difference in full disc and clone.

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Originally Posted by miclus
Or, here is another way to ask. Say I take a movie, do a full disc copy to an iso, 100% quality using dvd5 or dvd9 as needed, remove layer break is checked in options. Do the same thing with clone. What, besides the layer break removal, are the practical differences in the 2 resultant isos (as far as overall dvd content, video quality, etc.)?
Full Disc will not copy any DVD-ROM content. Clone will. Full Disc (I believe) has an extra transcoding step that is skipped in Clone mode. Clone is "purer", but as a practical matter, probably indistinguishable from the copies you are making. That being said, if I shared your concern for quality, I would be using Clone mode. I'm not sure if the two modes treat the IFO files differently; I think Full Disc re-writes them, Clone probably does not.
/EDIT/ In rare instances (discs with lots of DVD-ROM or non-video content) Full Disc might let it fit on a DVD5, where Clone would ask for a DVD9 (unless you checked the box for Video-related files only). You must have a good source of cheap DVD9s. Share.
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