The original was made by MadBob this is just an Updated version of the old one (allot of the old Pictures didn't mesh with what we have now). Allot of the info is still the same with some stuff added in for the current version. - Tsurani

I have decided to update this Tutorial based around using AnyDVD along with CloneDVD, I am updating this Tutorial to help anyone who is not familiar with the usage of these programs, and while CloneDVD claims to be a One Click solution perfect for Newbies, I can assure you from personal experience this depends on the newbie


What you will need:

• CloneDVD: The latest product form Elaborate bytes,
  
• AnyDVD: This clever little piece of Software will De-Encrypt a DVD on the fly allowing you to Copy your own personal store bought DVD onto your PC, Remove Macrovision and RCE, it will also allow you to Play DVDs purchased over the internet that are designed to play only in the original sale region
  
• A DVD reader.
  
• Optional a DVD Writer. (you can use Daemon Tools to create a virtual drive)
  
• AnyDVD supports Windows 95/98/SE/ME/2000/XP

The AnyDVD software is necessary to allow CloneDVD to backup the content of most of the DVD Movies on the market today, CloneDVD for legal reasons cannot copy CSS protected DVDs, however you can read the DVD to your hard drive using one of the following Freeware programs, DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter, but by using these free programs you are one further step away from achieving the ideal of a Finished copy of your original DVD (IE: you will still then need to run CloneDVD to Transcode / ReMux or Burn)

Download (from the links above) the AnyDVD and CloneDVD trial software, both these products come with a 21 day trial, this is plenty of time to find out if they are working satisfactorily on your set-up,

Installation

Install AnyDVD and CloneDVD and reboot your system (this is critical) neither of these programs is difficult to install.

Configuration

After you have restarted your PC you can run AnyDVD (after waiting a short while for the nag screen to allow you to continue) it will load into the System Tray as a Fox Head Icon, if you place your cursor over the icon it will display the Revision of AnyDVD and how the devices are being handled [On: Off: Empty:] (Note! If the Icon is grey AnyDVD is deactivated, if it is Red it is Activated)

On – How many devices are being masked to inform Windows that they are being played in the correct Region.

Off – How many devices are not being watched by AnyDVD, Not too sure why this option is here, unless at a later date you can select which devices to watch and which to ignore. If you turn AnyDVD off then this will say Off: X where X = number of DVD devices you have currently on your system.

Empty – How many Devices currently have no media inserted.

If you have 3 devices with one DVD inserted then it should read [On: 1, Off: 0, Empty: 2] and it should be noted that a Virtual (Daemon Tools) device will be recognized as hardware.

Now if at this point we right click on the Fox Icon this popup menu will appear,



It has the following functionality:

• Enable AnyDVD – where you can Activate / Deactivate AnyDVD whilst still leaving it ready to run.
  
• Show Information – does the same thing as if you double clicked the icon
  
• Settings – Configuration options.
  
• Help – Html help file.
  
• SlySoft – Hyperlink straight to the AnyDVD Website.
  
• Rip Video-DVD to Hard disk - does exactly what it says
  
• Autostart – Start-up when Windows starts.
  
• Exit – err… take a wild guess!

Make sure that the 'Enable AnyDVD' is ticked (as in the image above) the Autostart option is up to your personal preference,

The Settings pages have right click tooltip help, simply right click the area you need more information about, and a tooltip pops up to expand the explanation.





The DVD Tab is broken down into three areas:

Default Region, this is normally not necessary and is only there to force a DVD to accept a specific region if it is being particularly awkward, you can leave this section alone, if you need to alter it you will probably know.

Navigation, this will let you jump directly to the movie or to the title screen if you want to get rid of the trailers and other stuff

Feature Removal, these options are checked to remove the functionality if available in the DVD Movie, in other words keep them all checked.

• Software Region Code: (RCE) some disks have an extra protection to ensure they are not played on non region specific hardware.
  
• Hardware Region Code: Removing it enables playing any DVD movie title, of any region 1-6
  
• Region Code Scripts: This is a script that tells the DVD what region it should be in, even when you have removed RCE.
  
• Analog Protection System: (Macrovision) there to stop direct recording of the output signal.
  
• Prohibited User Operation: stops you bypassing the FBI warnings etc, making you wait until the Root Menu comes up before you can continue.
  
• PC-Friendly (Autorun on Video DVD): Disables autorun on Video DVDs. And *only* on Video DVDs.
  
• Copy Protection based on unreadable Sectors: Keep this checked it is used for backing up ARccOS protected DVDs

Note, that if the inserted media has no Video Data (e.g., a computer game) autorun will not be altered.

As I said checking these items bypasses the protection of each option.

Also AnyDVD will allow your RPC2 Drive (Region Protected) to behave as if it were an RPC1 Drive (Region Free) this means that other Applications such as WinDVD / PowerDVD will let you play imported DVDs on your PC.



The Drive Tab - as you can see from the image above I have two Drives, I can select which ones AnyDVD should apply its settings to, I choose to NOT apply AnyDVD to my CD Writer as I don't use this as a DVD reader, this may help people who have had problems writing certain DVDs even though they had no trouble reading them.

There is now a Drive Speed Control which gives the following options

• Default - The default speed settings of your drive
  
• Slow & Quiet - Good for watching movies
  
• Medium - Compromise between speed & noise
  
• Fast & Noisy - Fastest your drive can handle

Note: Do not use the 'Enable Speed Control' with similar utilities EG: Nero Drive Speed.

The Program Tab - where the Language AnyDVD runs in can be set, particularly useful if different from the Default Windows Language settings,

• Safe Mode - Compatibility mode for some applications, You only have to use it if you have problems.
  
• Note that InterVideo DVDCopy and Pinnacle Instant Copy do not work if Safe Mode is switched on.
  
• Autostart - Starts when the computer boots up
  
• Hide Icon - Hides the Tray Icon, not recommended as the Fox provides visual feedback on the functioning of AnyDVD.
  
• Automatically check for updated
  
• Enable logging - only enable this if you are sending a bug report to Slysoft or if you find a movie that it can't back up
  
• Show information window for new media: when new media is inserted the information window pops up.
  
• There is also a Default Button which sets AnyDVD back to its installation defaults.

Here are some other useful things that you can use AnyDVD for.

• Share a protected DVD in a local Network
  
• Copy files from protected DVD via Explorer
  
• Copy files from protected DVD via Command Prompt ( Xcopy)
  
• Copy files from protected DVD with any program you like, e.g. Windows
  Commander!

AnyDVD can now be configured to Remove CD Digital Audio Protection should it be found on the Disc.

Note: This feature doesn't work with all Audio Protections and / or Drives.

• This option allows you to Play, Copy and Rip Protected Audio CDs.
  
• It caches the TOC (Table Of Contents) of the media, then if AnyDVD detects an Audio CD it will modify the TOC to represent a valid Red Book Audio CD.
  
• Illegal Start and Stop Timings are corrected and additional sessions deleted.
  
• If the player software or Operating System requests the TOC it will get the Cached TOC from AnyDVD.
  
• If this feature is enabled, Multimedia Content on Audio CDs will not be visible.

You can run an External Program when a DVD is Inserted or Removed, if it is PAL or NTSC Specific. or if it is a Disc of a type other than a DVD Disc.

• Option to start an external program on disc insertion of non-Video material.
  
• Option to start an external program if material has 60 Hz refresh rate (NTSC)
  
• Option to start an external program if material has 50 Hz refresh rate (PAL)
  
• Option to start an external program on disc removal.
  
• The above options are useful to adjust the screen refresh rate to the inserted media contents.
  
• Utility "SetDisplayFrequency" to set and reset the refresh rate of your monitor or beamer.
  
• External tools like MultiRes or PowerStrip can be used as well.

Click on OK and you have now configured AnyDVD, now we can insert a DVD to read from and run CloneDVD.

CloneDVD v2.8.9.2

Start CloneDVD and you will see the intro page,



There are three main buttons to the right, which need further explanation, and a small (top right) Help button.

Copy DVD Titles: Use this option when you want to copy just the Movie,

• Generally the largest Title with the most number of chapters
  
• You will be able to select which Audio Streams and Subtitles to keep
  
• CloneDVD will fit the Content (Single Movie Stream) onto one DVD Recordable.

Clone DVD: Use this when you want to copy the Whole DVD

• Especially useful when you are creating a backup of a Series DVD (EG: Friends, Simpsons etc.)
  
• CloneDVD will fit the Content (The Entire DVD) onto one DVD Recordable,

Write Existing Data: Use this when you want to Burn a DVD from already Ripped and Processed Data

• You have already used DVD Shrink or similar to create a selection small enough to fit onto a DVD,
  
• You are copying from an already Processed DVD,
  
• You have a pre made ISO/UDF ready for burning,
  
• You know that the original DVD is already small enough to fit onto a DVD Recordable,

When you have chosen your selected option from the above three choices, you will be taken to the next relevant page,

Top Button Copy DVD Titles:



You first must select the Path to the Folder that the DVD VOB (movie) files are stored in, usually VIDEO_TS especially if still on the original DVD, this is done from the dropdown box or using the Browse button, or by typing the path if you know it.

In the above image you can see there are eight available Movie Streams, Clone will select the largest for you, but if you have any doubt you can highlight each stream individually and click on the preview tab, this will let you view the content.

There is also a Compress-O-Meter (above the Back, Next Buttons) with a color band ranging from Red through Yellow to Green, this shows graphically how much compression is being applied to the DVD to make it fit on the DVD-+R/RW, with Red being the worst Quality and Green being the best, it is more likely you will start to notice a difference in Quality once you get into the Red zone, in the above image you can see that no Compression is being applied to the Movie backup, meaning excellent quality.

CloneDVD always picks the largest series of VOBs (most chapters / longest time) for the main movie, on Planet of the Apes (EAN 5 039036 008167 2 disc special edition) there are two large movie streams, unfortunately the largest (by 14 seconds and numbered track 02) is the directors comments overlay of the movie, which you really do not want to back-up, so keep your eyes open for this happening on other movies!

Note: Preserve Menus top right is unchecked; this removes all the menus, which you have no need for when burning only the Movie to disc.

Click Next to go to the Audio and Subtitle selection frame.



Again CloneDVD will try to intelligently select the correct Audio and Subtitles for your Windows Region, but you can deselect or select any that you please if you don’t agree with the choice, I generally select the English Streams and Subs as I cannot read / understand any other language (well what do you expect I am British!) however I have found for example on Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon I need to also select the Chinese Audio or I get no English Audio.

Click Next to go to the Output Method Frame,



This frame allows you to select the whether to Save as DVD Files on your Hard Drive, Save as an ISO/UDF or Burn to DVD, and select the Volume Label if you don't want the default one (either the existing one or VIDEO_DVD)

• DVD Files allows you to watch the Movie from your Hard Drive using PowerDVD or similar, or Burn from Hard Drive at a later time (using the bottom one of the three main frame buttons)
  
• ISO/UDF allows you to load an ISO into your Virtual DVD Drive (Daemon Tools) to check it has created the DVD properly, saves blowing a DVD Blank,
  
• DVD Writer sends the created files straight to your Burner.

DVD writer now has the option to write at the speed you select (assuming your DVD Burner and Media is capable of it). But remember the slower you go the better the quality.



There is also a right click help system, which expands the information on a given section,



You might have decided to copy the whole DVD and if so you started at the middle button

Middle Button Clone DVD:



Note! The Preserve Menu box is checked for this option, as we intend to copy all the movie content (including the extras) from the DVD, and you can see that the Compress-O-Meter is at 58% this shows that the quality will be not as good as the earlier burn.

Select Next to go to the next Frame



This Frame whilst looking similar to the one from the Previous (Top) Button Selection, has the difference that it has more than one Title in the left hand pane (Title 2 and Title 3 etc.) these are the Extras,

You can however still deselect the Audio content and Subtitles that you do not require this will help to keep the Movie and Extras to the best possible Quality,

Click to go onto the Next Frame,



Again at this Frame you select where you want the content to go to, Hard Drive ISO/UDF or DVD Writer, and select the Volume label.

• DVD Files allows you to watch the Movie from your Hard Drive using PowerDVD or similar, or Burn from Hard Drive at a later time (using the bottom one of the three main frame buttons)
  
• ISO/UDF allows you to load an ISO into your Virtual DVD Drive (Daemon Tools) to check it has created the DVD properly, saves blowing a DVD Blank,
  
• DVD Writer sends the created files straight to your Burner.

Bottom Button Write Existing Data:

Used to Copy Pre-Mastered Content or a DVD if you know it will fit your DVD-+R/RW disc, there will be no pre-processing done on this content so make sure it will fit.

Write Existing Data:



Here we select the DVD Movie files: and either creates an ISO/UDF image file or send to the DVD Writer, remember this content must be able to fit the Blank DVD Disc as there will be no pre processing done at all, the DVD Movie Files can be the VIDEO_TS folder of an already Created Backup DVD or a mounted ISO in Daemon Tools,

Or



We select a pre created ISO/UDF Image and send to the DVD Writer.

Final Actions

Depending on which of the original three options you decided on, The Final Frames in CloneDVD are for Writing to recordable DVD, content is Transcoded / ReMuxed to Temp Folder before writing,



Or creating an ISO/UDF Image, where the content is Transcoded / ReMuxed to Temp Folder and then built into an ISO/UDF Image



Or the files are Transcoded / ReMuxed to a pre-selected Folder ready for you to make an ISO/UDF or Burn at a later date.

Good tutorial.

What I am now finally! going to do

I will update my original with the details here and give you credit for helping Cheers!

The only differences I can find are for AnyDVD, I.E. the newer screenshots (which I will re-do to match the originals - it really needed doing though as they were showing very old ones ) and short descriptions for the latest added functions? E.G. RIP to Harddisk etc.

Also you removed the info added by me to say when each Additional update was done. I think this needs leaving in to let people see the newest update.

If there is anything else you added let me know?

Na all I did was get new screenshots and took out the bolded words that said things like Addition 29-09-2003, I was just trying to clean it up and all for the people that are brand new to the program like myself. cuz I remember looking at the tutorial and be all... um there's more buttons for me to check than what are here. which ones do I check ............ so that is why I gave new screenshots

I didn't put what the new things did cuz I don't know exactly what they do I am still fairly new to the Any and Clone world

@Perfect! Goooood Job!!!

The Tutorial will be updated this week hopefully (always check my Signature) I just added a few other things that were long overdue.

I will leave the bold dates I originally put in as it helps people to see when things were added.

Anyway cheers it made me update it again

that was my whole intention was to get ya back into the groove and update the darn thing. i asked in a thread to get it updated they told me to go do it, so i did and now i get the author to do it the "professional" way. see it all works in the end

Yeah I knew what you were doing, I did actually read your request for an update and tried to ignore it but I have a seriously busy job *sigh* (feel the pity) and I am fitting a new bathroom/tiling etc. guess I'll sleep when I'm dead!

eh that's the motto for the military. we always say we get al the rest we need when dead. you think you have it bad try this, i would get like 4 hrs sleep per week in Iraq, lol. i think i stil have the BB code if ya want me to send it to you so ya don't have to re write everything