How to Copy Protected DVD Movies

DVD is quite commonly used nowadays due to its huge storage advantage. However, most commercially produced DVDs are always protected with region coding, Content Scramble System (CSS) and other artificial restrictions. Manufacturers or producers use CSS keys to protect the disc's content from being duplicated by unauthorized parties.

Actually it is quite easy for people to copy protected DVDs. Copyright protected DVDs can be backed up using a variety of methods but the easiest and the most commonly used method is to obtain a DVD Copy Software like Aimersoft DVD Copy, which could bypass copyright protection automatically and copy all DVDs from DVD9 to DVD5, DVD5 to DVD9, DVD5 to DVD5 and DVD9 to DVD9 with 1:1 ratio.

In the following step-by-step guide we will show you the detailed operation of how to copy protected DVDs. We will make it as painless for you as possible.

Requirements

Software: Aimersoft DVD Copy

Hardware: DVD Burner

Copy Protected DVDs Step 1: Download Aimersoft DVD Copy and install it

Copy Protected DVDs Step 2: Select DVD Source

After you have installed and launched Aimersoft DVD Copy, insert the copyright protected DVD disc to your DVD driver.

Click the "Source" drop-down list to browse your computer and locate your source DVD, you will see two options: "DVD Folder" and "DVD-ROM".

Copy Protected DVDs Step 3: Select DVD Target

Click the "Target" drop-down list to select a target to output the selected DVD movie. Aimersoft DVD Copy can bypass DVD copyright protection and copy protected DVDs to DVD folder on your hard drive or to a blank DVD disc directly, or to copy DVD to an ISO file.

For DVD Folder or ISO File: If you want to backup your DVD movie to DVD folder or ISO image file on your hard drive, you can select between "DVD Folder" and "Image File" option, and specify a directory to save the copied DVD movie.

For DVD Disc: Aimersoft DVD Copy supports all popular DVD discs which include: DVD–5 and DVD–9; DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, and DVD-RAM.

If you are copying a DVD disc from your DVD-ROM to a blank DVD disc, Aimersoft DVD Copy will ask you to insert a blank DVD disc when the program gets ready to burn. Then you can just take the original DVD disc out and insert a blank DVD disc.

But if you have two or multiple DVD Burners, you just need to change object DVD to another DVD burner and insert a blank disc into it , then Aimersoft DVD Copy will automatically copy DVD movie to the new DVD disc. No need to wait for the conversion to insert a new blank DVD disc.

Copy Protected DVDs Step 4: Select Copy Mode

If you want to copy the whole videos from the dvd disc, you can select "Full Movie" Mode; if you only want to copy the main movie, not the feature, the introduction of upcoming movies and other info that are not related with the movie you want, you can select the "Main Movie" Mode; and if you want to copy the exact title, you can select "Custom Mode" and preview to check your desired ones.

Copy Protected DVDs Step 5: Start Copying

After all things done, click "Start" to start copying your DVD movie or burning it to a new DVD disc. That's all.

Download Aimersoft DVD Copy to copy protected DVDs

Note: If you want to burn videos to DVD with more editing, you can use DVD Creator to achieve that.

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