Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong place, feel free to move the post where it belongs. I'm a beginner at copying, and fiddling around with dvd's, etc. Please talk to me in kindergarten terms, ha ha. I have home movies on dvd that I want to save to my hard drive (and consequently save to online backup) AND be able to view on my computer without having the actual dvd. I have Roxio 8 (I know, it's old but I hardly ever use it so haven't upgraded). I copied the dvd's I think using sonic record now and it saved the files as .gi's. Each file is around 2 gb's and also has a file with the same name that is 1.44kb's. I'm able to back them up online but when I click on the actual file it just sends me to sonic and asks me to insert a disc to record to. I know there's something I'm not seeing that's stupid but I can't figure it out. I just want to be able to play the file with media player or something as well as be able to save it. Can someone guide this poor dope? Thanks for any help you can offer!!!!!
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Copy Dvd To Hard Drive And Be Able To View?
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AndreaH
, Oct 28 2010 04:47 AM
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 07:17 AM
Download and install the free VLC Video Lan Player version 1.1.4. here>> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Open the player, click media, click open file, then navigate to your gi's.
Does that work?
Open the player, click media, click open file, then navigate to your gi's.
Does that work?
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My Computer Specs click show.
1.Click here Beginners Guide - Blank DVD Media Type Definitions & What A Firmware Upgrade Is for Your Burner.
2.Click here Firmware HQ - site dedicated to providing you with the latest firmware releases for your optical disc drives.
3.Click here CD-DVD Speed
4.Click here CD-DVD Speed - A user guide
5.Click here Enabling/Checking DMA in Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, 9x.
6.Click hereYou can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive.
7.click here Drive Not Recognized By Roxio, PX Engine 3_00_58a. Old Version<-> EMC 7.5 Up PX Engine 4.18.16a. Update .Click here
8.Click here How to uninstall IE 7 and WMP 11.
9.Click here ImgBurn Current version: 2.5.3.0 (5,262 KB) CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
10.Click here InfoTool (Drive, Disk, Configuration, Software, Hardware, DMA settings, etc.).
11.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2011 & Creator 2012
12.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows Vista and 7)
13.Click here Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows XP)
14.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 9 & 10 on Windows Vista
15.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 7.5, 8, 9, & 10 on Windows XP
16. Click here WinZip Data Compression Utility <> Click here WinRAR Data Compression Utility Click here 7-Zip Data Compression Utility
17. Click here Finding Your Computer Specs And Roxio Software Version Number.
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My Computer Specs click show.
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1.Click here Beginners Guide - Blank DVD Media Type Definitions & What A Firmware Upgrade Is for Your Burner.
2.Click here Firmware HQ - site dedicated to providing you with the latest firmware releases for your optical disc drives.
3.Click here CD-DVD Speed
4.Click here CD-DVD Speed - A user guide
5.Click here Enabling/Checking DMA in Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, 9x.
6.Click hereYou can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive.
7.click here Drive Not Recognized By Roxio, PX Engine 3_00_58a. Old Version<-> EMC 7.5 Up PX Engine 4.18.16a. Update .Click here
8.Click here How to uninstall IE 7 and WMP 11.
9.Click here ImgBurn Current version: 2.5.3.0 (5,262 KB) CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
10.Click here InfoTool (Drive, Disk, Configuration, Software, Hardware, DMA settings, etc.).
11.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2011 & Creator 2012
12.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows Vista and 7)
13.Click here Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows XP)
14.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 9 & 10 on Windows Vista
15.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 7.5, 8, 9, & 10 on Windows XP
16. Click here WinZip Data Compression Utility <> Click here WinRAR Data Compression Utility Click here 7-Zip Data Compression Utility
17. Click here Finding Your Computer Specs And Roxio Software Version Number.
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 07:31 AM
THANKS for your reply, I'll have to wait til later to let you know, at work and of course everything is home on my desktop! : ) I will try as soon as I get home.
cdanteek, on 28 October 2010 - 07:17 AM, said:
Download and install the free VLC Video Lan Player version 1.1.4. here>> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Open the player, click media, click open file, then navigate to your gi's.
Does that work?
Open the player, click media, click open file, then navigate to your gi's.
Does that work?
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Posted 28 October 2010 - 02:26 PM
It worked! Thank you so much! Now, would it be better to save the files to iso instead of .gi? And also, when backing these up to an online backup, I've just been backing up the 2 gb files, should I also be backing up the files with the same name but only 1.44 kb's?
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