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I used to use DVDShrink as the image output was far superior and sharper to CloneDVD using the default sharp and low compression-no more than 20%, keeping 80% of source input, but that came at a cost- pixellation and macro blocking. Even using the 'smooth' output still couldn't avoid macroblocking.

With CloneDVD compressing to 75% output the macro blocking is minimal and no dud scenes. DVDShrink expelled at low to medium bitrates but nearly half of my DVD inputs even using high bitrates ended up with some problematic scenes. CloneDVD has none of these problems and has become a very useful tool as it is dead easy to strip out menus and unwanted audio tracks/junk with it, but I wouldn't compress to more than 60% of the main video to be on the safe side. I sometimes compress a favourite film to 4.36gb(if a dual layered one!) then use MakeMKV to make a lovely mkv file of it.

Review by F.H on Jul 17, 2021 Version: 2.9.3.6 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 10/10




May not have as much built in stuff as DVD shrink (I.E Combine programs to one structure) but it is the only one that can output a good movie folder from a faulty one when used with ANYDVD. dvd shrink sometimes mess up titles so I had to go back and re-rip them. So for archiving alone this is the way to go

Review by dannyboy48888 on Jun 17, 2012 Version: 2.9.30 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 6/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 7/10




Thought I would try this after reading the reviews, But when I did a test between clonedvd and dvd shrink, dvd shrink was about 3 minutes faster, For an old program shrink is hard to beat, and it sure works great.

Review by tarzan54 on Jun 11, 2012 Version: 2.9.3.0 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 6/10 Overall: 7/10




CloneDVD with AnyDVD thereis no better

Review by dessieclive on Jan 19, 2010 Version: 2922 OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




The only thing that Shrink does better is blank out unwanted menu items - useful if you are using RipIt4Me. Other that that, this smokes Shrink.

Review by Starofradiance on Jan 17, 2010 Version: 2.9.2.7 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




I don't understand your comments cobalt, they make no sense. CloneDVD is faster, renders better, and is easier to use than DVD Shrink. It is also at least as, if not more, configurable than DVD Shrink. And, get this, it has it's own burning engine, unlike DVD Shrink. DVD Shrink was great in it's day, then Nero Recode came out and stomped it, which makes sense since Recode was created by the guy who created DVD Shrink. And then CloneDVD came out and put the rest to shame. The only other too that bears consideration is DVD Fab, but personally, I prefer CloneDVD.

Review by gallowayk on Dec 30, 2009 Version: 2.9.2.7 OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




The old and free DVD Shrink slaps this one around 100 times and than throws it in the garbage bin.

Why pay so much if there's a tool that is 100x better and an unlimited times cheaper alternative.

Review by cobalt on Dec 30, 2009 Version: Any OS: WinXP Ease of use: 6/10 Functionality: 5/10 Value for money: 2/10 Overall: 3/10




Did I miss something, but aren't most of the "New" features for this version the same as for 2.9.2.5? How can they be new in both versions?

Review by erzug on Nov 9, 2009 Version: 2.9.2.6 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




I agree with all of the above. It's better than DVDFab.

Review by pepegot1 on Jul 10, 2009 Version: 2.9.2.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 9/10




This is a great tool for copying movies. I would love to see an update soon.

Review by Ally68 on Jul 9, 2009 Version: 2.9.2.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 10/10




Just a great little program, simple in its genius. It has NEVER failed to rip or to burn. For example, I will get a "Calibration Error" from Nitwit Nero -- which always means that Nero has yet again miscalculated file size. Shut down Nero. Over to CloneDVD. Never a problem. It is fast. It is cheap. It is reliable. What more can one ask? And I love that little Mexican Hat Dance song that blares when the burn is done!

Review by Mitchum22 on Apr 6, 2007 Version: 2.9.0.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




using clone dvd and any dvd has replaced ALL the other burning tools i was using. it even noe features a dvd-r dl function. i don't like buying programmes BUT.....here it is all in colour....just hate that little lam in the upper right corner that will NOT go away even with the right click prompt.

Review by CODEWERKX on Apr 6, 2007 Version: 2.9.0.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




CloneDVD with AnyDVD is simply the best out there. Overall results is superb! CloneDVD is very user friendly and is updated on a regular basis. I have been using this software for the past year with 100%+ burns. Try the trial download and give it a whirl. You won't regret it...I didn't. Two thumbs up!!!

Review by Guest on Sep 4, 2006 Version: 2.9.0.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Have a support issue. I sent Slysoft support an issue. I have 2 DL DVD+/-RW drives, an HP TS-H552L Litescribe and a MicroAdvantage 16X8. The MicroAdvantage work fine, but the HP won't recognize a DL disk. They asked for screen prints of the Add/Remove programs list and my proceses from Task Manger. I supplied these and told them that the HP wouldn't recognize DL with CloneDVD/AnyDVD but other software works fine with it. They then asked if I was running Roxio DirectCD or Drag2Disc. I told them yes and re-told them about the HP not recognizing DL. They they said to deactive the Roxio stuff. I did this and stated again that the HP wasn't recognizing DL. Their last response was "So you won't try it. Ok, case closed". Their support was NOT a lot of help

Review by alanfox on May 23, 2006 Version: 2.8.9.8 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 1/10




Great software. This and anydvd make backing up a fast one step process. High quality down to 55%. Backs up ANY dvd in about an hour in a one step process. Before this I used dvddecrypter + dvd2one + copytodvd. Better then dvdshrink. Very easy to use. Almost no learning curve.

Review by gary11364 on May 19, 2006 Version: 2.8.9.8 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




some people still do not understand that you need anydvd with this....i think its the easiest to use out of all the other software i have used

Review by studmonkey76 on May 15, 2006 Version: 2.8.9.8 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Wondering if im doing somthing wrong tried program to back up my movie The Legend Of Zorro and comes up and says movie is copy protected and it well not back it up. Did i miss the point of this program. Im also have anydvd 5.9.5.8 running as well. If i use the ripper in anydvd then i can back to hd and then copy but i would like to be able to just go dvd to dvd as i have 2 burners in my comp.

Review by trident5 on May 15, 2006 Version: 2.8.9.8 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 7/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 7/10




Basically, this tool plus SlySoft's AnyDVD will allow you to copy any DVD on planet earth - in perfect picture/audio quality. I've shrunk movie-only copies to a DVD-R, I've copied whole discs to DVD+R DLs. All with no problems whatsoever. This is the best and easiest tool I have used. I tested and tried a lot of different tools online (and lurked and read these pages for several months doing research), but this was hands-down the easiest to use and had no learning curve. So easy it's amazing that it works as well as it does.

Review by Superant on May 1, 2006 Version: 2.8.9.8 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Without a doubt the best 9>5 transcoder available. You can safely compress to 60% without visual quality loss. Results are indeed better than Dvd Shrink under heavy compression. It's much faster, also. Do not hesitate; Clonedvd2 is money well spent.

Review by detour on Jan 18, 2006 Version: 2.8.5.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




I was not able to back up Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus sold in Brazil using CloneDVD 2 latest version...

Review by Fred© on Oct 24, 2005 Version: latest OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 5/10 Value for money: 5/10 Overall: 7/10




Earlier version had no problem at all. Latest version does not perform as well and creates coasters. Tried 3 time and gave up. Went back to using earlier V.

Review by frankeu on Oct 20, 2005 Version: 2.751 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




Hi!!

This tool is awesome!!! Super-fast, the quality is great and it's repairing possible authoring errors on original DVD's, that can be used as copy protection (for example "The Aviator PAL"...when I tried it with Nero or Shrink, they simply says, that the dvd structure is invalid and over). With using DVDFab Decrypter for ripping and Nero for burning, this is a perfect tool. I like the transcoding system very much (it just lowers the original curve of bitrate for desired percentage - that means no analyzing and super fast encoding and all parts of the movie have the same compression)!! That's the way, which Nero and others should go.

Review by jlp on Sep 21, 2005 Version: 2.8.5.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




In a spirit of fairness, I want to note that today Elby answered my support request, so please ignore my previous complaint re: support.

Jeff Lowenthal

Review by photoman2 on Sep 16, 2005 Version: 2.8.5.1 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10




Nice program which worked fine until I upgraded to this version. Now writes coasters 2 times out of 3 to media I had been using with NO coasters previously. (Same spindles too--TDK 4X (Taiwan-Costco)and Taiyo Yuden 8x (RIMA).) Now get write errors about 30 seconds into the burn. (Pioneer 108, 1.20 firmware.)

My real complaint is with "support". After two emails and two weeks, still no reply.

Review by photoman2 on Sep 14, 2005 Version: 2.8.5.1 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10




Wonderful program! This is coming from someone who goes back to the days of X-Copy and X-Copy Xpress. CloneDvd, in conjunction with AnyDVD, provides the easiest (in my opinion), to date, way to back up a movie. It is ridiculously simple. Newbies might have some what of hard time in the beginning identifying what files they would not want to include in the final version of the back-up but most are not going to have that problem. Also, there are wonderful guides on the net and in this very own site that provide excellent assistance.

I would also have to agree with an earlier poster who hinted that with too much compression you are probably going to notice a difference to which I agree. Although you would have to compress pretty low (under 60%) to see any noticeable difference b/w orignal and copy.

Worth every penny; definately recommend.

Review by moviesbx on Mar 24, 2005 Version: 2.7.5.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




bugged. If you backup a dvd with say 2 Audio Tracks
1.dts and audio track 2.ac3/2 (5.1) then select
choosse audio track 2 as default it will always select track 1.dts even if track 2.ac3 chosen as the default audio preference.

So no matter how many audio tracks you want to backup with the dvd whatever Clone dvd lists as audio track 1 will always be the default audio track.

Review by g12345567 on Jan 30, 2005 Version: 2.7.1.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 6/10 Overall: 5/10




DVD shrink step aside, not only is clone dvd easier to use, picture quality is fantastic. clonedvd needs a decrypter, I've been using dvd decrypter

Review by zakmar on Jan 25, 2005 Version: 2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 7/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 9/10




Think program, in conjunction with AnyDVD or a similar program is very good for most movies. I really like the way it deals with unwanted extras. If it could do the same with menu titles (like the 30 second long Disney Digital intro for starters) it would get a 9 from me. The compression engine is okay, and it is much faster than Shrink, but I still prefer Shrink for higher compression scenarios. For example, the extended version of the Two Towers looked pretty bad using Clone, but looked almost perfect using Shrink and was thus worth (to me) the extra 87 minutes. Shrink also lets you replace menu titles with stills - you can replace the 3 or more minutes of fluff with "Please Press Menu Now", because the prohibitions are removed. For cartoons or 75% and higher quality, Clone is fine.

Review by starofradiance on Jan 14, 2005 Version: 2.4.5.4 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




Could not agree with the last post more.Fantastic speed(12minutes to transcode),quality and ease of use.

Review by soixante on Nov 9, 2004 Version: CloneDVD2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




I much prefer this program to any other,including DVD Shrink.
It is so simple to use,there's hardly any settings you have to configure and the resulting DVD files produced are of excellent quality.I can hardly tell the difference between the original DVD files and the compressed ones.
The program is fast and reliable.I have no complaints whatsoever.
Great software,recommended.

Review by laspis59 on Sep 24, 2004 Version: 2.4.5.4 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 10/10




The burning engine on this thing sucks. I've tried several versions of clonedvd and half the time I'll get writing errors saying I may have bad media or it will write but I"ll get a lot of digital arifacts on playback. VERY IFFY!! I'll use the same media (DVD+RW) and use DVD2one and copy2dvd and they work everytime, never a coaster. The only good thing about Clonedvd is the interface, but what good is that if it doesn't burn properly. I'll tried about every software and I always go back to DVD2one and copy2dvd.

Review by timster on Sep 18, 2004 Version: 2. OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 5/10 Value for money: 1/10 Overall: 1/10




I have tried a lot of other programs but this is by far the best. Just run anydvd in the background and use dvdcopy2 to backup any dvd you have. All the other programs i used would take about 3-4 hours from start to finish. This setup takes only 1 hour from start to finish. The quality of the dvd backup is awesome.
You can get them both from http://www.slysoft.com for around $70.00 and its worth every penny.

Review by racoty on Aug 23, 2004 Version: 2.4.3.5 OS: WinME Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




easy to use, superb picture quality, highly recomended

Review by PhilipBennett on Aug 17, 2004 Version: 2.4.2.7 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




This is the finest dvd copying software i've used, no qualms about anything. It does all that I need and the quality is excellent.

Review by Andem on Jun 20, 2004 Version: 2094 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




After the instant self destruct of 2.0.8.3 I am reserving judgement on this version until the dust settles and I am keeping 2.0.8.4 in reserve. So far it burns OK and copies of DVD-R-RW, DVD+R+RW are all readable on numerous machines.

Review by chas0039 on Jun 13, 2004 Version: 2.0.9.4 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




It is good, but slow. Because it takes a half hour to make a back-up of DVDs. Besides, Nero takes just 15 minutes to make the same thing at "copy on the fly". If you have a good DVD-ROM % DVD-Rewriter, everything it's OK.

Review by morcamtec on Jun 4, 2004 Version: 2.0.8.4 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 1/10 Overall: 9/10




The most user friendly DVD back up tool I have ever used.

The back up DVDR' picture quality is also one of the best.

Forget about DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter, DVDFab, DVDXCopy Platinum, DVD2One, Nero, CopyToDVD, InterVideo DVDCopy 2 or TMPGEnc Plus 2.5...

I used all and CloneDVD is the best.

You do need DVD Region-Free or AnyDVD together to copy copy-protected DVD.

What you paid, what you get.

Review by vioxx on Jun 4, 2004 Version: 2.0.8.4 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 10/10




DO NOT UPDATE!!!!

The originator of this program has confirmed that there is a problem with 2.0.8.3 and that there is a fix coming.

Review by chas0039 on May 1, 2004 Version: 2.0.8.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: -/10 Functionality: -/10 Value for money: -/10 Overall: 5/10




the new version of the clonedvd 2.0.8.3. I record myself bad, the dvd doesn't play in my dvd player, I had never spent that. return to the previous version, the 2.0.7.3 and everything returned wing normality, recording very well, not you if alone I spend this to my or there is alguein but that happened him something similar, let us keep the previous version.

this comment was realized by means of a translating program, pardon for the errors.....

Review by raiders go on May 1, 2004 Version: 2.0.8.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 5/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




This is a fantastic program. if ur a newb, then this is perfect for you. i prefer this to dvd shrink

Review by Gillies on May 1, 2004 Version: 2.0.7.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 5/10 Overall: 10/10




POTENTIAL PROBLEM ALERT. I have updated to the latest version 2.0.8.3 and none of the DVDs (both DVD-R and DVD-RW) I have burned are playable on any of 3 Panasonic players I have tried. They all return a "not supported" error. DVDs I made just minutes before using the prior version are all playable AND the "unsupported" DVD-R is playable on another player, a Mintek. I cannot yet tell what is wrong and I have switched back to the prior version, 2.0.7.3 and have yet to see what happens.

Review by chas0039 on Apr 30, 2004 Version: 2.0.8.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: -/10 Functionality: -/10 Value for money: -/10 Overall: 5/10




Nothing but success,even with the latest version.Create dvd files and burn with record now max,and not a coaster yet.I just did 3 backups today and they all look great on my 50" toshiba.

Review by bmiller on Apr 29, 2004 Version: 2.0.8.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Really excellent stuff here. I've gone through many different methods and programs to find the 'perfect' solution, and for me it's DVD Region-Free to decrypt dvds on the fly (AnyDVD might also work, but it's been flaky for me) and this to copy. Very high quality, plenty fast, and easy to use.

Review by snarfo on Apr 20, 2004 Version: 2.0.7.3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




This program works great. While I still prefer DVDShrink, I could not get it to backup Good Boy (I ran out of 512M of RAM). CloneDVD worked perfectly.

For an earlier poster, TitleSetBlanker, freeware available here, will blank out menu items.

Review by starofradiance on Mar 28, 2004 Version: 2.0.5.3 OS: Win98 Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 9/10




This program is excellent. You can remove all the junk you dont need BUT you have to keep ALL the menues along with the main film.
Quality is very good too.

Review by andem on Mar 28, 2004 Version: 2053 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 9/10




What a great little proggy. I've gone from DVD X Copy to DVD Shrink for most of my DVD backups. Yes, I've tried all the more complex user-adjustable methods as well. DC4U, DIF4U, DVD Rebuilder, TMPEG DVD Author, Audition, Scenarist, ReAuthorist, Intervideo DVD Copy, ad infinitum. But this is the absolute quickest way to make a quality backup. I use DVD Encrypter to rip to HDD and then Clone DVD takes over. It will even erase a RW for you if you forgot, before it burns. No processing files to clean up after the burn(except those left by DVD Encrypter). And it will even copy DVD to DVD on the fly, though I haven't tried that yet. The quality of the copy was extraordinary. Colors were super vivid and crisp. No vertical bars or banding and stills were excellent.

Review by Talon_Sr on Mar 28, 2004 Version: 2.0.53 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




The Best...It is an incredibly piece of software to use. You might need a guide from this site, for example, if you're a newbie to the program but it is sooooo worth it. That's how I got to learn how to use the program (a guide) and I am so glad I did. Ripping my movie first with DVD Shrink and then using Clone DVD - you can't be the ease of use and the quality afterwards. The program just keeps getting better and better with each release.

- Works fast
- Let's include only what you want (menus, extras, etc.)
- Can now also burn

You just can't beat this.

Review by Moviesbx on Mar 25, 2004 Version: CloneDVD 2 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




I think Clone DVD2 is the greatest thing since popcorn. It does just about everything. I does the DVD shrink part to hard drive if you want to or will copy DVD's. I think that this is 1 of the greatest softwares for DVD burning. It works right out of the box. It is worth the $. Just my opinion.

Review by bigjimmpls on Mar 23, 2004 Version: clone dvd2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




With this latest version it comes a real winner!!!
In terms of speed 8gb movie in 11 - 18minutes.Thats really awesome!!!
In terms of quality also it's a winner.Very close to original.A real 1 to 1 back up.
I usually use it with the dvddecrypter v3.2.1.0 with excellent results.
I highly recomend it to everyone who wants both results, quality & speed!!!
Bravo elby keep up the good job mates!!!

Review by plimper on Mar 20, 2004 Version: 2.0.4.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Simply the best, and the best just got better. This is as easy as it gets, even noobs should have no problems with this piece of software. Paired with AnyDVD or DVD Region-Free this is the ultimate DVD backup tool. All of the issues with CloneDVD have been addressed in CloneDVD2. The only feature missing is Dual-Layer writing support and I'm sure that will be addressed in a future revision. Can you imagine paying $100 or more for DVD X Copy? I can't.

Review by 88keyz on Mar 19, 2004 Version: 2.0.4.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




CloneDVD with the combination of AnyDVD rocks!!!!! The one thing while reading through the forum is that there are people complaining that the quality bar does not change when you take out some language tracks. Why would anyone care so much about that??? I would think that removing some of the audio tracks is not going to make that noticable of a difference in picture quality. The only movies that I have not been able to back up had scratches on them. Once again CloneDVD rocks!!!!!

Review by foolio101 on Mar 2, 2004 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




This tool is great. It can be a little confusing when you are selecting the video clips, but if you choose the pre-selected one, it is usually right. From time to time you will have to select a different one. You will need to use ANYdvd 3 with this software. If you have anyDVD running in the background you will be able to burn all dvd's.

Review by skull_rebel on Feb 29, 2004 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




I use CloneDVD with DVDShrink 3.1.x I use shrink to, well Shrink (if necessary) the menu, the main movie, and the extras that I want (it requires a little bit of calculation). Then I use CloneDVD to get a DVD with just what I want. I prefer this method because I have found DVDShrink's compression far superior to Clone's. Once you get the hang of it, it is easy to get backups that start up at the main menu.

Maybe V2 will have good enough compression so that I can dispense with this (although Shrink removes the change layer command and decrypts). We shall see.

Review by starofradiance on Feb 26, 2004 Version: 1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10




Watch for the MAX write speed on the last screen, just before you burn, CloneDVD seems to confuse CD-R write speed with DVD-R write speed and if you trust MAX write speed without checking ... burning will fail or the DVD quality will suffer.

With a LG 40404B using X4 DVD-R media, Clone DVD wanted to write at X8 !

Review by Alainc on Feb 25, 2004 Version: V2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10




I am quite new to burning DVD's. Started with Nereo Recode2 and had good success with Anydvd runing in the background. Occasionaly I had some problems with Recode and decided to try the Preview version of Clone2. I must say I am impressed. So far no burning problems and very easy to use. I dont know how (if it does)burn on 2 disks but burning on 1 dvd works like a charm. I would not mind putting my money on this product. The quality is very good. I had a problem backing up "Finding Nemo". I dont know what went wrong but I could not go pass the menu on my stand alone player when I played it. I reburned with Nero Recode and it worked just fine. So I think may be one needs several tools to succed at burning DVDs. Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks for a vast amount of knowlege on this forum (and on this site) and some very wonderful people with a wealth of knowledge ready to help!

With Gratitude,
Suglach.

Review by suglach on Feb 21, 2004 Version: Clone2 OS: MacOS8 Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




I currently use CloneDVD with DVD Decrypter or Pinnacle InstantCopy 8 with DVD Decrypter. CloneDVD produces relatively good quality DVDs, however it cannot match InstantCopy in terms of quality. It beats InstantCopy in speed though, as it does not have to do the extra analysis that IC has to. I like it better than IC, in that it seems to be more forgiving in terms of selecting which extras to keep. There have been times where I remove certain items with IC, and the DVD crashed my software dvd player. Not the case with Clone DVD. I also like that it is very easy to retain menus (unlike DVDShrink). Basically if I'm doing a DVD that is giving IC problems, I do it in CloneDVD, so far between the two programs, I have not encountered a DVD that I could not copy.

Needed Features:
Deep Analysis for better quality (ala DVDShrink and IC).
Option to split to 2 DVDs
More accurate quality/compression meter


In regards to sparks:
"Is clonedvd this slow for everyone? I am not impressed.
please correct me if I am wrong but one program to hd to dvd
should be a little faster...if not a LOT faster. "

Ummm it doesn't matter if it's one program or three, the same process still needs to be done. Rip dvd, compress video, and burn. Doesn't matter how many programs you have doing it, the same basic process has to occur, so no, it should not be a LOT faster. Also like you said "good but slow", look around this site or doom9 and you will find that most times you have to sacrifice time to get better results.

Review by uheestudent on Feb 3, 2004 Version: 3.1.x? OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




great tool, very fast with superior quality! Maybe only istant copy give better quality but is too slow (or dvd2dvdr or dvdeasy but they can't keep extras, menus..). Only 2 things I dislike.
1) You can't split to 2 dvdr.
2) It shows the quality considering you keep all languages. If you deselect the other languages you will not know the quality/compression you will get. However the encoding proceed right to fit the the movie to a dvdr, so the real quality will be better than the % you saw on the second screen if you deselect some ac3.

Review by tipix on Jan 30, 2004 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




Well I am new to most of this but I read a few guides and started making backups but it seemed slow with tooo many programs. Dvd encryptor to copy to hd, dvd2one to another hd to get one cd then nero to burn....good but slow.
Liteon dvd quick to rip
optorite 4x burner

So after reading about cloneDVD and anydvd well now just plug and burn...should be great.

This was the lord of the rings, tried both ways

well after I used it it was 3 minutes faster than the old way of using 3 programs to burn a disk. And only one program compared to 3.
3 minutes??

Is clonedvd this slow for everyone?
I am not impressed.
please correct me if I am wrong but one program to hd to dvd
should be a little faster...if not a LOT faster.

sparks

Review by etrin on Jan 26, 2004 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 6/10 Functionality: 4/10 Value for money: 2/10 Overall: 4/10




I ran Clone (with Any DVD 3.2.1.1) for the first time with a +RW (wanted to check it out without making coasters), and it ran flawlessly. I then copied a DVD onto a Laser DVD-R 4x and again it was great.
Since then it reads, and after I put in a disc, it does the "erasing" thing for what seems like a long time, and then starts "writing", but shows no progress (0%) for a couple of minutes and then spits out the disc saying that it is unusable. The disc surface shows a very small written section and is now a nice shiny coaster.
I caught one disc after the long "erasing" just before it wrote, and copied onto it using Nero and it was fine.
I don't understand why Clone did the first two discs with no problems and the next 5 (using various different settings like speed etc, and 2 different versions, with computer re-boots in between etc) were coasters.
I now use Clone to "rip" to hard drive, and then Nero to burn to DVD-R at 4x which works great, but it is not as simple as using Clone. It is a pity because it is a great little programme.

Review by coline on Jan 25, 2004 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 7/10




Together with DVD Shrink they are the best tools. I prefer CloneDVD. I think/hope I'll be giving it a Rate 10 on the next release!

Review by chicola on Jan 18, 2004 Version: 1.3.12.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 9/10




Great program, easy to use, would love to have control over splitting dvd movies into 2 disks so I could keep all features from the dvd's. Maybe soon it will support this. Works great with AnyDVD as well on WinXP.

Review by BrentD on Jan 11, 2004 Version: 3.2.1.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10




Works great, however I have had some difficulty copying a DVD to my harddrive for future burning.

Review by samcut on Jan 11, 2004 Version: latest OS: Win2K Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 8/10




clone dvd always defaults to 2x if I select 4x to burn dvds from hard disk

I use an NEC ND-1300A dvd burner and Intact A Grade (Ritek G04) 4x blank dvds and they always do 4x on other softwares.

Review by g12345567 on Jan 11, 2004 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 5/10 Value for money: 5/10 Overall: 5/10




Easy to use,but as per the previous post,the quality bar does not change as you deselect audio and subtitles.This is it's only major flaw.You can get rid of the FBI warnings and other annoying screens with ifoedit and vobrator.
Works great with anydvd and calculates file sizes much better and more consistantly than instant copy.

Review by bmiller on Dec 22, 2003 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




Very good of stripping unwanted material, and very good of recognizing different angle stream if the movie have multiple angles. Almost perfect, except for the following:

1. CloneDVD does not backup copy-protected DVDs
2. There's no way of get rid (or replace) of the FBI screen if you want to keep the menu structure
3. When re-author (i.e. Copy DVD Titles), the selection of the audio, subtitle, etc. is a screen after you select which title you want to copy. Let's say after select certain title you want to copy, the "quality" percentage bar is at 91%, and when you go to the next screen, and deselect a couple of audio stream, this should improve the quality to 100%. Well, it does not. If you went back to the previous screen it still show 91%. I try this scenario with the same movie with DVDShrink or Nero Recode, and it did improved to 100% on the "compress" bar if you did deselect the extra audio streams.

Other than the above, CloneDVD is very good. Like I said, almost perfect.

Review by viper10000 on Dec 21, 2003 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




Excellent SW, easiest ever seen. No problem with burn errors etc, simply fantastic. But needs AnyDVD as a complement for decryption, otherwise near perfect. And I don't work for Elby's marketing dept!

Review by PestyDuke on Dec 17, 2003 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




CloneDVD is the Best on the Net.
Don't waste your time with other Programs.
DVD Quality. Works best with AnyDVD to unlock DVD's

STAY AWAY FROM "DVD X Copy Platinum" You have no control over your DVD's ie: Speed, Quality, Compression etc.

Later

Review by Super XP on Dec 15, 2003 Version: 1.3.11.5 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




The ULTIMATE DVD-9 (doubled layered) to DVD+/-R backup software.

I have used:
DVD X Copy
DVD X Copy Xpress
DVD2One
Intervideo DVD Copy
And this program beats them all, and by a long shot!

Not only works great, but also looks and feels cool. Got to try it! And no, I do not work for Elby (the company that created the software).

The good:
1) Complete control of the backup up process, but at the same time it is child proof easy to control the options.
a) You first choose which titlesets you want with a nice little screen playing it at fast speed so that you know what titleset it is.
b) If you want you check and uncheck audio tracks and titkeset. Which is great you don't want unnecessary sountrack reducing the video quality of your backups (note audio tracks are not compressed in this or any other DVD backup software I know).
c) choose your burner or make an DVD iso image.

2) It is very fast, although not as fast as DVD2One the Ferrari of video compressors.

The Bad
1) The only major drawback of this program is that it does not contain an option to copy a double layered DVD into 2 DVDs a la DVD x Copy: without compressing. It is the only thing missing to give this program full 10s.
2) No decrypter included, you need DVDdecrypter share-support/ware, or release $40 for AnyDVD.

Conclusion

There is another DVD copy software that allows this level of control in your DVD backup, but it leaves a nag screen in your copied DVD with a copy warning, and it cost 3 times as much, its caledd DVD X Copy Platinum.

Review by Yayita on Dec 11, 2003 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




Great program
very easy to use
(works great with AnyDvd)

Review by jerrygwiz on Dec 6, 2003 Version: 3 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




REALLY! the most friggin' easy way to "Clone" DVD's

Review by madlib on Dec 6, 2003 Version: 1.3.11.2 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




I have always used Clone products and I just started backing up DVD's. This ia a great program all you need is any dvd with it and I have not found a dvd I could not back up. Good price for both programs.

Review by dogguy on Nov 29, 2003 Version: 1.3.112 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




I love this tool. I am a previous DVD2ONE user and used to champion it since it was the fastest tool and since ripping the movie only gave me a good quality backup. While I never cared for extra features on a DVD, I still bemoaned the fact that DVD2ONE did not let me at least keep the menu structure. Having the menus and being able to access specific scenes gives my copies more of an original copy feel to them. The whole process does take a little longer than DVD2ONE, but being able to keep the menu and the fact that it has a writer built in make the extra time well worth it. This program is a great compromise for those who want great quality backups but don't want all of the menus and extras completely gutted.

Review by socalmk on Nov 10, 2003 Version: 1.1.7.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 9/10




Awesome program when using with anydvd but there's a couple of things that need work. Like the fact that when you remove audio tracks doesn't improve video quality when trying to fit the movie on a disc and you can't select order of play when riping the movie along with some extras. If it would do that then I would give this program an overall 10 but for now I only give it a 7 and still using dvdshrink since it does all that.

Review by joelf1 on Oct 8, 2003 Version: 1.3.9.8 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 6/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 7/10




My secong comment on this great program.
If you use it with AnyDVD it is really good.
So far only a couple of failures but VCD is ok there.
If you can't get a free version of AnyDVd well go buy it.It is worth it.

Review by mush on Oct 7, 2003 Version: 2.0.0.4 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Watch out: the http downloadlink on www.elby.ch links to the older (1.2.8.4) version. Use the fpt link instead.

Great program!

Review by stovokor on Oct 7, 2003 Version: 1.3.9.8 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Compared this to DVD2One and Shrink. It is easier to use and more configurable. Very impressed. For quick copies this has to be the tool (and for disks under about 6Gb)... otherwise its down to re-encoding and using either InstantCopy or CCE.

Review by deuteros on Sep 26, 2003 Version: 1.2.8.4 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 9/10




To All the above. CLONE is the best DVD writing program in town! The only problems with this program is the users and the version of windows it is running e.g (95,98,me ect...) XP is the reccommended version - no problems

p.s Please try running with Xp before slating this program
cheers
Shrink 2.3
Decrypter for dvd 5
Clone 1.1.7.1

Review by Neo Monsoon on Sep 4, 2003 Version: 1.1.7.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




You must install ANYDVD to backup copy protected disks (i.e. virtually all movies), but once you do that WOW! It is soooooo easy to make backups with CLONEDVD. I've almost lost valuable disks due to surface damage, now I can backup my entire collection with ease. CLONEDVD takes around 40 minutes to backup a long movie on my machine (Pentium4 3GHz) either to an ISO image or directly to a 4.7Gb recordable DVD. No longer do you have to concern yourself with the size of the original movie, CLONEDVD compresses it to fit including all the menus. The compression quality is very good, but if you wish to retain the maximum quality you can decide what DVD extras you don't need to keep (e.g. foreign language soundtracks, commentaries, menus etc) so that your movie will fit uncompressed.

CLONEDVD is the new king of DVD backup. HAIL TO THE KING!

Please bear in mind you MUST use ANYDVD to backup protected disks. See link below ---v

Review by Chuffster on Sep 2, 2003 Version: 1.1.7.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




good tool easy to use and quite good results. PS I dont think any software company will tell you do go forth and copy and can let themselves into a legal minefield if they incorporate decrypting software. Just a note to user below who is disapointed it doesnt copy encrypted dvd.

Review by evor on Aug 31, 2003 Version: 1.2.84 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10




Found it works good but in conjunction with AnyDVD

Review by mush on Aug 31, 2003 Version: not sure OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 8/10




i was about to buy this until I read in the manual that it does not copy copyright protected dvd's. What a piece of crap. what does it copy, copy dvd's?

Review by aleem on Aug 29, 2003 Version: 1.2.8 OS: Win98 Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 3/10 Value for money: 5/10 Overall: 3/10




Using this tool with AnyDVD to make copies of DVDXCopy Xpress back-ups and have been impressed with the results. Also reccomended to those looking to copy copy-protected DVDs but want something a little more functional than Xpress like wanting to keep multiple language, subtitles, DTS tracks, etc. in the "movie only" mode. Fast and easy to use.

Review by Soulman1 on Aug 26, 2003 Version: 1.1.7.1 OS: Win2K Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




This program is great because it lets u back up DVD-5 as well as DVD-9 dvds.Now this is normal but the special thing is when it comes to DVD-9 movies you have both the options of removing the parts you dont want as well as having the ability to re-encode the files. Normally i have to use two separated programs to do this. For example i had a DVD-9 movie which i wanted to backup. I first removed the extras i didnt want then i re-encoded the files- ensuring maximum quality- all with very few steps to do.

The re-encoding alogorithms are good as the picture quality i have i have got is very impresive.
In the past i have used the following and Clonddvd beats all of them.
DVD X Copy
DVD2ONE
DVD Shrink
DVD X Copy Xpress

Finally you get a manual with the prgram that you can access while using the program

Review by epsilon20 on Aug 2, 2003 Version: 1.1.6.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 6/10 Overall: 9/10




THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY.

You only need AnyDVD and Clonedvd to do perfect backups. Anydvd starts in your taskbar and you don't need to do nothing. You won't even notice it.

Then Original on DVD-ROM, blank on recorder and 3 clicks.

Backup in 30 to 40 min in a Pentium with 4x recorder (I made a single layer disc backup in 22 min incl recording). AMAZING.

That's all we've been dreaming...

Review by skywalker51645a on Jul 29, 2003 Version: 1.1.7.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Outputs to iso just fine! Great tool, great results.

Review by Timoleon on Jul 14, 2003 Version: 1.1.7.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




This is a pretty good back-up tool. I have DVD-Decrypter, DVD2one, DVDXCopy and Xcopy Xpress, and DVD Shrink. What I like most about Clone DVD is the ability to do a movie only back-up while still keeping the menu. Just did Gangs of New yYork and can't tell the original from the back-up ( I actually thought I was watching the original). All in all, a great program.

Review by Emper0rNer0 on Jul 14, 2003 Version: 1.1.6.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 9/10




I'm disappointed. We have plenty of DVD->DVDR conversion applications. What we don't have is a program to perfectly clone DVD-R and DVD-Data discs. Screw video. I expected Elby to release a DVD version of the great CloneCD, but was sorely disappointed. I have data and unencrypted DVD5 discs to copy on-the-fly, and RecordNow and Nero just won't cut it on a few of them. Thanks for nothing Elby. I did try the program out on a movie, and it was okay, but the 4x disc in my 105 threw the timing gauge all off. The program needs more features (like backup and data options) and better tweaks on what it DOES do.

Review by txpharoah on Jun 25, 2003 Version: 1.1.6.1 OS: WinME Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 2/10 Value for money: 3/10 Overall: 5/10




It works!
Happy with the video.
Takes a long to convert, but that's OK

Review by robertalvarez on Jun 19, 2003 Version: 1.1.4.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 9/10




Nice clean interface.
Writes to disc.

needs to be able to output to image/ISO....why don't these proggys come with that option?

for a first release its a nice little proggy.

will use it for 30 days then keep my eye on the developments.

Review by KYUSS on Jun 19, 2003 Version: 1.1.4.1 OS: WinXP Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 8/10


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