Price:
DVD Copy 4 Platinum approx. $60-65 online. DVD Copy 4 approx. $42-46 online.  

System Requirements:

Processor Intel Pentium III 600Mhz processor Intel Pentium 4 1.8G processor RAM 128 MB system memory 256 MB system memory recommended Operating System Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home/Professional Sound Windows compatible sound card that supports 48KHz playback (PCI recommended) Display 800x600, 256 colors 800x600, 16/24/32 bits color Hard Drive. 50 MB of hard-disk space for program installation. 4.7GB for Single Layer Copy. 8.5GB for Double Layer . Copy. 9.4GB for merging titles with 8.5GB total size. 17MB for merging titles with 16GB total size. Enough space for single drive case. Optical Disc CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM burning device. DirectX 9.

InterVideo Inc. 46430 Fremont Blvd. Fremont , CA 94538 . Tel: (510) 651-0888  Fax: (510) 651-8808

Support: InterVideo provides 90 days free. 

InterVideo DVD Copy 4 Platinum (H.264 Edition)

By Bart Koslow  

DVD Copy 4 rapidly copies non-copy protected movies to DVDs, IPods and PSP devices. The program comes with an installation CD and a 112 page manual. The main program window is clean and simple, and like most of the program disguises its underlying sophistication.  

The main screen has three icons at the top which let you select Copy DVD, Merge DVD or File to DVD. The program starts with the Copy DVD screen. An information screen on the left tells you to follows steps 1,2 and 3 which are clearly set forth in the center of the screen Step 1 – Source, Step 2 – Target, and Step 3 – Copy As. Your source and target may be any drive on your computer, DVD, Hard Drive or other. Copy As may be to a DVD, VCD, SVCD, WMV, DivX, DivX (Avi), Audio CD, MP3 or WMA. There is another box after Copy As to allow selection of 4.7GB, 4.85GB or 8.5GB (double layer recording) and a check box if you wish to fit your copy on one disc. Otherwise, depending upon the size of the source and the size of the target you may copy to more than one disc. Right below this is a Mode selection which permits you to select Entire Disc, Main Movie or Customize. Below that is a screen that shows you all the Titles and Chapters or tracks of your source movie with the duration of each and to the right a Properties icon. Selecting the properties icon for a title permits you to select the Audio and Subtitles to be copied. There is a preview window on the lower left of the main screen which allows you to preview any Title or Chapter before you record. Below this is a horizontal bar that shows how many target discs and how much of each target disc your recording will use. To the right of the bar is a Burn icon, which when selected begins the recording process.  

All of the above may sound complicated, but it is not when you view and use DVD Copy 4. In fact, it is probably the simplest appearing, easiest copy program I have used. This is especially true when you consider the depth and sophistication of the program. I particularly like the Customize feature. I have been able to keep the Menus, Main Movie and selected supplementary material, discarding what I do not want. You have complete flexibility to keep and discard exactly what you desire in the finished recording. You cannot do this in either Nero, or Easy Media Creator. Making copies is very fast, faster than any of its competitors that I have used.  

The Merge DVD Window permits you to merge titles from a number of DVDs and output as above in Copy DVD. The File to DVD Window permits you copy video files from your hard disk or from the Internet to a DVD and provides automatic menu creation and a video preview while transcoding. Notable is the ability to copy DVD in MP4, MP4 (AVC)(H.264) and 3GPP/3GPP2 formats to use on your IPod, Sony PSP, Nintendo Gameboy or 3G cell phone.  

DVD Copy 4 has an excellent manual which has step by step instructions for almost every operation of the program. This first-rate program is simple to use for neophytes and powerful enough for advanced users. It is highly recommended.  

DVD COPY 4 PLATINUM MAIN FEATURES (as stated by InterVideo)

Convert Videos using H.264
H.264 is a state-of-the-art video codec, delivering stunning quality at remarkably low data rates. As part of the MPEG-4 standard, H.264 gives you excellent video quality without taking up all your hard disk space. DVD Copy now supports: H.264 for PC. H.264 for Sony® PSP™. H.264 for iPod®

DivX® Media Format Support
DVD Copy plays and creates high-quality DivX® video files with the original subtitles, audio tracks and even interactive navigation menus.

Erase Disc
Like the convenience of rewritable discs? With just a click, you can erase discs and then recycle them like they’re new.

Burn Disc Image to DVD-Video
DVD Copy lets you burn your images files to discs without sacrificing video quality.

Virtual Drives are here!
A powerful tool that allows you to create virtual drives with image files that behave exactly like CD or DVD-ROM drives. Mount up to 22 drives, great for PC gaming, movies, and music discs that you access regularly. Saves you the hassle of shuffling through CD cases and the wear & tear on your discs.

Video Trimming
Trim your videos to cut unwanted parts before sharing.

Internet Copy
Download videos from the Internet, convert, burn and archive them. Just supply the Web URL and let Internet Copy take care of the rest. The powerful download manager can even accommodate ftp sites with restricted (login) access.

4.85G DVD support
Sometimes the 4.7 GB standard just isn't quite enough. And even when it is, there is an extra 3mm protective gap left around the edge of the DVD. This emerging format is gaining popularity in leaps and bounds and deserves a place in any serious software suite.

Auto-Make Menu
Automatically create a navigation menu for your video discs.. No extra settings are required. Simply burn and it’s just there for easy viewing!

Burn DVD-Video to Disc Image
Want to copy a movie but don’t have an available disc on hand? Use DVD Copy 4 to burn the movie as a disc image and save it in your hard drive. When it’s convenient, you can always burn the disc image to DVD.

Rip Audio CD & DVD Soundtracks
Extract audio tracks and burn them to CD with the copy DVD to Audio CD feature. You can also copy your audio CDs and rip audio from DVD Audio CDs to MP3, WMA or WAV files.

DVD +/-VR Format support
You can easily modify content on DVD VR format discs. In most cases, DVD VR discs are used in home recorders - unfortunately, most DVD players can’t read them. DVD Copy 4 solves this issue, by supporting copying both +VR and -VR formats to DVD format. VR format discs can be converted to DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, DivX® or WMV CD for better compatibility and easier sharing.

Personalize your DVDs !
Want to make a DVD with only your favorite chapters? How about cutting out those annoying commercials? Or selecting specific audio tracks or subtitles? DVD Copy 4 lets you select just your favorite titles and chapters to create a DVD with only the stuff you want!

Merge Multiple DVDs onto a single DVD. Bring together your best DVDs into one, easy to navigate DVD, complete with menus. Combine birthdays, holidays and special events to create a DVD with all your favorite memories.

Auto-fit DVD-Videos to CD. Copy your DVD-Videos to CD in high-quality MPEG-4 & WMV formats! Auto-fit adjusts the bit rate so you can even fit your movie onto a single DivX® CD.

High-Quality 1:1 DVD Copying Copy your DVDs, VCDs and SVCDs without re-encoding, which means no quality loss. Your videos remains picture perfect! Now with double layer DVD support making 1:1 true copies of a double layer DVD is a snap.

Duplicate Double Layer Discs. Enjoy the benefits of copying larger capacity DVD+R/-R double layer discs, so you can maintain the original DVD quality without shrinking content.

Squeeze Double Layer DVDs onto single-layer DVDs. DVD Copy 4 can compress dual-layer DVD-Videos onto single DVDs without any visual quality loss. Users can select from six different compression rates and preview the quality before burning.

Copy DVD-Video to CD. DVD Copy lets you copy DVD-Video onto multiple CDs in Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (SVCD) format. Playback your discs on almost all set-top DVD players and PCs.

Burn DVD-Video files or disc images to disc. Load DVD-video files and disc images as virtual source drives and burn them straight to CD or DVD.

Copy DVD-Videos. To make it easier to access and edit your content, DVD Copy 4 lets you duplicate your DVD-Videos onto your hard drive in MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or DivX® format.

Broad Compatibility. Supports ALL recordable media formats including DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, CD-R/RW and DVD-RAM.

VR Format : VR format is a format in which content can be modified over and over again. With VR format, we can add new video content or remove unwanted video content at will. In most cases, a disc created from a home recorder will be in the VR format. However, VR format normally cannot be played back and is unable to be read on a DVD player.

3GPP/3GPP2 Format: 3GPP and 3GPP2 are the new worldwide industry standards for the creation, delivery and playback of multimedia over 3rd generation, high-speed wireless networks. Defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project and 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 respectively, these standards seek to provide uniform delivery of rich multimedia over newly evolved, broadband mobile networks (3rd generation networks) to the latest multimedia-enabled wireless devices. 3GPP and 3GPP2 are scaled-down versions of the MPEG-4 standard.