Does this exist, a media center dvd backup application so you dont have to exit from media center to backup dvd movie ?

something like magic dvd ripper or better yet dvdfab hd, that when you insert a dvd into media center you can choose if want to play the movie or backup to the hdd and when finish the backup automatically create a dvdid.xml file so you can use the movies in media center " My DVD's "

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media.Technocrat!

My Movies does a bit-for-bit copy (eg. doesn't remove CSS/copy protection) from within Media Center.  If you are running AnyDVD on the system then they can playback fine using this method.

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Chris Lanier
The Green Button Forum Moderator

i try to use My Movies but i found it to be too damned buggy in Vista !

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media.Technocrat!

I haven't found one either. I don't think they exist besides My Movies.

if someone write one!!! that would be great , i try to learn C# and use the vista MCE SDK but i couldn't even make a dvd play...  but i think if someone knows C# and the media center markup language it would be very easy  because the dvd backup application already exist and i mean one that you can call from command line and run in the background so it doesnt have to show up any gui in media center and My DVD settings also exist that is a program that read the dvd and create a dvdid.xml file  so the only thing that the program need to do is

*detect the disc insert  (dvd)
*ask if want to rip or play (better yet compare the dvd insert folder name against the ones already   backup) and ask if want to play from the disc or from the HDD
*backup the disc if isnt backup already (call the backup program and run it in the background)
*create the dvdid.xml and put the file inside the backup movie folder (this is only the crc64 key from the dvd serial put in a xml file, i think)
*finish.

thats it

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media.Technocrat!

This might be the guy to ask!

I'm looking for a program to do this automatically myself also. If one has anydvd and keeps it running in the background I think that you could setup a batch file and use a dos tool or something to do a bit for bit copy fairly easily.

I can't spend the money for anydvd myself so I am trying to get it working with DVDFab HD Decrypter. I created a shortcut to dvdfab hd decrypter and then opened the properties of the shortcut and added this command to the end of the target line

/SRC "D:\VIDEO_TS\" /DEST "E:\MOVIES\" /START /CLOSE

I then created an xml file and registered the lnk file as an application within media center. Now I can just click on the dvdfab hd icon and it will automatically rip the dvd to my E:\Movies folder. Works ok but it does minimize media center and it does still pop up a box in dvdfab when its done ripping the dvd that you have to click the ok button to get rid of and then dvdfab closes. Then I have to click the green button to get media center back.

Its not optimal but it works.

I also have a second method I am working on. I have registered a small mcl file that just calls that dvdfab shortcut .lnk file as an autoplay event handler. When a dvd is inserted media center asks what I want to do with the dvd either use dvd fab, media center or cancel. It works, it pops up and asks me and when I choose dvdfab it does like the other way it minimizes media center and starts the ripping automatically then when it finishes it pops up that darn ok box. I'm also having a problem with it still being at that same dialog of what to do with the dvd when I go back to media center and I have to click cancel.

So these ideas might get you started I'm hoping to fix the little problems with the autohandler solution as I think it would be nicest.  Oh I am using vista but I think these methods will work in xp