DVD-Cloner Vista test Computer configuration:
CPU P4 1.8G
Memory: DDR 512M
Hard Disc: Seagate 40G
Burner: SONY DRU 700A
OS: Windows vista
DVD disc: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (7.49G), Friends with Money (7.95G)
Install DVD-Cloner on a new Vista system. The installation is quite simple following the Wizard. After the installation, a specific HELP document is provided.
Run the software as an administrator. Following the prompt popuped, register with the registration code.
The registration succeeds
The interface is very easy to use, for the Express Mode has already been setup according to the usual manner. Just with a click on “Start” button users can backup their favorite DVDs.
DVD-Cloner also has the Expert Mode for advanced users. There are various copy modes selectable here, such as: Movie complete copy, Movie-only copy, Movie Split to two D5 discs, Movie Complete copy to a D9, Movie Customized copy, Full DVD disc copy, etc.
In the expert mode, there are plenty of specific options available.
The Movie Customized copy can realize the partial preview and interception functions.
Apart from that, the audio and subtitles are both selectable.
In the Expert Mode, plenty of specific options are available. The first we tested was the most commonly used “Movie complete copy” function under the express interface.
We used only one burner to convert and burn in the test. Thirty-two minutes later, the converting completed. One thing need to be pointed out is that the CPU used was Pentium 41.8G and the Memory was only 512M., The converting finished in half an hour under such a low-configured system, which proves that the software is quite fast. Having finished the conversion, the DVD driver ejected automatically.
We inserted a cleared RW disc into the drive and it began to burn automatically.
The burning process took about 13 minutes.
Finally, we played the copied disc with a DVD player. It worked great. We really couldn’t tell the difference between that and the original
Then we tested the “Movie only” function.
The disc we used was Friends with Money (7.95G), SONY picture. SONY discs usually have a special way of protection, which many DVD copy software can not support well, or their copy time often lasts too long. However, the phenomenon above mentioned did not appear in our test.
The converting took only 13 minutes. The burning took about nine minutes. After all had been finished, it showed “Complete!” on the monitor. At last we played the copied disc with POWERDVD. Everything ran smoothly with an excellent image effect.
Summary:
1. DVD-Cloner supports all kinds of discs well, even the SONY disc with poor compatibility.
2. The copying is very speedy. Copying a single-layer DVD movie can be finished in about half an hour.
3. The interface is very user-friendly. No more time wasted on fussy and unwanted popups during the operation. With “Express Mode” copying DVDs is actually a “one–click” process. (DVD-Cloner also provides “Expert Mode” to satisfy customers’ special need)
4. The copied DVD plays as well as the original one.
