DVD Backup - XVID Rules !!

My daughter recently scratched to death her second copy of Shrek 2 (the former one died 8 months ago, she had to wait until X-Mas to get it replaced), I decided that enough was enough, and that I wasn't going to buy it a third time.

So, I did:

• grab my sister-in-law copy of the DVD

• install the necessary software on my computer, and after several hours of frustration, get a new shiny CD-R with an XVID avi of the movie on it

• Go to my local supermarket, and buy a "MPEG-4 compatible" DVD player for 30€, including VAT.

Tada !! Here it goes, and it doesn't have these unskippable and annoying "warnings" and adverts. Plays like a charm in the new player, with superb quality, and the kids are happy. They can break the disk if they want, I have a backup of the AVI to burn new CDs when they'll do.

My mother saw it the other day and was very impressed. She's the kind of person that is really annoyed by any DVD menu, and she sees any way to get rid of them as progress :-)