It happens quite often that you need to backup your double-layer DVD (so called DVD-9) onto one single layer DVD (known as DVD-5). As a matter of fact, you will need to recompress it so that it could fit the lesser capacity disc. The quality of the video could deteriorate in this case, so you will need to decide what you need more - the best available quality or all the materials on the disc. There is one more way out: you can take a double-layer DVD to record the video onto it.

You should use a standard DVD to reconvert the input DVD and shrink it so that it will fit the output DVD-5 if your DVD-drive does not support writing onto double-layer DVDs or if you do not have a double-layer DVD available. See below to find out how you can improve the output video quality if you record onto a standard DVD.

At the same time you should use a double-layer DVD if you have a possibility to record the input DVD onto a double-layer output DVD. The disc will be simply copied without any recompression and thus any quality loss.

Some tips when copying DVD-9 onto a single DVD-5:

• If you do not need all the menus and extras from the input disc, you can use the ONLY MOVIE mode to record the main movie only and delete all the other materials to keep the quality better.

• If you want to retain the disc structure (it can be helpful if the disc contains the deleted scenes from the original movie or the director's cut that can only be selected from the DVD menu), you will need to select the second mode - WITHOUT EXTRAS.

• And finally, if all of the disc contents are important to you, you should select the ENTIRE DVD mode to preserve the original DVD structure and contents.

Note: you can remove the unnecessary Languages in all the modes, thus enhancing the quality of the output video.