RealDVD - Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is RealDVD?

RealDVD is an easy-to-use application that lets you save your DVDs - movies, TV shows, or home DVDs - to your PC digitally and legally. Best of all, you can play them from your hard drive whenever and wherever you want without the discs.

2. Can I save my DVDs to my PC's hard drive?

Yes. RealDVD lets you save a copy of your DVDs to your hard drive so you can access your movie collection quickly and easily - without the discs.

3. Can I save my DVDs to a portable hard drive?

Yes. You can save as many DVDs to a portable drive as space allows. In fact, saving your entire collection to a portable drive is a great option. Then you'll have the flexibility of watching all your movies - on any PC running your authorized copy of RealDVD.

4. Will I need DVDs or a DVD drive to play my movies?

No. Once you save your movies to your PC or portable hard drive, there's no need for DVDs or a DVD drive. Watch your movies straight from your computer. Or just connect a portable drive to your authorized PC and you're good to go - anytime, anywhere.

5. What media formats does RealDVD support?

Right now RealDVD lets you save and play Digital Video Discs (DVDs) only. It does not currently support BluRay, HD-DVD, VCD or SVCD formats.

6. Does RealDVD let me save content from my Digital Video Recorder?

No. RealDVD does not allow you to save content from your DVR or other digital media devices to your PC. RealDVD only lets you save your DVD discs to your PC's hard drive.

7. How long does it take to save a movie?

That depends on the speed of your DVD drive and the length of the movie. Typically, it can take as little as 10 minutes with a 16x DVD drive (20 min./8x, 40 min./4x and 80 min./2x).

8. Can I use my computer while I'm saving a movie?

Yes. You can use your PC normally while RealDVD saves your movie and you can watch your movie while it saves.

9. How much hard drive space do I need to save a movie?

RealDVD makes an exact physical copy of your DVD content. Since typical DVD movies range in size from 4GB to 9GB, you can expect to consume a similar amount of space on your hard drive each time you save a DVD.

10. Is it legal to save movies with RealDVD?

Yes, provided that you are the owner of the original DVD and you use your saved copy solely for your personal use.

11. Will I be able to share my movies with friends?

No. The DVDs you save with RealDVD will only play on your PC with the License Key you purchased.

12. Can I watch a movie on my TV from my laptop running RealDVD?

Yes. You can connect any PC running RealDVD to your television and watch movies as long as your version of Windows supports this activity.

13. Can I use my TV remote control with RealDVD?

No. However, this is a feature we hope to add in a future RealDVD release.

14. Can I import my home movies?

Yes. You can save your home movies to your PC with RealDVD as long as they're saved in digital video disc (DVD) format. RealDVD does not support DVD data discs that contain other video formats.

15. Does RealDVD have Parental Controls?

Yes. RealDVD has Parental Controls that let you restrict access to movies based on MPAA ratings.

16. How does the quality of the RealDVD video compare to the original DVD?

Because RealDVD makes an exact copy of your disc, the quality of the video is identical to the quality of your original DVD.

17. Can I import movies to my home network server and play them on my media center system?

No, not currently. But we do hope to add this functionality in a future release.

18. Will RealDVD work with Windows Media Center?

RealDVD will install and run on Windows Media Center PCs, but it must be run as an application (just like you would on a laptop or desktop PC). Although RealDVD doesn't currently integrate with the Media Center user interface, it will in a future release.

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RealDVD is only available in the U.S.