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There are five buttons on the DVDXPlatinum main window. Simple will launch DVDXPress, and close DVDXPlatinum. You can read a guide on DVDXPress 
There are only a few settings we can change with DVDXPlatinum. Select DVD Burner will list all the DVD burners attached to your computer, you can select a default if there is more than one. Temporary lets you specify a folder on your Hard Disk Drive to store temporary files while the the backup is in progress. TDF folder lets you specify where TDF files will be saved to. DVD Info Folder lets you choose a folder where DVD information such as process logs will be stored. There are two more extra options also. Suspend Screensaver while copying a DVD should always be selected as screensavers can slow down the process. Play sounds when reading and writing is completed, is entirely up to you, I like to have a sound played when each process completes. Save as default will allow you to save the settings as the programs default settings. Now that we have done that, click Advanced to begin the backup process.
As mentioned at the start of the guide, some DVD's are protected with CSS. For this reason you may have had to rip your DVD to your Hard Disk Drive with DVD Decrypter. If you didn't then you can still rip from an unprotected DVD with DVDXPlatinum. Wait a few seconds and it should read the DVD for you. If you ripped the DVD to a folder, use the Browse button to locate that folder. If you get a CSS message and you already ripped your DVD to the Hard Disc, then remove the DVD from your DVD drive and click Advanced again, then click Browse. If you get the CSS message and you haven't already ripped to the Hard Disk, then go back to the last page and rip your DVD first.
This window allows you to choose what titles you want to keep on your resulting DVD. When you see this screen for the first time the Compression and Write DVD buttons will be unclickable. You can start selecting Titles to keep by ticking the checkbox beside the TitleSet. You will see beside the Title list, the number of Video, Audio and Subtitle tracks that will be on your DVD. The Double Layer option is for those who are lucky enough to have DL DVD burners and DL media, and don't require any compression to copy the DVD successfully.
The compression window shows you the rates of compression on each of the TitleSets that you choose to keep on your DVD. You can do some small adjusting with DVDXPlatinum. You can select a TitleSet and drag the slider under the Compress TitleSet bar to attempt to change the compression. This might not always be possible. Once you adjust one, it's possible for the program to automatically adjust another. To stop a TitleSet from being automatically adjusted, select it and tick the Lock TitleSet checkbox. Overall Compression Meter simply shows the overall compression that is required. Click the Next button to begin the process.