[Ti] Help! Copy DVD's ~ LEGAL

[Bruce Maclean]

I use Toast.
It's easy!
On Oct 20, 2004, at 10:58 AM, Brian Olesky wrote:

> On 10/20/04 8:11 AM, "Vicky Quinn" <quinns5x at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> When I purchased my Apple Titanium Powerbook in June of 2003, I 
>> thought
>> I'd be able to make usable back-up DVDs of DVD movies that we own.  My
>> biggest need for this is with kids' movies as my children often get
>> their fingers on the dvds and have accidentally scratched a couple of
>> them.  Anyway, I cannot seem to figure out how to copy DVD movies and
>> the Apple Website Support pages are just not very helpful for most
>> things, to me.
>>
>> Anyway, I'd appreciate your help!
>
>> From the September issue of MacWorld:
>
>
> DVD Duplication
>
> If you're a parent who just purchased your third copy of Finding Nemo
> because thrice-weekly viewings have destroyed the first two copies, or 
> if
> you're a road warrior who prefers to take copies of movies with you so 
> the
> originals don't get scratched, you've probably wondered how to make 
> easy
> backup copies of your commercial DVDs.
>
> There are many ways to copy such DVDs; most employ a multistep process
> involving various combinations of open-source and commercial products. 
> But
> for a one-click approach, the only product I've found for OS X is 
> Velan's
> $99 Fast DVD Copy 2.1 (; www.fastdvdcopy.com).
>
> For some DVDs, the process is as simple as clicking on Start, letting 
> Fast
> DVD Copy extract the content of the disc, and then burning the copy.
> However, because single-layer recordable DVDs hold less data than 
> commercial
> (dual-layer) video DVDs, many movies won't fit. For these movies, Fast 
> DVD
> Copy lets you decide between further compressing the movie (resulting 
> in
> lower video quality) or cutting disc features such as additional audio
> tracks and languages, supplemental material, subtitles, and so on. You
> decide the balance between these two options -- as you remove items, 
> the
> resulting video quality will increase. Fast DVD Copy displays a graph 
> of the
> expected quality of the copy, from Good to Highest.
>
> As an extreme example, I recently made a backup of the 200-minute Lord 
> of
> the Rings: The Return of the King DVD to watch on a trip. Even at the 
> lowest
> quality, the movie was too big for a recordable DVD. I told Fast DVD 
> Copy to
> eliminate the 5.1-channel audio track -- leaving just the 12-channel 
> version
> -- and the copy then fit on a standard recordable DVD.
>
> Fast DVD Copy isn't without drawbacks. It's expensive, and the 
> multistep
> activation procedure is cumbersome. In addition, each copy of the 
> program is
> licensed to a particular computer -- if you ever want to run it on 
> another
> machine, the process can be a hassle. And while a Power Mac G5 with a 
> 4x
> SuperDrive worked flawlessly, I experienced a few failed burns on a
> PowerBook with a 1x SuperDrive. But despite these complaints, Fast DVD 
> Copy
> is the easiest way to make backup copies of your DVDs, and that alone 
> makes
> it worth looking into.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Brian
>
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