[X4U] SUMMARY - converting dvd's

[Jerry K]

I have not played every minute of the DVD.  I have gone through all of 
the "chapters" to make sure that they work.

Do you foresee some problem for my DVD's?

Jerry K



Crandon David wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
> 
> Have you actually played the DVD's on a home player to see if the play 
> all the way through with no problems?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Jerry K wrote:
> 
>> I wanted to thank everyone who replied.  Sorry this took a while, but 
>> I had a couple of difficulties along the way.  Anyway, on to the summary.
>>
>>
>> 1. I ripped the DVD with Mac the Ripper.  This produced a directory 
>> with (2) sub-directories, AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS.  These directories are 
>> playable with the Apple DVD player.
>>
>> 2. I converted these directories to a DVD image using a product called 
>> DVD Imager.
>>
>> 3. once I had a DVD image, I needed to burn it.  I wasn't paying 
>> attention, but my DVD image was over 6 Gb.  I had to go to the store 
>> and purchase dual layer media that could hold all of the data.  
>> Standard single layer DVD's only hold up to 4.7 Gb.
>>
>> 4. Finally, I used /Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility to burn 
>> the image to my media.
>>
>> I know that many people suggested Toast.  I have used it in the past, 
>> and have an (old) legal license from the MacOS 8 & 9 days.  The amount 
>> of this type of activity I do is so limited that I really couldn't 
>> justify an upgrade to the current version of Toast.
>>
>> I hope that this summary is able to assist someone else.  Again, 
>> thanks for all of the emails.
>>
>> Jerry K
>>
>>
>> Jerry K wrote:
>>> A friend just returned from Europe and gave me a couple of DVD's as a 
>>> gift.  I am in the US.
>>> I can play them fine on my PowerBook, but am not able to do so on my 
>>> region 1 DVD player.
>>> On the label of the DVD's, they say that they are
>>> Pal 4:3 picture mode with
>>> region code: 2,3,4,5,6  and
>>> disc format - DVD-9
>>> Is there any way I can rip and burn this DVD to region 1 so I can 
>>> play it on the DVD player I have attached to my TV?
>>> Thanks for any pointers,
>>> Jerry K
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