[G4] Copying DVD

[James Asherman]

If you only have one drive, you can only make one at a time.
at whatever speed the disks and drive can both go at.
I have a 16x dirve so I can make my copies at roughly and =20
theoretically 12-16x real time, But
the disks must also be 16x.
And cheaper than what ? Using free or included software ?
CCC, I wouldn't use for this. Many of us use Toast,, which does make =20
it easier.
But the disk utility way seems just fine if that is what you are doing.
If as you imply the data is 4gb, double layer is a waste of cash.

On Sep 6, 2007, at 7:47 PM, Earle Jones wrote:

> I had a big DVD to copy (the running time was two hours plus -- =20
> about 4 GB).
>
> I have System X 10.4.10 -- Intel iMac 1.8 GHz -- 2GB RAM -- 1 TB HD.
>
> I tried Carbon Copy Cloner with no success -- after spending 25 =20
> minutes copying, I got a "failure to copy" error.  When I checked =20
> the disks they would not open with 'DVD Player'.
>
> I talked to a recently retired Apple friend who told me to use the =20
> Mac 'Disk Utility'.
>
> 1.  Insert the DVD to be copied.
> 2.  Use 'Disk Utility' ('New Image') to create a disk image.
> 3.  The name of the new disk image will appear in the 'Disk =20
> Utility' list.
> 4.  Select it and click on 'Burn'.
> 5.  You will be prompted to insert a blank DVD disk.
> 6.  When it is ready, click on Burn.
>
> For the 4GB DVD it took about 25 minutes to record the track and =20
> about 6 minutes to verify.
>
> I used HP Double Layer DVD+R 2.4x disks (at about $2.50 each!)
> The HP Single layer DVD-R 16x disks did not work as well (at $.36 =20
> each)
>
> Since I needed ten copies, I spend just about all day doing all this.
>
> Is there an easier (and cheaper) way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> earle
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