DVD copy info

[Gordon B. Alley]

Presuming this is an unprotected DVD, you should be able to use the 
OS X Disk Utility to copy it, without purchasing any additional 
software. I've used Disk Copy in earlier versions of OS X to copy 
DVDs.

After mounting the original DVD, in Disk Utility select the volume in 
the sidebar at the left.

Then select Images->New->Image from [DVD device name]... (if this 
selection is disabled, be you probably don't have the proper item 
selected in the sidebar).

In the Convert Image dialog that appears, enter your Save As 
information for the image file, being sure to select "DVD/CD master" 
from the Image Format popup.

Click Save, and it should then create the image file.

When it is done, eject the original DVD.

To burn a copy, select the image file you just created in the lower 
section of the sidebar.

Then, click on the Burn button in the button bar. Just follow the 
prompts for inserting the blank DVD-R, etc.

That should do it.

Good luck.

--Gordon

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:19:15 -0600, Dennis Fazio <dfz at mac.com> wrote:
>
>I know this has probably been covered many times here, but I'm new to this
>list and have been getting myself confused reading stuff on the web.
>
>I would like to make a copy of my DVD movie. I have been able to extract the
>content to my disk via DVDBackup. The next step is how to get it on to a new
>blank DVD playable on my PowerBook or a consumer DVD player.
>
>I believe I can do this with Toast Titanium, and I don't have a problem with
>making a  purchase if necessary (though I dislike Roxio's lack of decent
>upgrade consideration). I do have Roxio Toast Lite, but that only does CDs.
>
>Anyway, I'm wondering if there are also easy alternatives available to me. I
>have:
>PowerBook G4 1.25GHz, DVD-R
>iDVD 4.0.1
>iMovie 4
>Charismac Discribe 5.0.36
>DVDBacup 3.1
>ffmpegX
>
>I'm not averse to using decent shareware or freeware. I consider myself a
>power user, but do like the nice simple GUI applications. Please let me know
>what my best options are. Thanks.
>--
>Dennis Fazio

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