[MacDV] What does it take???

[Dennis Fazio]

On Oct 13, 2007, at Sat, Oct 13 2007, 1:39 am, Brett Conlon wrote:

> So what is needed to get the "ripped" disc happily back onto a disc  
> which
> will play like a normal Disc???

The most reliable way to get a DVD-player-capable backup copy of your  
commercial DVD is with Mac the Ripper (preferably version 3 to handle  
some of the newer disks with extended copy protection junk) to decode  
onto your hard drive and either DVD2OneX or DVDRemaster to recompress  
and write the new DVD. I think Popcorn will recompress and write a  
video DVD also.

Most 2 hour movies will decode to 6 or 7GB. You'll need to recompress  
to get it back onto a 4.7GB DVD.

Handbrake will decode many DVDs also. You can probably write a  
playable video DVD with Toast if no compression is needed, but I  
haven't done that myself.

DVD2OneX and DVDRemaster will allow you to burn the movie only,  
without the menus and extras and multiple languages, thereby reducing  
the amount of compression needed and increasing the quality of the  
final result.

If you have a scratched disk, it might be reconstructed with a  
cleaning and polishing. Many of the larger chain video rental stores  
now have CD/DVD polishing machines that will refurbish the surface  
for $4 or $5. It might be an easier path to try that first.

-- 
Dennis Fazio