Do the following instruction apply equally if the DVD is one of clip art? I have a 6 disk clip art collection that I hate having to continually mount and dismount and I search through for the clip art I desire. :-( >At 12:15 AM +0100 4/24/03, Selwyn Ward wrote: > >>How do you do that? I've often tried copying discs whole to the HD (DVDs, games & other program discs) but they always still seem to demand the disc be in the drive or they don't run. > >Well, it's doable, but time consuming. > >First, RIP the DVD to a folder using DVD backup. This typically takes about 1/2 of the runtime of the movie. (Faster on newer DVD-r drives...) > >Then run one of the DVD to DiVX converters on the folder. >Make sure you remove any DVD-ROM content first! (There should only be 2 folders on the DVD - VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS.) > >The DVD to DiVX converters are ... (very buggy) > DivXRay > forty-two > etc ... > >Ee.. > >http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mac&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=MacOSX&search=divx&x=0&y=0 > >Also, you will need to load a DiVX codec. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti mailto:robert at ameeti.net #Random Tag <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>