DVD2one is also a good choice. Have used it for a long time. It costs but works great. On Aug 4, 2007, at 1:05 PM, alexandre wrote: > > On 4 août 07, at 17:24, Daly Jessup wrote: > >> At 10:04 AM -0500 8/4/07, Dan A Currie wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I have several older DVD movies that I would like to copy before >>> the kids wear them out or destroy them. >>> >>> Suggestions for the best (read simplest) method of copying them. >>> I am running an MDD 1.25 dualie, 10.4.9, 2 GB RAM, 300 GB >>> storage, with Toast 7 and Mac the Ripper 1.7.1. >> >> The easiest way I know is with Toast Titanium. Put in the DVD, >> click Copy and it will make an image, then invite you to insert a >> blank DVD. >> > > hi, > i'm noz sure that the above method works if the DVDs are copy- > protected. > > my tip: use handbrake, choose and average bitrate of 1500kbps (or > more), select 2-pass encoding, select the movie language and > subtitles, and press "rip". easy. > the only issue with handbrake is that you lose the menus, you just > end up with an mpeg4 file. > > regards, > > alexandre > :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: > :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: > > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u