[X4U] DVD copying

[Aaron]

Copy from DVD to hard disk with MTR. Then, with Toast 7.1.2, choose "DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS" and check  "Fit-to-DVD video compression". The compression will only be used if needed to fit onto a single-layer disc, presuming that's what you're using.

You could use double-layer discs to avoid compression but (1) they're many times more expensive than single-layer discs, (2) they're more error-prone and (3) they write at much slower speeds. Some burners won't handle them at all. And, in most cases, you won't notice the difference in quality anyway.

 - Aaron

>Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:04:46 -0500
>From: Dan A Currie <dancurr at frontiernet.net>
>
>Hello All,
>
>I have several older DVD movies that I would like to copy before the kids wear them out or destroy them.
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>Suggestions for the best (read simplest) method of copying them. 
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>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.
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>Help!
>
>Dan Currie