[X4U] SUMMARY - converting dvd's

[Crandon David]

Hi Jerry,

Have you actually played the DVD's on a home player to see if the  
play all the way through with no problems?

Thanks,

David


On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Jerry K wrote:

> I wanted to thank everyone who replied.  Sorry this took a while,  
> but I had a couple of difficulties along the way.  Anyway, on to  
> the summary.
>
>
> 1. I ripped the DVD with Mac the Ripper.  This produced a directory  
> with (2) sub-directories, AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS.  These directories  
> are playable with the Apple DVD player.
>
> 2. I converted these directories to a DVD image using a product  
> called DVD Imager.
>
> 3. once I had a DVD image, I needed to burn it.  I wasn't paying  
> attention, but my DVD image was over 6 Gb.  I had to go to the  
> store and purchase dual layer media that could hold all of the  
> data.  Standard single layer DVD's only hold up to 4.7 Gb.
>
> 4. Finally, I used /Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility to  
> burn the image to my media.
>
> I know that many people suggested Toast.  I have used it in the  
> past, and have an (old) legal license from the MacOS 8 & 9 days.   
> The amount of this type of activity I do is so limited that I  
> really couldn't justify an upgrade to the current version of Toast.
>
> I hope that this summary is able to assist someone else.  Again,  
> thanks for all of the emails.
>
> Jerry K
>
>
> Jerry K wrote:
>> A friend just returned from Europe and gave me a couple of DVD's  
>> as a gift.  I am in the US.
>> I can play them fine on my PowerBook, but am not able to do so on  
>> my region 1 DVD player.
>> On the label of the DVD's, they say that they are
>> Pal 4:3 picture mode with
>> region code: 2,3,4,5,6  and
>> disc format - DVD-9
>> Is there any way I can rip and burn this DVD to region 1 so I can  
>> play it on the DVD player I have attached to my TV?
>> Thanks for any pointers,
>> Jerry K
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