DVD Copying

ast3r3xast3r3x
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I tried the search but as always it doens't work for me. So i was wondering how you copy a DVD



if there are thread about this, please just direct me to them, i'm using a Pioneer A05



How do i do this and just rip it, i dont need to convert it to anythign do i?
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  • Reply 1 of 89
    mac man 020581mac man 020581 Posts: 632member
    ur not alone, the search never ever works for me. urgh..... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 2 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mac Man 020581:

    <strong>ur not alone, the search never ever works for me. urgh..... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    yeah boy is it annoying!





    ...if a DVD is less then 4.7GB (which i guess if its not dual layered), can i just make an image with toast?
  • Reply 3 of 89
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Have you ever tried the app "ffmpegX"? The latest version allows you to directly select a DVD and start converting without having to use an app like OSeX to extract and decode the video and audio first. I haven't tried this specific feature yet, but I've read that it works rather well.



    edit: I just realized that you want a direct rip. ffmpegX is a converter that allows you to make video files for things like VCDs. The "passthrough" option may do what you are asking and not actually convert it to another format, but again I haven't personally tested this yet on whole DVDs and can't tell you the results. Unfortunately, documentation is rather, um, "sparse".



    [ 01-21-2003: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
  • Reply 4 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    haha someone HAS to know how to do this



    ...if worst came to worst, would i be able to convert the movie and then burn that?



    ...i hope i didn't spend that much on something that i can't copy movies! :eek: <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 5 of 89
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    I don't know of a single utility that can keep the audio and video sync'd for the length of a movie.
  • Reply 6 of 89
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x:

    <strong>...i hope i didn't spend that much on something that i can't copy movies! </strong><hr></blockquote>Well, duh, you are NOT supposed to be able to copy commercial DVDs in any DVD burner. That's why people came up with apps like this that for converting the streams. Besides, copying whole DVDs would be far too costly today until disc prices come down more.



    [ 01-21-2003: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 89
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    If it's a single-layer commercial DVD, which barely exist at least in new releases, theoretically you should be able to use something like DVDBackup and put it on your hard drive, and then burn all the (de-copy-protected) files to a DVD. Make sure you name the DVD the same as the real DVD. I say theoretically because I've tried this a few times and it hasn't worked for me yet. You shouldn't need to use ffmpeg or anything to simply copy from one DVD to another, but the key is to get rid of the copy protection.



    [edit: <a href="http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/download.html#DVDCopy"; target="_blank">link to DVDBackup.</a>



    [ 01-21-2003: Message edited by: BRussell ]</p>
  • Reply 8 of 89
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>Besides, copying whole DVDs would be far too costly today until disc prices come down more.</strong><hr></blockquote>zactly. At a couple bucks per blank DVD and $200 or so for a DVD burner (and a couple bucks per DVD rental if that's how you're getting them), you could buy a nice collection of DVDs at $15-$20 per.



    I guess, like shoplifters, it's all in the thrill of ripping off the price gouging movie industry.
  • Reply 9 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    its called netflix



    and dvd discs only cost 2-3dollars if u get them fromt he right place at the right time (rebates)
  • Reply 10 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    when i rip a DVD, does it make a VIDEO_TS or whatever that i can drop it in toast and burn it?
  • Reply 11 of 89
    piwozniakpiwozniak Posts: 815member
    If DVD you want to copy is a single-layer disc, you can create image using Disc Copy utility, then you just burn this onto DVD-R.



    Dual layered DVDs af course won't fit, so you have to rip it with higher compression, ffmpegx, will do it for you, just select your target media as DVD and it will adjust all the settings :-)



    Have Fun.
  • Reply 12 of 89
    cybermonkeycybermonkey Posts: 604member
    You can fit a ripped DVD onto a normal CD if you compress it down with something like 3ivx for quicktime pro.
  • Reply 13 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    [quote]Originally posted by piwozniak:

    <strong>If DVD you want to copy is a single-layer disc, you can create image using Disc Copy utility, then you just burn this onto DVD-R.



    Dual layered DVDs af course won't fit, so you have to rip it with higher compression, ffmpegx, will do it for you, just select your target media as DVD and it will adjust all the settings :-)



    Have Fun.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    u mean i end up putting a whole movie onto one DVD then? if so how bad is the quality?



    when i copy a DVD i want to have everything the original did, menu's, specials...i dont mind using two discs,i just dont know how to chop it into two so to speak



    [ 01-22-2003: Message edited by: ast3r3x ]</p>
  • Reply 14 of 89
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    [quote]Originally posted by piwozniak:

    <strong>If DVD you want to copy is a single-layer disc, you can create image using Disc Copy utility, then you just burn this onto DVD-R.



    Dual layered DVDs af course won't fit, so you have to rip it with higher compression, ffmpegx, will do it for you, just select your target media as DVD and it will adjust all the settings :-)



    Have Fun.</strong><hr></blockquote>Have you tried this and it worked? I would think that the copy protection would kick in, but I don't know because I've never tried it.
  • Reply 15 of 89
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    I used to use DVDExtractor .9b in OS 9 to image a whole DVD. For some reason this took up 7 gigs, will it still work on a regular DVD-R? Dunno why it got bigger than 4.7 gigs... :confused:



    [quote]I don't know of a single utility that can keep the audio and video sync'd for the length of a movie. <hr></blockquote>



    Eugene use DVDExtractor .9b. Sure it takes up 7 gigs a piece but it plays fine in DVD Player and takes off security and zones.



    Can ffmpeg image an entire DVD and then burn it? Without using stupid compression, just wholesale copying like what DVDExtractor does? The WHOLE image so it'll play in DVD players?



    Screw compression just get a SupaDrive.:-p
  • Reply 16 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    [quote]Originally posted by Aquatic:

    <strong>Dunno why it got bigger than 4.7 gigs... :confused:



    Screw compression just get a SupaDrive.:-p</strong><hr></blockquote>



    It gets bigger, becuase its a dual layered disc i think, its basically 2discs in one i think



    when u did that, could you burn that to a DVD then?





    ...and i basically am getting an superdrive...just one apple will use later this yr
  • Reply 17 of 89
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    So are there dual-layered DVD-Rs? I haven't burned them yet, I have like 5 images crammed on my FireWire drive taking up enormous space. I hope I can burn them.
  • Reply 18 of 89
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    [quote]Originally posted by Aquatic:

    <strong>So are there dual-layered DVD-Rs? I haven't burned them yet, I have like 5 images crammed on my FireWire drive taking up enormous space. I hope I can burn them.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    no, i dont think u can buy or burn dual layered discs...i would assume you would have to change the frequency of the laser so u burn to a different place on the disc...i'm notquiesure how it works
  • Reply 19 of 89
    piwozniakpiwozniak Posts: 815member
    Sorry guys i forgot about this thread...



    OK



    I copied 2 movies (and yes i own both of them ) using Disc copy app.



    One of them was single layered DVD so it copied without probs, and another one (Dancer in the dark) was a dual layer DVD, which i haven't noticed before, but i had no problems in creating image from device using disc copy. And i would assume this DVD was copy protected as it's fairly new.



    Now as far as ripping dual layer dvds into single DVD or multiple CDs...



    If you compress dual layer DVD to fit on one DVD-R using ffmpegxi wouldn't worry too much about quality, it will be good enough.

    but how to 'split' one DVD into multiple DVD-Rs i have no clue..



    If anyone is interested in providing me with supply of blank DVD-Rs i will gladly run do some experiments in my secret underground lab...



    Have Fun
  • Reply 20 of 89
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    But did you burn it to another DVD and then play it in a regular DVD player?
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