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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<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?
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>
...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]" />
<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>
[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>
<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.
and dvd discs only cost 2-3dollars if u get them fromt he right place at the right time (rebates)
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>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>
<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.
[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
<strong>Dunno why it got bigger than 4.7 gigs...
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
<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
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