The Mac-Forums Community Guidelines (linked at the top of every forum) are very clear, we respect US law and court precedence when it comes to legality of activity.
Therefore to clarify:
You may not discuss breaking DVD or BluRay encryption, copying, or "ripping" commercial, copy-protected DVDs.
This includes DVDs or BluRays you own. Even if you own the DVD or BluRay, it is still technically illegal under the DMCA to break the encryption. While some may argue otherwise, until the law is rewritten or the US Supreme Court strikes it down, we will adhere to the current intent of the law.
You may discuss ripping or copying unprotected movies or homemade DVDs.
You may discuss ripping or copying tools in the context that they are used for legal purposes as outlined in this post.
I have a movie that is an MPEG 4 format which i want to burn onto a DVD to play on a standard DVD player for others to watch. How do i do this? I obviously need to convert the file, but into what format using what software? Can i use iDVD?
Yes. iDVD will handle most mp4 files with little or no difficulty. Keep in mind that single layer DVDs will hold a bit less than two hours of movie time depending upon the menus present and bitrate of the file.
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