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Ripping DVD to iMac (This is legal)

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My wedding video is on DVD and the guy that put it all together for us told us we could make copies as we saw fit.

Well, I just got an external harddrive for Christmas so I'd like to put my wedding video on it. What software would I use to accomplish this and what format(s) would you suggest for doing so?

Thanks
 
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Mac The Ripper -- or, as it is likely to not be copy protected, you might be able to just drag-and-drop the files into a folder on your Mac.
 
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If you would like for it to be in a format that you can watch in Quicktime, get yourself a program called Handbrake. You can rip directly to Xvid or h.264, the latter being a good choice for iPods and iMovie, if you wish to take little snippets out from the movie.
 
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and one uploaded to your computer (MTR), how would i then burn to a backup DVD to keep the menus etc.

thanks,

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