iMatrix said:
I need some help with copying my DVDs
I've got no idea of what I have to do so I will need detailed instructions
Now i've got an iMac G4 with a DVD-R/W drive. I have Roxio Toast Titanium 5.1.4 and DVision 1.2.4
I dont know if these programs are any good but i'm just letting you know what i've got
Can anyone please let me know how I can copy my DVDs? What programs I need? If I have to rip the DVD first?
I would appreciate any help
THANKS
Download an application called OSEx. Open the application. If the dvd you are making a backup of is in your DVD player, it will be recognized automatically and you will see its title displayed in the OSEx window. The only thing you have to change is in the "fmt" button on the OSEx window. Press "fmt" and make sure you select "DVD Folder."
Press the begin button. It will ask you where to save the VIDEO_TS file. I suggest making a new file on the desktop to save the file in. Once you hit begin and select the location, you are decoding your DVD.
When that is done, open an application called "DVD2oneX" that you can download (it is a commerical application, so you will need to pay to use it, but it definitely works. I'm sure there are other apps to use, but this one is easy enough for a pea brain like me to use).
On the DVD2oneX webpage, there are instructions on how to use the application. Pretty much all you need to do is select the VIDEO_TS folder you just created with OSEx and then decide whether you want to copy just the movie ("movie only" -- it will keep the chapters in tact, but no menus or frills. This is what I like best...less space taken up, so better chance it will all fit on one DVD) or the entire disk (this takes up much more disk space and takes considerably longer to process, but you will get the menus and DVD frills just like on the original DVD). If you select "movie only," select "constant" in the "ratio" box. If you are copying the entire disk, select "variable" in the ratio box. Make sure you select the language and subtitles you want included (a side pop-up window opens up and allows you to select these). Hit the start button, select a location to save (again, create a new folder on the desktop AHEAD of time and in this folder, create a new blank folder called VIDEO_TS. Select this folder. Then you are processing the file you decoded in the first step.
After this is complete, use Roxio Toast Titanium to burn your new VIDEO_TS file to DVD. Open the toast "help" file, look at the instructions to make a DVD and follow them, and you're in business.
This should allow you to make a backup copy of a DVD you legally own that will work on a stand-alone DVD player.
To be a good citizen...
DO NOT DO ANY OF THE ABOVE IF IT IS A VIOLATION OF ANY LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW. THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS TO BE USED ONLY BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CHECKED THE LEGALITY OF ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AND ARE 100% CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE NOT BREAKING THE LAW. DO NOT PIRATE DVDS OR OTHER MEDIA THAT YOU DO NOT OWN OR WHEN IT IS AGAINST THE LAW. THE RIAA IS SERIOUS AND THE LAWSUITS ARE SERIOUS, SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK INTO THE LEGALITY BEFORE YOU COPY ANY DVD OR USE ANY OF THE ABOVE APPLICATIONS OR INSTRUCTIONS.
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