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Burning an image

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Shayster

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I'm very new to MACs and just bought an iMAC to do basic photo and video editing. I'm in the process of backing up my extensive DVD collection and have managed to rip a DVD onto my hard drive.

I believe the next step is to create an image and then burn the image - both done via the disc utility.

First question - Is Disc Utility the right program to use or should i be using iDVD.

Second question - I tried disc utility to create an image and burnt it on a double layered DVD +R DL. The resulting disc is not readable by iMAC or my DVD player. Is there any specific settings I need to play with when creating an image?
 
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Shayster said:
I'm very new to MACs and just bought an iMAC to do basic photo and video editing. I'm in the process of backing up my extensive DVD collection and have managed to rip a DVD onto my hard drive.

I believe the next step is to create an image and then burn the image - both done via the disc utility.

First question - Is Disc Utility the right program to use or should i be using iDVD.

Second question - I tried disc utility to create an image and burnt it on a double layered DVD +R DL. The resulting disc is not readable by iMAC or my DVD player. Is there any specific settings I need to play with when creating an image?
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if you managed to copy DVd to your HDD, you do not need to use disk utility (you can if you want of course).

1. insert blank DVD
2. drag and drop VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders from your HDD to Blank DVD on desktop.
3. burn.

that's all
 

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