backing up DVD movies
Edna Hosner
It sort of worked. When I put it in the DVD tray
on my Mac, it launches the DVD player but it always
says Not Permitted no matter what I try.
I can play it with VLC and it looks pretty good but
it is broken into 5 separate files and each one must
be started separately.
It would be nice if there was just one file and it
would play in the DVD Player or maybe Quicktime.
Am I using the wrong software.
Is there something else I should be using?
What did I do wrong?
I think I followed the instructions correctly, but
maybe I missed something.
Help please.
edna
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Edna Hosner ednah...@yahoo.com
Reginald Dwight
Edna Hosner <ednah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I tried backing up one of my DVDs using DVDBackup.
>
> It sort of worked. When I put it in the DVD tray
> on my Mac, it launches the DVD player but it always
> says Not Permitted no matter what I try.
Are you talking about a burned disc from the backup files? What did you
burn with?
> It would be nice if there was just one file and it
> would play in the DVD Player or maybe Quicktime.
After running DVDBackup you should be left with its "VIDEO_TS" folder to
whereever you saved it. That folder can be opened and played directly
from the Apple DVD Player application. Select "Open VIDEO_TS FolderŠ"
from the file menu. Make sure you don't have a DVD in the computer at
the same time.
Edna Hosner
Reginald Dwight <regd...@verizon.net> wrote:
> In article <ednahosner-27501...@comcast.ash.giganews.com>,
> Edna Hosner <ednah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I tried backing up one of my DVDs using DVDBackup.
> >
> > It sort of worked. When I put it in the DVD tray
> > on my Mac, it launches the DVD player but it always
> > says Not Permitted no matter what I try.
>
> Are you talking about a burned disc from the backup files? What did you
> burn with?
Toast 6
>
> > It would be nice if there was just one file and it
> > would play in the DVD Player or maybe Quicktime.
>
> After running DVDBackup you should be left with its "VIDEO_TS" folder to
> whereever you saved it. That folder can be opened and played directly
> from the Apple DVD Player application. Select "Open VIDEO_TS FolderŠ"
> from the file menu. Make sure you don't have a DVD in the computer at
> the same time.
Thank you Reginald.
I never tried that. I just tried the play button on the controller
and that didn't respond, but it works fine now.
Now, if I can only remember what I did.
ed
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Edna Hosner ednah...@yahoo.com
Reginald Dwight
Edna Hosner <ednah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Are you talking about a burned disc from the backup files? What did you
> > burn with?
>
> Toast 6
Also remember that you can't simply burn the results if the size of the
backup exceeds the DVD-R limit of 4.7 Gig.
Edna Hosner
> backup exceeds the DVD-R limit of 4.7 Gig.
Yes, that's what I'm up against right now.
The first DVD I copied was less than that so it was easy to just
burn it with Toast.
But what do I do with one that is 7.6 GBs?
Is there a way to compress it to fit, even if I lose a little
image quality?
What about converting it to mpeg4?
Reginald Dwight
Edna Hosner <ednah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The first DVD I copied was less than that so it was easy to just
> burn it with Toast.
>
> But what do I do with one that is 7.6 GBs?
>
> Is there a way to compress it to fit, even if I lose a little
> image quality?
Yep. Go to <http://www.dvd2one.com/>
Works great!
Matthew Russotto
You can do so, but it won't work in a DVD player anymore.
--
Matthew T. Russotto mrus...@speakeasy.net
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." But extreme restriction of liberty in pursuit of
a modicum of security is a very expensive vice.
David Magda
> >What about converting it to mpeg4?
>
> You can do so, but it won't work in a DVD player anymore.
Some DVD players support (S)VCD. I know mine also supports MP3s (no
tag information is read though.).
--
David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>, http://www.magda.ca/
Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under
the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI
sbt
<dmagda+tr...@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:
> russ...@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) writes:
>
> > >What about converting it to mpeg4?
> >
> > You can do so, but it won't work in a DVD player anymore.
>
> Some DVD players support (S)VCD. I know mine also supports MP3s (no
> tag information is read though.).
But SVCD is MPEG-2 (VideoCD is MPEG-1). There are a very few newer DVD
players that will also recognize MPEG-4/DivX/Xvid, but that technology
is fairly new (at least in hardware).
--
Spenser
Edna Hosner
> > burn it with Toast.
> >
> > But what do I do with one that is 7.6 GBs?
> >
> > Is there a way to compress it to fit, even if I lose a little
> > image quality?
>
> Yep. Go to <http://www.dvd2one.com/>
>
> Works great!
Thanks for your help.
DVD2oneX worked great, putting the 7.6 GB movie on One DVD
and it looks very good.
But I had some problems when I tried to do a second movie.
DVD2oneX kept "unexpectedly" quitting when I hit the Start
button. A couple of times it quit after about 5 to 10 minutes.
I must have tried more than 10-15 times before it worked again.
I have no idea why it worked the last time but I finaly got
a good copy of the second movie too.
Could the problem be related to Panther?
What system are you running?
Edna Hosner
> >burn it with Toast.
> >
> >But what do I do with one that is 7.6 GBs?
> >
> >Is there a way to compress it to fit, even if I lose a little
> >image quality?
> >
> >What about converting it to mpeg4?
>
> You can do so, but it won't work in a DVD player anymore.
That's OK. I only watch them on my Mac anyway>
commodor...@yahoo.com.au
http://www.kaisakura.com/index2.html
Its for free and you can buy better versions...but this one works -
all you have to do is install the BSD subsystem (found on OS X 10.2 CD
1)
Reginald Dwight
Edna Hosner <ednah...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Could the problem be related to Panther?
> What system are you running?
Doubt it's Panther but I haven't used the program since upgrade. I'm
doubtful since I've seen this behaviour pre-Panther as well.