How to Make a Copy of DVD Movies on Mac OS X
JoyDave (5 points) | Sat, 2008-04-12 06:26I have at hand a great number of DVD movie collections, and some of them are very old. I have to take good care of these old DVD discs. However, exactly last Sunday, when I wanted to watch a movie, one of my favorite DVD movies became eternally unusable as it was over-scratched.
While accepting the fact, it is necessary for me to find an active and effective way to solve the problem. If I had had an extra copy of the disc, I could still enjoy the movie. So I guess whether there exist such programs that backup DVD movies to blank DVD discs so that I can still take the copy out even if the original disc is broken or out of use. I made a Google search for them and my final target was Wondershare DVD Copy for Mac. I only wanted to backup those old DVD movies. What frustrated me was that the majority of them are copyright protected and the other applications I found were not able to copy the DVD movies. However, this program helped me out. It can remove the protection mechanisms for me and I can make another copy of my movies.
Besides, I also have several VIDEO_TS folders that were ripped from several DVD's before. I thought this was able to keep the DVD movies, however, I found this help me nothing but take up much hard drive space. In the end, I burnt these ripped files to DVD's again.
So you see, this Mac application really lent me a helping hand. Now, I don't need to worry about how to save the DVD discs' life even if they are terminally unusable. And I don't need to rip the DVD's to my computer in order to back up them. And for you, I am sure you can find it more useful and helpful. Well worth a shot, in one word.
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i use Mac the Ripper, or FastDVD Copy for ripping. I use Video2OneX for compression. Toast Titanium for burning. My system using these apps is as follows: Usually the original DVD sits on my shelf. I bought a 1TB drive, and if a movie is good, the ripped VIDEO_TS folder for it will live on there. It serves two functions: 1)i have a backup if something happens to the original, which can be burned with toast 2)i can watch it on the computer or stream it to another device via the network (btw you can watch a VIDEO_TS folder by dragging it onto the apple DVD player)
If a movie is GREAT, like i would cry if i didn't have a copy- i back it up as above, then burn it and keep that physical backup somewhere else.
http://handbrake.fr/?article=download
I use this alot. Gives you alot of control.