my external drive recently died, i had some .img disk image files on there of home movie dvd's. i would like to get some of them back on my new drive. how do i create a .img file from a dvd ?
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creating a .img file
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I don't think you can, at least from Mac OS X. However, there are two workarounds:
Option 1
Using Disk Utility, make a disk image of the DVD (dmg file).
Advantages: No external programs needed, dmg format supports transparent compression
Disadvantages: dmg format is not cross-platform
Option 2
Using MacTheRipper, rip the DVD to AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders.
Advantages: Cross-platform format
Disadvantages: No compression, requires external program
Option 1
Using Disk Utility, make a disk image of the DVD (dmg file).
Advantages: No external programs needed, dmg format supports transparent compression
Disadvantages: dmg format is not cross-platform
Option 2
Using MacTheRipper, rip the DVD to AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders.
Advantages: Cross-platform format
Disadvantages: No compression, requires external program
You might can use DVD Imager. I use it to convert VIDEO_TS folders to .img files and it works well for me.
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html