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How Do You Copy Dvds
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its still illegal to do so, whether it be ones you own or not. Thats how the DMCA is written. The only legal way to do it for a DVD you own would be to output the DVD and capture the signal, then rencode it all. anything that actually breaks the encryption is illegal.
Interestingly there is a windows program that works in exactly this way. It captures the output and does not break the encryption at all. Last I heard its still available, so lawsuits haven't shut it down yet. But it is windows only.
i just got off the phone with 321studios (the maker of DVDXCOPY) and they said that they will be coming out with a Mac version in the future (hopefully near future)...
I told him to keep in mind that macs are mostly shipping dvd burner equipped, so there is a definite interest in the dvdxcopy, plus mac users are more likely to purchase the software as opposed to pirating it... HE AGREED
I told him to keep in mind that macs are mostly shipping dvd burner equipped, so there is a definite interest in the dvdxcopy, plus mac users are more likely to purchase the software as opposed to pirating it... HE AGREED
DVD2One
I was doing a search today and found an interesting thread:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65737
The makers of DVD2One actually just went out and bought a Mac to try and develop for it. They seemed very impressed with OS X.
I was doing a search today and found an interesting thread:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65737
The makers of DVD2One actually just went out and bought a Mac to try and develop for it. They seemed very impressed with OS X.
well you have one very big problem. dvds apple uses are dvd r 5's. rought 5gb. movies come on dvd r 9's, roughly 9gb. so unless you wanna have 2 dvd's for every one you burn thats what you are gonna have to do. you cannot buy dvdr9's, because they are manufactured with the movie last time i checked. by time you do all this and using 2 dvd's, might as well go to the store and buy it.
iJon
iJon
actually... if you have DVDXCOPY on a pc it compresses a dvd to 4.7 gb, and most people cannot tell the difference.
blank dvds cost me 2 bucks a piece, and thats Canadian, so it is worth it
blank dvds cost me 2 bucks a piece, and thats Canadian, so it is worth it
what about menus, special features and all that stuff, 5.1 surround sound? last time i checkedOriginally posted by steeleclipse
actually... if you have DVDXCOPY on a pc it compresses a dvd to 4.7 gb, and most people cannot tell the difference.
blank dvds cost me 2 bucks a piece, and thats Canadian, so it is worth it
321 studios its split the dvd's.
iJon
Yeah so what I did was bought a 120GB external drive... don't have to worry about disk space now! I just keep all the VIDEO_TS folders as is now.
irmongoose
What i would like to do is copy elements of a DVD onto VCD or Divx or something so that i don't need the disc when playing the movie.
Of course i wouldn't want to pirate these files either.
I have Futurama DVD's and would like the seperate episodes to view whenever i would like.
Any help?
Of course i wouldn't want to pirate these files either.
I have Futurama DVD's and would like the seperate episodes to view whenever i would like.
Any help?
i have successfully copied a commercial dvd (minority report) using discomVOBulatorPlus1.0.2
you go to the forty-two website and download the disco program. just follow the instructions. it is easier than i ever thought. the only problem i see is you use two discs ($6) and it takes your time and effort ($?), and some dvds are about $14. is it really worth the time, effort, money, and inconvience of putting a 7.2 gig movie on 2 discs? still, it is cool that it can be done