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iMac? converting DVD-RW to DVD-R

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Robby9279

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Nov 3, 2008
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Hey guys, I wasn't sure what section to put this in. But I've got a video project due tomorrow that I need to do editing on tonight. The footage is currently on a DVD-RW and I was wondering if I could transfer that over to a DVD-R. (If so How?) In addition to that, will the mac support the DVD-R for editing in iMovie?

Thanks in advance,
Robby C
 
I'd imagine that you could insert the DVD-RW disc and then load up Disk Utility to make an .dmg disk image and save it to your desktop. Eject the disc and then put in a blank one. Restore that image to the blank DVD and click write.
 
DVD-RW to DVD-R

Hey everyone,
Currently I'm using my friend's Macbook, and have a video to edit. Now my footage is stored on the smaller dvd-rw disk, and know that I will ruin the computer by trying to load it into the computer. So I'm asking how do I get the footage off my disk in able to edit it on the computer?

Do I just convert it to a DVD-R? If so how do I do this?
 
If you have access to a computer with a disk tray instead of a slot loading drive (Mac or PC) you might be able to copy the footage to the HDD then burn it to a normal size DVD.
 
Drewsky87 said:
If you have access to a computer with a disk tray instead of a slot loading drive (Mac or PC) you might be able to copy the footage to the HDD then burn it to a normal size DVD.
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I do, but I'm not sure how to do that. Could you please elaborate some more?
 
Robby9279 said:
I do, but I'm not sure how to do that. Could you please elaborate some more?
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I'm assuming that the footage was shot on a DVD camcorder? If so you should be able to finalize the DVD and rip the footage to the computer using ripping software. Or depending on the way the camcorder formats the disk you may just be able to drag and drop the file to the HDD. After that you can just burn the file to a DVD.
 
Drewsky87 said:
I'm assuming that the footage was shot on a DVD camcorder? If so you should be able to finalize the DVD and rip the footage to the computer using ripping software. Or depending on the way the camcorder formats the disk you may just be able to drag and drop the file to the HDD. After that you can just burn the file to a DVD.
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Alright well I have it being played as a DVD on the Mac. However, I can't edit it in iMovie... any suggestions?
 
yeah, do I just keep the default settings and hit start? that's what I'm doing now.
 
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