Quick Toast 6 question

[MacTraderBoy]

I use DVDBackUp to make back ups of my son's DVDs. He is 15 months old and no matter what I try, constantly getting them and scratching them.

A DVD lasts a week or two before he finds it or I accidentally leave it where he can get it. It is not really that big a deal to burn a new CD with the VIDEO_TS files but I was wondering. Once I have a decrypted and ripped a new one, can I just copy that unencrypted DVD in Toast 6?

[tgpo]

As long as it fits (<4.4GB) then yeah.

[WiseWeasel]

Sure you can. I do this by inserting the DVD-R movie in the drive, launching Toast, putting it in Copy mode, making sure CD/DVD Copy is selected on the left side column, and the right disc is displayed in Toast's window, and then I select "Save as Disc Image" in the "File" menu. Then, I can eject the DVD, put in a blank one, put Toast in Image File mode, drag the saved image onto Toast's window and burn away. Of course, if you have 2 DVD drives, you can always copy from a reader and write directly to the DVD-RW drive, but make sure to burn at a slower speed than the reader reads, or make sure you have buffer underrun protection enabled.

[galactica]

I use DVDBackUp to make back ups of my son's DVDs. He is 15 months old and no matter what I try, constantly getting them and scratching them.

15 months old and already watching dvd's

we should sign him up for an account in here now!!!

[MacTraderBoy]

Yeah, Blues Clues and Wiggles all day long. I stick them in his DVD player and just let them play. Sometimes he watches them, orther times we play. Most of the time he ignores them but then at least I know he is watching something decent and it isn't soaps or Barney that are on.

[tgpo]

Did you know the Wiggles are the most successful Australian musical group.

What's wrong with Barney?

[AntnyMD]

Blues Clues rocks.

[MacTraderBoy]

Yes actually I did know that. I think I read somewhere they are the richest men in Australia under 40yo. And Barney is the Jerry Springer equivalent of a gay goodie two-shoes. Everyone on his show is insipid and the script is just as bad.

[MikieV]

...Once I have a decrypted and ripped a new one, can I just copy that unencrypted DVD in Toast 6?

Just remember not to make my mistake, and drag the VIDEO_TS folder into Toast's window with the "Video" tab selected - although that seemed intuitive, to me.

You need to have the "Data" tab selected, and select "DVD Rom" from the data format (pops-out on the left side of Toast's window).

This kicked my butt, for awhile, till I got some help here.

I checked the Toast "Quick Start" guide, and it mentions this fact on about page 59!! - As if I am going to read that far when attempting to make a "Quick Start" at using a program.

But, as ancient wisdom states: RTFM!

Mike

[MacTraderBoy]

Yeah, I coasted 4 DVDs before I read that on here.