DVD+R to DVD-R

[hcopp]

i have an iBook, or i can use my dads cube since its faster. heres what i need done.

first off, i am looking into buying an external dvd burner.

i will be getting two DVD+R discs in the mail soon, and my dvd player wont play them. is there anyway i can somehow put those onto DVD-R discs? also, can the apple dvd players play DVD+R? i doubt it, thanks in advance.

[lattedfw]

I have copied DVD-R to DVD-R on PC platforms, and I also have an iMac which can sometimes read DVD-R.

The key is being able to copy the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories off the original DVD. You can then simply re-burn the two directories and their contents to a DVD-R. If you have your two Macs networked and one can read the DVD+R, you can copy the files to your iBook and burn it.

[hcopp]

i just looked at the DVD and the audio_ts folder is just empty, so i dunno whats up there, the video one is about 7.8 GB. This was on a david gray dvd, just for example.

[lattedfw]

The AUDIO_TS folder will be empty (unless it's a DVD-Audio disc). I copy the empty one to my DVD-Rs along with the VIDEO_TS folder, though I've left it out and the disc still played fine. I think the standard says both folders must be there.

If your Video_TS folder has 7.4GB of data, this must be a two-layer commercial DVD disc (DVD+R and DVD-R can only hold 4.7GB of data). You'd have to rip it and re-encode it at a lower bitrate. I've never really done that. There are many threads dealing with that situation. If you just have 2 DVD+Rs coming to you, then you just need to copy them to 2 DVD-Rs.

[hcopp]

awesome, now i just need to hope this can read DVD+R's and i should be fine.

[jchansen]

As far as I know the Apple Superdrive cannot read DVD+R discs.

[hcopp]

i just have the combo drive for my iBook