Copying an already copied dvd

[Angel87341]

My boyfriend copied a DVD that we owned a while ago, but the original dvd has gotten lost somehow. I would like to copy our copy of the dvd, but I can't figure out how to do it. I have Mac the Ripper and I used that to rip the dvd to my hard drive, but I can't figure out how to copy it properly. Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

Vanessa

[Case]

Copy the DVD to your hard disk. (MacTheRipper isn't needed per se, as the copy will not have CSS encryption or other copy protection to defeat.)
Drop the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD Imager application icon, to create an UDF formatted disk image.
Use Disk Utility to burn the image to a DVD-R disc.

[M-O]

DVD Imager is a simple UI for mkisofs. Ditto for DVD Image Utility (still supported), which just differs in that you drop a folder containing the VIDEO_TS folder on it, or the resulting image itself, if you want to burn it. There's also mkisofsTool, a Java based GUI for the HELIOS version of mkisofs if you want many other nifty capabilities without going to the terminal.

[lordsmurf]

Toast, copy disc.

[M-O]

Toast, copy disc.

Toast is a lot of money to copy a single DVD, though, especially compared to free. (at least she didn't specify she wanted to copy others)

[rumplestiltskin]

Create a new disk image (using Disk Utility) of the volume. Save it as a master, no compression nor encryption. Then drop that image file into Disk Utility, click on it (in the list on the left) and click the "Burn" button. Follow the directions.

[Herve]

but I can't figure out how to copy it properly.

Use LiquidCD (donationware) http://www.maconnect.ch/
- launch it and select the video icon
- drop your VIDEO_TS folder from finder to its window
- burn it at the slowest speed (for a better compatibility with old home DVD Players)

Your disk will be very compatible (it uses the same format than iDVD / DVDSP / Toast during burning) and you avoid the need to create an intermediate image-disk

bye

[M-O]

Ahh. Having other apps around, i never knew about the plain Disk Utility method, nor LiquidCD.

[Herve]

Disk Uility only burns an existing disk image and is not able to produce a good DVD-VIDEO image disk (bad compatibility with old players). You need to use a third soft first to make your image disk (the unix tool mkisofs for example, or its mac wrapper DVDImager)

The advantage of LiquidCD is to directly burn a folder to ISO1.02+ISO track, and it uses the Apple framework (the oneuse by Disk Utility) to burn the disc.
I prefer the last one

bye