I know MOST people know all the ways to copy a DVD->DVD-r on os x, but here is the primer for those who don't
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DVD copying 101

There are 3 different categories a DVD can fall into

1) The DVD in its entirety is 4.3 gigs or less (not very common unfortunately)
2)The movie stream itself is 4.3 gigs or less (more common, but still not common)
3) The movie stream itself is 4.4 gigs or greater (most common I think)


Process #1

1. Insert the DVD and open OseX

2. Select DVD Folders under the FMT button

3. Select begin and wait for the DVD to finish ripping

4. Open up toast and select the NEW DVD button and make up a name for the DVD

5. Drag the VIDEO_TS folder into the new DVD and burn.



Process #2

1. Insert the DVD and open OseX

2. Select Elem. Streams under the FMT button

3. Normally the OSEX can pick up which stream is the movie when you open it up, if it doesn’t, I don’t remember exactly how to figure out which stream it is, but generally if you go through the titles there is one stream larger than the rest.

4. select begin and wait

5. drag the resulting m2v and ac3 stream into the assets window in DVD Studio Pro

6. create a new track and drop the ac3 and m2v file into it

7. click outside the track somewhere and under general options select the track you made under startup action.

8. select build disc under the file menu

9. Open up toast and select the NEW DVD button and make up a name for the DVD

10. Drag the VIDEO_TS folder into the new DVD and burn.

Process #3


you need the QuicktimeMPEG2.component for this method, as well as the mpeg-2 encoder for quicktime as well. Photoshop is preferred but any application that can make a pict file to a certain size should do fine.

1. Insert the DVD and open OseX

2. Select Elem. Streams under the FMT button

3. deselect all the subpicture streams and all but the first ac3 stream

3. Normally the OSEX can pick up which stream is the movie when you open it up, if it doesn’t, I don’t remember exactly how to figure out which stream it is, but generally if you go through the titles there is one stream larger than the rest, under the size it should be larger than 4.3 gigs

4. select begin and wait

5. remultiplex the streams in MissingMpegTools (save the ac3 file!, but after the remux u can trash the m2v file)

6. make a pict file in Adobe Photoshop that is the same size as the source material. (620x480 NTSC, 620x540 PAL)

7. Import the pict file into quicktime

8. drag the newly muxed mpeg-2 into quicktime after the pict file (THANKS TO TAZ FOR THIS BREAKTHROUGH )

11. export the file to mpeg-2 in quicktime.

12. open dvd studio pro and drag the m2v and ac3 file into the assets window

13. create a new track and drop the ac3 and m2v file into it

14. click outside the track somewhere and under general options select the track you made under startup action.

15. select build disc under the file menu

16. Open up toast and select the NEW DVD button and make up a name for the DVD

17. Drag the VIDEO_TS folder into the new DVD and burn.

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later today if i get a chance ill put pictures in this tutorial and make a pdf and post it on my homepage again, this is for those who dont need a visual aid....and if you want to use process 3 to make an SVCD instead change the following steps

12. you can take the new m2v file and convert it to svcd in mediapipe or ffmpegx, i prefer mediapipe cuz it runs faster for me, if you use ffmpegx u shouldnt really need any tutorial on that.. but here is the one for mediapipe

add the following pipelines

1. file browser (select your NEW m2v file)
2. file streamer
3. mpeg decoder
4. scaler 480x480
5. color conversion
6. mpeg encoder

ppmtoy4m arguments: -v 0 -S 420_mpeg2 -L -I t -F 600:20 -A 4:3
mpeg2enc arguments: -v 0 -f 4 -F 4 -n n -a 2 -b 2500 -I 1 -r 16 -s -M 2

13. then convert the ac3 to mp2 in mediapipe with following pipes

1. file browser (select ac3 file)
2. file streamer
3. ac3 decoder
4. mp2 encoder

14. remux streams in missingmpegtools.

this method is MUCH nicer because it doesnt involve exporting to dv stream first... so you just convert m2v->m2v->m2v instead of m2v->dv->m2v....

now before anyone replies and says why dont u just convert vob->svcd in the first place, there are TWO problems 1) variable frame rate (VERY common) 2) 3:2 pulldown, im not going to explain these phenomen but there is extensive info available for them all over the place.

hopefully i can get this in pdf forum with pictures later today...