Copy DVDs with Superdrive

[Veljo]

Yeah, was it really necessary to bump a 5 year old topic?

[chemistry_geek]

Provided you have the hard drive space and the newest super drives from Apple, you use MacTheRipper to rip and remove CSS Encryption, Toast Titanium to make copies, and DVD2OneX for compression if needed. I've been using HandBrake for ripping DVDs already on my hard drive to my new 60 GB video iPod. Movies play very well on the iPod, better than anticipated.

Just remember, DO NOT PIRATE DVDs from friends and family. If pirating DVDs gets out of hand, the MPAA is going to come crashing down on your head harder than the RIAA did with all of the P2P transferring of music, and besides now, with today's technology and monitoring, your internet service provider maintains several months of records and activities YOU do on the internet. So if you don't want to get served a subpoena or warrant, stay legal by backing-up/manipulating your own movies/DVDs that you legally own.

You cannot just copy a DVD in Mac OS X. If I recall correctly, you used to be able to make disk images of DVDs with Apple's Disk Utility.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

You do realize the original poster posted this 5 years ago, right chemistry_geek? Some of those programs you listed there didn't even exist back then, and, if the original poster is still awaiting an answer on this, then they'd have to be the most patient person in the world...

[chemistry_geek]

Oops, I never looked at the date, just saw that it "looked recent".

My apologies...

[polar]

Apologize to No One, c-geek. Your answer was Perfect help for me, here and now, and if it didn't help the poster, it matters not! You have "paid it forward" to the future (namely me, hapless mom, who's been searching this topic everywhere). I love you, c-geek. Will trust in you and buy the Titanium 7 and get the rest. Will let you know if it works!