you can rip it to a movie file. Use a program called handbrake. I think quicktime works better with mp4, so stick with that when you rip it.
http://handbrake.m0k.org/
i had some problems with only a few files not having sound. Go into
APplications >> Utilities Audio MIDI setup
ON the audio devices panes, check the output format is 16bit, 2channel.
UDF is a format for re-writeable CD's. mac's can read UDF 1.5 but not UDF 2.0.
i try and avoid them cause they arnt standards and wont open everywhere. Make sure you burn the CD's as iso9660 - then they will work everywhere. Windows sometimes uses joiliet, this allows longer file names, not...
easy. Go to Applications >> Utilites >> Directory Access
in directory access use the SMB/CIFS config to change the name. You'll need admin to do this.
you can do it in a command line in /etc/smb.conf if you want to make special shares. you'll need to understand samba though if you do that...
you might want to delete the preferences file for itunes too id you want to flush it off the system and start fresh.
The icon bouncing tends to mean its looking for something it cant find, and eventually times out. Go delete the pref file and give it another shot.
A lot of ones will work in iDVD. Even if they are not mov's make a reference file and then they will go into iDVD - most of them anyway. iDVD has its on encoder.
but with IDVD you will at least get a preview of what it will look like - and sound like
Word of Warning - If you do clean install dont use the Unix filesystem option, go with HFS, some apps just dont work properly with it, most notably Keynote, Lotus Notes and OS 9.
Theres probably others.. sorry if this is a bit off topic
if you want ot do it in unix the command is
youll have to be root first, so su, then
mount -t smbfs -o username=yours_here,password=your_pass,workgroup=WORKGROUPNAME //remote_server/share /localfolder
you can also put this into a file to have it happen on startup, cant remember it at...