MacTheRipper

'... if the DVD-r, a 4.7GB dvdr with a movie, is copied on my laptop, it copys it at 4.7GB+ sometimes up to 8.0GB.'... ''Why is this so?' - if the DVD you are copying, and thus removing the encryption - via 'MacTheRipper', is a commercial product - it would rarely be 4.x GB; but, is typically 8.+ GB. 'Can i make it smaller so it can fit on a normal DVD-R and not a...

I have MactheRipper and when I burn DVDs to the computer it burns at bigger files than what the movie should be. ...

MiniDVD's are DVDs and are not intended to be edited. You have to use MacTheRipper or Handbrake to RIP the miniDVD to video file in an editable format. ...

I would rip the DVD with MacTheRipper, making sure to strip off all region coding, and then use either Toast Titanium, Popcorn, or DVD2OneX to burn it to a new DVD.

CSS means Content Scramble System, and is the encryption used by a lot of commercial DVD movie disks, although newer DVDs use something different for encryption. Most hardware DVD players have a CSS decryption module built-in. The DeCSS is a reverse-engineered code which breaks that encryption. It's available through some software such as MacTheRipper (MTR), and others....

out the DVD and drop it into the tray of your optical drive of your computer. You will have to RIP the DVD using MacTheRipper or Handbrake. If you want to communicate between your camcorder and compuer via FireWire, you will have to use your miniDV camcorder instead. ...

After further reviewing my actions, I realized that this error only occurred on rips where I had used MacTheRipper to extract the main feature only. On rips where I extracted the entire disc I had no problems. I wonder what file MTR is failing to grab. ...

AFAIK, there are no commercial applications designed to edit finalized DVDs. As stated above, you will have to use an app like Handbrake or MacTheRipper to transcode them into an editable format. ...

For backup, I assume? :) Handbrake will rip DVDs to movie files, iPod video files You can use MacTheRipper to rip off the VIDEO_TS folder, but you'll need to buy Toast to burn these files to a readable DVD.

01. Select the 'Apple, System Preferences...' menu item. The 'System Preferences' window will appear. 02. Click once on the 'CD & DVDs' utility icon button. 03. From the 'When you insert a blank DVD:' pop up menu, select the 'Open other application' menu item. A drop down browse (open) sheet will appear. 04. Navigate to, and select, 'Roxio Toast'; then click the 'Choose'...