Imac - DVD question --

[Emillereid]

I have a copy of the DVD "Uncovered" and the director has given permission for people to copy/burn it so it can receive widespread dissemination. I tried to copy it on my Imac -- but it doesn't copy right. I even called Apple, but they say they can't support my issue -- the fellow did finally admit that I needed additional software -- something called DVD studio pro -- but that it costs over $400. Anyone out there know how to copy/burn using the Imac or is there less expensive software I can use? I can burn DVDs, but I can't figure out how to copy the DVD in the right format! Help!

[htuttle]

1. I use a free program called osXigen to do this

You can tell it to create an ISO disk image or DVD folder from a DVD (it will remove that pesky CSS encryption, too).

Then use the DVD folders (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS) to create a DVD. You should be able to do it right in the Finder, assuming you tell it to use the right format on the DVD (not HFS+...the ISO one instead...can''t remember exactly what they call it in that Finder dialog that asks).

I use Toast to do this, but you should be able to do it without Toast, too. There might be some freeware DVD burning programs for OSX also, but they will require slightly more technical knowledge to use.

You can use iDVD to burn them, but then you have to go through a lot of trouble decoding the DVD, only to have them re-encoded by iDVD (and with a generational loss of quality, to boot).

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