Macintosh rip,compress & burn guide

I have a windows program DVDXTREME and DVDXCopy that burns and one of them compresses dvds. It is reliable however it takes forever..it was originally put out by 321 Studios before the US gov't closed it down.

 

those instructions are great! (mediagura thanks!)
Can anyone help? I am using a MAC G3 - ADVC-50 which is accepting the feed into either Roxio Toast, or into IMOVIE - but I cannot work out how to burn my vhs to disk (too large in size). I know with regular burning I use DVDtooneX to compress...but these all work with "VIDEO_TS" folders and .vob & .Ifo & .Bup files. Does anyone know I must do next? I can use imovie to create a file on the hard drive - and thats as far as I have got. I have figured that both Toast and imovie can create chapters etc. but how do I get it to the point where I can send it to dvdtooneX to compress it?? please help.

 

You can create a disc image of your dvd on your hard drive and then use dvd2onex to compress it.

 

Thanks guru! but one question - dont laugh.... how do I create a disk image? when I save from imovie - it saves in a media file format which dvdtooneX cant accept.
I have found the file / quicktime / spare section to save as a complete uncompressed file, but still need help.
cheers

 

You would need to use toast, idvd or dvd studio pro to take your mpeg2 files and create a working VIDEO_TS folder. READ UP MATE!

 

two items...
Ok...done alot of reading, and experimenting - with no luck unfortunately. imovie only gives two options to save. 1/ for idvd (which I dont have)so it quits- or 2/other options including full DV file (for quicktime), I have tried all the other options to save - to no avail. Full DV puts a 'media' file on desktop. In 'Toast 6 Titanium' I have managed to create a disk image file - which shows as a ".TOAST" type file. When I try to import any of these into Dvd2oneX - none accept. Help!!!! (Is there any step by step instructions for this - or do I need to get a 'authoring' program (is there any free downloads?) that will take those files, and allow to compress??

The other issue has just starting to happen. I use either 'Mactheripper' / dvdbackup / osex to burn - Dvd2one to compress / Toast 6 to burn. I have done about 50 disks with no issues, but, In the last 3 titles I have tried - the 'verification' has failed, and the disc does not play correctly on my settop. I checked my proceedure against MG's - and it is identical - I have 3 different brands of media, and all have proved themselves in the succesfull 50 - but all have failled here. What do you suggest? Could it possibley be the 2 month year old Pioneer 109 burner? or should I delete - reinstall some software?

 

Your first question: dvd2onex only works with VIDEO_TS. To make a dvd from imovie you need to convert to MPEG2 and then "author" with idvd, dvdstudio pro or perhaps sizzle.

2nd question:What titles are you having problems with? Some newer titles have the Arccos protection and require some tweaking. You can try different media or burn speeds. What media are you using now?

 

Ta for the responce - I was trying x-files season two, and buffy season 3. The media varies - two are cheapies which have been good (one is dvd-R the other dvd+R, and one is TDK (dvd+R) which is great. The faults happen on all... Was any of those authoring programs a download? Also what setting in imovie creates the Mpeg2's?
cheers

 

I'd get some decent media like Ritek or Taiyo Yuden. Also use -R instead of +R.

 

I usually use MTR and popcorn and had pretty good success. I have a GMac5 and using Panther. However I tried to make a copy of a BBC dvd..Party at the Palace. However while I have a full DVD the DVD will only play 24 minutes. I have made several coasters. I am relatively new to make but when I use a Windows Media Player I notice that the 8 chapters appear to be the same. The video files play ok on the computer but after I burn it, I get the same results..I do notice that there is two IFO files and BUP files. Is this the problem?

 

Why would a mac user ever want to use the POC windoze media slayer?

Play your files in quicktime or dvdplayer! Bag that windoze crap!

 

Some one mentioned DivX before, got no response. Just wondering how good is DivX?

I am trying to put multiple movies on a single DVD-RW. I travel a lot, hate to carry multiple DVDs. I tried DVD2OneX to compress the movie to approximately half the size and quarter size of regular DVD (used 1000 or 2000 instead of 4400). But the resolution is not good, even form my 15" PowerBook.

Just starting to wonder if DivX will have better compression and may be able to give a better resolution. Any one has any comments on DivX?

 

If you are playing it on your computer why don't you try mpeg4?

Don't know about divx sorry.

 

I realize QuickTime Pro will encode MPEG-4. Unfortunately I do not have QT-Pro. Is there any other way to create MPEG-4?

I don't mind buying QT-Pro but there is no way to try this out before I buy it. Also I hear QT-7 is coming up, Apple typically does not give free upgrade, I may aswell wait to get QT-Pro-7.

 

I backup my discs the same way as mediaguru and to get over the problem of it not fitting on a disc just go into user defined and lower it slightly say to 4272. Its what I do.Its what works. Dosen't stay as new default but it only takes seconds.

 

am trying to use files from TS folder to edit in FCP - video works fine (after rendering on timeline) but i cannot see any audio files in the audio TS folder. I have burned a dvd from the source TS folder so I know there is audio there somewhere - HOW CAN I ACCESS THIS AUDIO TO RE-UNITE IT WITH THE VIDEO IN FCP???

 

Final Cut does not edit VOB or M2V files. When you convert yor video from the dvd, you have to also convert the audio to a format that FCP can use.

Read your manual.

 

Thanks for reply - So are audio files never 'visible' in the audio TS folder after ripping? I don't see how to convert the audio files (aif for FCP) if i don't have access to them - MTR doesn't seem to give options for converting audio seperately - will i have to find another piece of software to re-rip the audio? and if so what is there??

 

I have NEVER seen an AUDIO_TS folde with anything in it. The audio files are not "hidden"...they are muxed or embedded or whatevery you want to call it, with the video files. The VOB files contain the video AND audio. Many dvd's don't even HAVE an AUDIO_TS folder.

 

i see - so is there anything to rip the audio seperately ? I will also check the audio forum - many thanks for your info (i'm sure i'll be back for more as i start digging into this DVD thing)