Rip and Burn DVDs

How to copy a dvd and burn it to DVD on my mac powerbook:

1. Rip the DVD using MacTheRipper. this copies it to the hard drive and removes DSS.


2. Open VirtualPC




• mount home directory as samba share drive (for some reason the virtual PC built in file sharing won't work with most XP progams I've tried. it makes things crash.)


• use DVDShrink to reencode files to fit on one burned DVD




• click Open Files, pick where you saved with MacTheRipper, turn off video preview.


• Set save to folder and choose the Desktop on the share.


• Make sure you're saving Region Free and turn on Deep Analysis and Smooth high quality error correction.


• Click OK and make sure video preview is off again. wait 2 hours. I suggest sleeping.




• Close Virtual PC




3. Burn the resulting directories with Toast 6 to a DVD. Just drag the folder on the desktop into Toast with the DVD Data Disc option chosen.


4. Delete the files that MacTheRipper and DVDShrink made. should be about 5-6 gigs total.