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Q: I have a DVD that contains home movies. The DVD plays on my MacBook Pro. How can I copy its contents onto another DVD?

I have a DVD that contains home movies; that is, material that is not copyrighted. The DVD plays with no problem on my MacBook Pro. How can I copy its contents onto another DVD?

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 7:28 PM

by Niel,Solvedanswer
Niel Niel
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A:

Click here and follow the instructions. They'll work with any home video DVD but not most commercial ones.

 

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Posted on Sep 24, 2012 7:32 PM

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Q: I have a DVD that contains home movies. The DVD plays on my MacBook Pro. How can I copy its contents onto another DVD?

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  • by Niel,Solvedanswer

    Niel Niel Sep 24, 2012 7:32 PM in response to dmcmorro
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    Sep 24, 2012 7:32 PM in response to dmcmorro

    Click here and follow the instructions. They'll work with any home video DVD but not most commercial ones.

     

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  • by dmcmorro,Helpful

    dmcmorro dmcmorro Sep 25, 2012 5:55 PM in response to Niel
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    Sep 25, 2012 5:55 PM in response to Niel

    Hello Niel . . .I was able to create the .cdr file on my Mac, but when I tried to burn it onto a blank CD, I got a message saying there was not enough room on the target CD, even though it is a brand new blank CD. Did I miss some sort of compression step?

     

    ps: The .cdr file is 801mb in size.

  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Sep 25, 2012 6:00 PM in response to dmcmorro
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    Sep 25, 2012 6:00 PM in response to dmcmorro

    You need to burn it through the Disk Utility and not in the Finder, and if it originally came from a DVD, it'll be too large to be duplicated onto a CD.

     

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