How can I make copies of video or movie DVDs (not copy protected) in Mavericks? I tried using Disk Utility to make a .cdr and then converted it to a .dmg, but that format will not open in DVD Player.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Click here and follow the instructions. They'll work with any home video DVD but not most commercial ones.
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Thanks for the quick reply. However, I followed the procedure you reference but my new DVD disk does not play in DVD Player.
Here's what I did and what did not work.
Running latest version of Mavericks on 27" iMac with external Superdrive and 4.7 DVDs.
1. Put the non-copy protected DVD, with folder named VIDEO_TS, in the Superdrive. Stopped it from auto-playing.
2. There is plenty of space on my HD.
3. Went to Disk Utility > open
4. On left sidebar, selected the filename of the DVD
5. Chose New Image+ at top, chose destination Desktop, set Image Format to DVD?CD Master, set encryption to none, named new file, selected save to create. This created a .cdr.
6. Ejected disk from SD.
7. to burn new DVD, converted .cdr to .dmg format in Disk Utility: selected file from left sidebar, selected Convert, Image Format compression, Encryption none. This saved a new .dmg file to my Desktop.
8. On Desktop, selected the .dmg file, right-clicked, selected BURN file, which created a new DVD.
9. I ejected the new DVD and reinserted. IT WILL NOT PLAY in DVD Player, even if I launch the Player first and OPEN the file on the new DVD.
Please, what did I do wrong?
Thanks, Oglethorpe, I will try Handbrake if I can't solve my problem using Disk Utility. I downloaded Handbrake about 4 months ago and was not successful in making a copy at that time (of a different video).
Burn the cdr file straight from the Disk Utility instead of converting it or using the Finder. The Finder cannot create video DVDs; using it created a data DVD, which won't play in the computer's DVD Player or a standalone one.
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OK, I'll try that now and then reply again. Thank you so much!
Niel, thank you! It worked! Your help made the difference. I had read that the .cdr files were too large to copy directly and had to be converted to .dmgs. Nope! Burning directly from Disk Utility after making a DVD/CD Master is the way to do it. My sincere thanks.
how do I make copies of a video or movie DVD? (not copy protected)
