This section will teach you everything you need to know about burning commercial DVD's!  It's really not a complicated process, you just need to be able to follow directions, and you need to possess the required software.  You will be provided with links to the necessary software, just click on the banner ad for the software, or the hyperlink of the software name, and you will be taken to a page to download it free or purchase it (if needed)

There are 3 steps to the DVD Copy process...
 

1.  Extracting the DVD to your computer (Ripping)

2.  Compressing the movie so it will fit on a DVD (Transcoding)

3.  Burn the movie to a DVD (Burning)

The preferred method is to use MacTheRipper for extraction (Ripping) and Toast 8 or Popcorn 2 for the compressing and burning phase because they do it all in one step. Toast 8 and Popcorn 2 are by far the industry leader in DVD compression and burning by making the process very easy and they take drastically less time than the other methods. Let's get started.

Step 1 - Extracting with MacTheRipper (Ripping)

1. Download MacTheRipper here. It's Free!
    

2. Create a directory called "Movie" in your Movies Folder if you are going to use DVD2OneX.
   ***IMPORTANT*** This folder is for temporary use only. You must delete the contents of this

   folder before using DVD2OneX for another movie.

    

3. Insert your commercial DVD
    

4. Open MacTheRipper
    

   1. MacTheRipper will automatically detect the DVD in your drive and select it.

   2. Under the MODE tab, select either Full Disk Extraction or Main Feature Only

      • Full Disk extracts the menu and all the extras

      • Main Feature Only will only extract the movie, no extras

   3. Click on GO!

   4. You may need to select where you extract the DVD to. Extract it to your Movies Directory, not the Movies you just created.
       

5.    This process will take about 15 minutes.
    

6. The result will be a folder (usually with the name of the DVD you just extracted) in your Movies Directory that is about 7.x GB large and will have 2 folders in it, one of which is a VIDEO_TS folder
    

7. Proceed to Step 2 by clicking on the compression method you will be using on the left.
    

   1. If you are using Roxio Toast 8 or Roxio Popcorn Step 2 will be your final step.

   2. This is the preferred method.

   3. If you are using DVD2OneX you have 2 more steps, and it is more complicated.

Step 2 - Download and Install Roxios Toast

Unfortunately Toast is not free. You can download it by clicking on the link or banner below. After you have installed it, proceed to the last step which combines the compressing (Transcoding) and burning steps.

Step 3  -  Compressing & Burning with Roxio Toast 7

See the image below for illustration.
 

1. Open Toast 7

    A. Select the VIDEO tab.

    B. Select DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS from the panel on the left.

    C. Select Fit to DVD Compression if you are using a standard single-layer DVD.

    D. Select the VIDEO_TS folder using the "Select" button in the Toast window.

    E. Choose your copy options with the "Copy Options" button in the Toast window. This will allow you

         to choose menus or main feature only. Toast will now tell you the quality of your video.

    F. If you are not ready to burn your movie to a DVD you can select the "Save as Disk Image " option in

        the menu bar under File. This will save the movie to your computer for burning or viewing at a later date. 

      *NOTE*   If you want to watch the movie... simply double click the image file and it will mount as a

        drive on your desktop.  Open DVD Player, click Open DVD Media, and select the VIDEO_TS folder

        in the newly mounted image file.

    G. To burn... click on the RED button and that's it!