MacTheRipper

My understanding is that there's no way around it on Intel Macs (yet). On PPC Macs, I've never had problems with VLC. You could also try playing the DVDs with MPlayer or ripping them with MacTheRipper.

R disc . I used MacTheRipper to rip the dvd then used popcorn to compress and burn to a new disc . ...

You'll find a wealth of apps at http://www.versiontracker.com/ Many you can try out before buying or are free. Let's see if I can help a bit: --> Cool Edit Pro / Adobe Audition: to edit sound files (merging, cutting, apllying filters, multi-truck editing, etc.). Audacity (freeware) or Amadeus Pro ($40) --> Gordian Knot: Convertind a Mpeg/DVD clip to DivX/XviD.

Whether you use XP or EP recording shouldn't matter, it'll just reduce the video quality. If you plan to import as DVD format you'll need something like Mactheripper (a free program) to transfer it as a Video TS folder (mostly .vob files) to your Powerbook's hard drive. To edit you'll need to convert the Video TS folder into another format (something like .mov, mpeg. avi,...

I'd guess you used MacTheRipper 2.6. ...

Movies on "standard" DVDs are usually compressed. When MTR rips one, the output VIDEO_TS folder is uncompressed. That's why you see 8gb file sizes. As Microsoft Tech Support says "It's a feature, not a bug." Geezerbuttz has enough on his plate dealing with protection schemes. He isn't going to recompress the output for you. The other respondents have told you the standard...

'... if the DVD-r, a 4.7GB dvdr with a movie, is copied on my laptop, it copys it at 4.7GB+ sometimes up to 8.0GB.'... ''Why is this so?' - if the DVD you are copying, and thus removing the encryption - via 'MacTheRipper', is a commercial product - it would rarely be 4.x GB; but, is typically 8.+ GB. 'Can i make it smaller so it can fit on a normal DVD-R and not a...

I have MactheRipper and when I burn DVDs to the computer it burns at bigger files than what the movie should be. ...

MiniDVD's are DVDs and are not intended to be edited. You have to use MacTheRipper or Handbrake to RIP the miniDVD to video file in an editable format. ...

I would rip the DVD with MacTheRipper, making sure to strip off all region coding, and then use either Toast Titanium, Popcorn, or DVD2OneX to burn it to a new DVD.