Popcorn

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

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...

Toast Popcorn DVD2one

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.

Toast 7 has incorporated Popcorn into its features. So, if you already have Toast 7, you are set to go. It will compress for you. ...

I like Popcorn best myself. ...

I am planning a bit ahead for iTV with hopes of ripping my legally purchased DVDs. I am looking for advice on what software to use and which settings give the best results. Ideally, I guess I'd like to just extract the main movie from the DVD and NOT recompress it. But presumably iTunes can't play the raw VOBs, right? Is there any way around this without recompressing? If I...

TS folder. Because you're trying to burn with Popcorn, I assume you don't. Popcorn cannot burn an iMovie project to DVD. You'll need iLife. ...

File before roxio popcorn can burn it. Is there a program for a mac which can convert it for me. ...

with different results however. Disk Utility certainly isn't the right tool for video DVD copying, I'd say. Popcorn would be alright I guess. ...