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Copying a DVD

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  • 06-04-2013 2:15pm
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    dmckenna50
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭


    Hi guys,

    Ok, I recently got given a DVD that had been transferred from video to DVD. It's sentimental material so a load of people want a copy. However, this is proving a lot more difficult than I thought.

    The DVD works fine when you put it directly into a DVD player, or my laptop, a MacBook Pro, it opens straight away with iDVD. But when I put it into the PC at work, it wasn't recognised in Windows, Real Player or Quicktime. BUT, when I went into the DVD in My Computer, it showed up as a folder called Video_TS. Inside this folder are six files, all ending in .VOB, .IFO, and .BUP - two of each. Five of them are relatively small files, ranging from 12-64KB but the last .VOB is just over 800KB, and when I click that, it opens on PC when I manually select Windows.

    Now, I tried copying the files to my harddrive and then putting those on the DVD and it copied, but when I ejected and re-inserted, it wouldn't recognise it. Same with the DVD player, wouldn't play it. But the original works fine.

    Has anyone ideas on how or if this is possible? Or if I take it to a professional, can they do it?

    Any help appreciated! And thanks for reading!

    Dee


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    #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    You will probably need some DVD playing software for your work PC - WinDVD is a commercial one.

    With the Mac things are a bit easier as everything you need is already built in to the OS. Try this method and see how you get on. I know it's from 2007 and mentions Tiger but the process is the same.

    Here's a better guide with pictures :)


    Ken


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