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|  07-14-2004, 05:27 AM | #1 (permalink) | 
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				DVD copy problems
			 Currently, I am trying to copy 5 DVDs of my collection for a business trip.  I simply do not want to take the originals as that could turn out really badly.  Ok, so I have copied the TS_video file of these dvds and they come out to be 4.05 G for the most and the others around 3.5.  What is annoying is that when I drag the things to Toast (video mode), I get a Disk too small error, saying for the biggest one that it would need a 5 G disk.   Can anyone explain this to me, and better yet, show me a good way to make this work. I am not about to shell out 20 bucks for a single Dual Layer DVD. BTW, just to complicate things, the burner is in a Mac. | 
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|  07-15-2004, 10:41 AM | #4 (permalink) | 
| Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought | If the DVD you're trying to copy is dual layer, you'll have to either get a DL burner (money you don't wanna spend) or encode it to e.g. an avi file. I don't know how long from now your trip is, but I'd recommend some reading at www.doom9.org | 
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|  07-15-2004, 11:26 AM | #5 (permalink) | 
| Psycho | Just get DVD Shrink like Knucklehead said, it automaticaly compresses dual-layer DVDs to fit on single layer DVD-Rs. And there is no noticable quality difference. The new version even burns it for you, so the entire process is automated. www.dvdshrink.org 
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