How do I back up my movies to DVD-R so I can take the backups to the gym on my portable and prevent my good ones from getting scratched? I just bought a new IMac running Leopard. It has the burner. From research, it looks like I need 1. Mac the Ripper---2.DVD 2toOneX (for compression)---and 3.Roxio Toast to burn (even though there is burning software on my computer).....I have no really good clue and am open to any support and advice you might have to offer. I don't want to buy things that are not so easy to work. I am a very basic computer user. thanks for your time!
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me make my daughter's grandparents' year. I've got a pile of home movies shot with an obscure Panasonic DVD video camera and no Mac-friendly software. Help! [more inside] [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2007 - 7 answers

["Halp!!eleventyone! Diagnose my computer troubles from far far away" filter]: Why does my DVD-+R drive show up on the computer, let me apparently record, burn and/or write data to the disc, and close the session, but not actually do any of those things? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2007 - 5 answers

After I installed a new hard drive on my laptop my DVD burner/player no longer works, but plays and burns CDs just fine. [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2007 - 5 answers

Help my Toshiba laptop recognize DVD-Rs. [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 4 answers

What is the difference between DVD+R and DVD-R, from the standpoint of a casual computer user? [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2006 - 14 answers

I'm archiving important data to a DVD-R. In addition to the important data, I'm burning recovery files (QuickPAR PARity files) to the DVD-R so that I can recover the data in case sections of the DVD-R surface are damaged. It would be smart to have my burning software (Nero) "interlace" the recovery files and the archival data across the surface of the DVD-R: (data file, PAR file, data, PAR, data, PAR, ...). How can I make Nero (or any other burning software) do this?
posted on Oct 4, 2006 - 10 answers

I have a Powerbook with a CD burner and I have access to an iMac with a Superdrive. I'd like to backup my disk (or at least my user folder) to DVD-Rs. One catch: I can't install any software on the iMac. [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2006 - 4 answers

Why will my burner not recognize my DVD-Rs as 16x? [more inside]
posted on Jun 8, 2006 - 3 answers

How do a I burn a MPEG-2 file to a DVD-R with my Windows XP Pro (SP2) and Lite-On DVD R/RW drive? When I burn files to a CD-R in the same Lite-On drive, all I need to do is drag the files to the DVD R/RW drive and Windows XP does is wizardly magic. However, with a MPEG-2 file onto a DVD-R, I get some generic error that this action won't happen. Winamp can't burn video files, so that's right out the window.
posted on Mar 3, 2006 - 16 answers

Does recordable media "go bad" after a while? and if it does, are there any media that is less susceptible? I am going to buy some DVD+Rs for mastering my movies to, how do I ensure that they still will work in 10 years time? [more inside]
posted on Oct 14, 2005 - 20 answers

Need a reliable cd burner to burn audio cds for radio show. [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2005 - 7 answers

DVD-R plays on standalone machine, but not on PC. [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2005 - 5 answers

I'm replacing the zip drive in my 450MHz AGP "Sawtooth" G4 with a DVD burner. Any tips?
posted on Jan 24, 2005 - 9 answers

A little over a month ago, my home was broken into and you were all very helpful. I am slowly replacing items, and now I need to find a DVD player. It must allow playback of many different regions - we have (well, we had, and they were stolen too, but we will replace) a lot of non-US region DVDs. On Amazon, many of the items listed don't seem to support DVD-R - and since my powerbook superdrive can only burn DVD-R, I guess I need something that will support this format. Any recommendations?
posted on Oct 13, 2004 - 8 answers

iDVD presales questions [mi]
posted on Sep 29, 2004 - 4 answers

DVD-R media.. archival quality that will last as long as possible.. what is the best brand or type? Or should I stick with acid-free paper.
posted on Jun 15, 2004 - 6 answers

Does anyone know of a program available for Mac OS X that can read the Media ID of a DVD-R? I have tried MissingMediaBurner and even DVDINFOPro under Virtual PC, but neither one gives any info.
posted on Jun 3, 2004 - 2 answers

DVD-R or DVD+R? [More inside]
posted on May 11, 2004 - 9 answers

DVD+R? -R? *R? /R? I'm confused on what type of burner to pick up. [more inside]
posted on Feb 4, 2004 - 11 answers

One of my nephews (the lucky one everyone in our family loves, featured in this thread) presents us every week with a faultless DVD of a just-released-in-the-U.S. movie. How does he do it? [More inside.]
posted on Jan 4, 2004 - 15 answers