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Free DVD burning program?

Feb 4, 2007 6:31AM PST

I just used mac the ripper to back up one of my DVDs, and so I have a video_ts file on my hard drive. What is the easiest way to get this file onto a dvd? Will iDVD do this? Are there any free programs out there that can?
Also, is there any way I can get frontrow to recognize this file? I can watch the file using DVD Player, but when I start frontrow and go into the movies tab thing, and select the file, it says "there are no movies available in "video_ts""
Hope you can help me with this!
Thanks!

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Burning DVDs
Feb 6, 2007 10:16AM PST

The files you end up with after using MTR are not recognized in iDVD, at least from my experience. iDVD expects to render DV files into MPEG2 for a DVD, and the file you got from MTR is an extracted file from a pre-existing MPEG DVD. Not the same. I use Roxio's Popcorn or Toast to burn the MTR files to DVD. The great thing about these programs is that they will "burn to fit a single side DVD", just in case your material is more than will fit on a standard DVD. Sorry, Popcorn and Toast are not free, but for me, they were some of the best money I've spent on my Mac. I've never seen a "free" DVD burning program for the Mac, but maybe I've not searched enough. My Mac doesn't use Front Row, so I can't answer your question about that, but I would assume that it would recognize the file if you save it as a Disk Image (a virtual, playable video file). iDVD will save a project as a Disk Image, but I think it needs a different source file. But Popcorn or Toast will save your MTR video_ts file as a Disk Image. You can play this Image like a DVD without having the DVD in your drive, then burn it to DVD at a later date.

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Toast
Feb 6, 2007 8:57PM PST

Although not free, Toast is certainly the way to go for burning just about anything on your Mac.


p

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Toast Key
Nov 24, 2009 10:26PM PST

I purchased a second hand Mac with Toast Titanium 10 installed on it.
My mistake was that I could not resist the sign to make updates to the current version.
After I,ve done it I was asked for a key to activate it, which I did not have it.
And the person who sold it to me never replied for my emails and calls.
Result: I lost it and now I need to purchase a new one.

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Free choice
Feb 12, 2007 7:57AM PST

You may want to check out the Burn program, available at opensourcemac. org.(also a great source for a other open source and free MAC apps).

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Burn
Feb 12, 2007 12:18PM PST

Can I use the Burn program to burn VIDEO_TS files created from Mac the Ripper onto a DVD-R? Please advise.

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Here's an idea.
Feb 13, 2007 3:48AM PST

Try it and see if you can.

Bob