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How to use Forty-Two to backup a DVD movie To a DVD/SVCD/VCD disc image file |
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by hornswaggler502
This guide assumes that you have
a Mac capable of playing back DVDs and are running OS X. It also assumes
you have already installed Forty-Two per the
instructions.
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Open Forty-Two. You should now see this window. Don't worry at this point
what all of the choices mean. We will get to that in a bit. |
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Insert the DVD you wish to backup, and drag it to the Forty-Two window
where it says "Drag DVD Here...". |
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It will then process the DVD, finding chapters, titles, etc. Once that
is complete. You are then ready to choose if you want to simply back everything
up or click the "More" button, you will also see what chapters,
titles, etc are in the movie so that you can backup a particular section
of the movie. (see the picture below). |
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Next, you will need to select
the format of the backup you are going to make. The items under "Output
Format" on the left are Divx AVI output options. These will give you
an AVI compressed with Divx as a result of the backup. This movie can be
played back on any computer with Divx installed. The right column, which
will be either "NTSC Mode" or "PAL Mode" depending
on the type of DVD, offer you serveral complete disc copy modes, all resulting
in a disc image (ISO) of the final backup. This file is then used to burn
a copy of the DVD.
For this How-To, we are going
to use the right column, "NTSC Mode" (or "PAL
Mode" for PAL DVDS) to make a disc image (ISO) file, ready to burn
to a disc.First you
need to decide if you want to make a Video CD, Super Video CD, or a DVD.
We are going to use the last, DVD as our choice. Here we have selected our choice, DVD on the right.
Once you have selected your
choice, click on "Start" on the lower right side.
It will
now ask you for a location to save the movie. Find a suitable spot with
enough space available.
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Now it will start processing
your movie. This process takes considerably less time usually than if you
are using the Left column to output a Divx movie file. But it can take
a hour or more. So be prepared to wait a while. |
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When it is complete, you should
now have an ISO file (if you selected DVD) or a folder with contents
to burn (if you selected VCD/SVCD). You should be able to burn these
in Toast, with Apple's Disk Utility, or your favorite burning software.
For more information
on Forty-Two, visit the Forty-Two website and make sure to visit
our forums in the Mac section for help with Forty-Two as
well.
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This guide © hornswaggler502
2004
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