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.

DVD Shrink, DVD decrypter and AnyDVD are basically what I use. I don't know if you can use them in a mac...

i just talked to a guy that uses osX and he said he uses

mactheripper, dvd2one, dvd imager

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

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

I use DVD Shrink and i love it!

I use DVD Decryptor and Nero's Recode. A few clicks and the whole thing is fit onto a regular DVD.