Summary: If you are looking for the fast and easiest way to backup DVDs keeping the original structure or directly copy the main movie without any loss of quality, just read on this article and find out the best way.
Movies that come on DVD can easily become scratched and unreadable. That's why it's a good idea to make a backup copy of the disc for everyday use. When copying DVD movies, some guys prefer only copy the film itself and omit the menu structure and some would like to backup DVD with the original structure. And here I’d like to share the easy way to backup a DVD with original structures as well as how to directly copy .vob files from DVD on Mac.
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It is an ideal DVD copying and ripping tool for Mac users. It takes everything from the DVD, including the chapters, extras, and subtitles. With it, you can copy a DVD to Mac hard drive exactly keeping the original DVD structures (Within it, there are VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder.). Of course, with the built-in Directly Copy feature, you can just copy the main movie only from a DVD disc, which will leave out unwanted menus or other extras.
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How to do DVD Backup without Quality Loss on Mac
Solution One. DVD Backup with original structure on Mac
Step 1. Launch the DVD copying software for Mac. Click the DVD disc button to load your DVD. The DVD titles and chapters will be listed on the program within a few seconds.
Step 2. Click "Browse" button to select a destination folder for the output files.
Step 3. Click "Copy the entire disc" button in the main interface to starts copying the DVD disc on Mac maintaining the original structure menu.
As soon as the copying task finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output videos. The backed up DVD movie is usually saved as a directory file structure within which there are VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder. The VIDEO_TS folder contains main movies (.vob) and lots of system files (.ifo and .bup).
Solution Two – Directly Copy DVD main movie and leave out extras
1. Launch the DVD copying software for Mac. Click the DVD disc button to load your DVD.
2.Click "Format" bar, choose "Copy" > "Directly Copy" from the Format menu and then specify a folder to save the .vob files from DVD disc. After that, do remember clicking "Convert" button to do DVD Movie-only copy. When the copying work is done, you are able to click “Open” button to get the output .vob files without any other extra contents.
From the above process, you can know DVD backup without quality loss on Mac (Mountain Lion, Mavericks included) is an easy task, right?
By the way, Brorsoft also released an advanced version- Blu-ray Ripper for Mac (Alternative Windows Version), which deals with both DVD and Blu-ray Disc on Mac OS X.
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