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1. What is a DVD?

DVDs are a form of optical storage media based on the compact disc. Originally called Digital Video Disc, and later Digital Versatile Disc, "DVD" is now used with little sense of the original terms. Essentially, a DVD is a larger, faster CD that can hold video, audio, and/or computer data. Physically similar to a CD, a single-layer, single-sided DVD has a maximum capacity of 4.7GB (about two hours of MPEG-2 video), about seven times the capacity of a CD-ROM (a normal CD holds around 650MB). A double-layer, double-sided DVD-ROM disk has thirty times the capacity of a CD-ROM (over 17GB). The DVD specification supports access rates of 600KBps to 1.3MBps.
DVD-ROM describes DVDs used as computer storage. DVD-R is a once-recordable DVD format, which requires a special drive and media, while such formats as DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD-R/RW can be written multiple times.

DVD-ROM players are capable of reading CD-ROMs, CD-I disks, and video CDs, as well as new DVD-ROMs. Most DVD players can also read CD-R disks.

2. How to rip DVD to MOV on Mac?

DVD to FLV Ripper for Mac serves you with the fastest Mac DVD rip speed to rip DVD to YouTube FLV and MP4 video. It enable you to select any part of DVD titiles and chapters to adjust and merge into one file.
Here is a step-by-step guide to rip DVD to FLV on Mac OS X.

Step 1: Free download and install DVD to MOV ripper for mac
Intel version
PowerPC version
To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).

Step 2: Load DVD to convert to MOV
Insert DVD into your DVD-ROM. Click "Load DVD" button to load your DVD. Just Click "Load IFO" button and press DVD folder or DVD IFO file.

Step 3: Select mov as output format
Use the “format” on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the right of the "Format" label to get format drop-down menu.


Step 4: Change mov Video and audio Settings
You can change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate of the mov video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate of the mov Audio. The size of the mov file depends a lot on these settings.


Step 5: Select output directory
Expand the "Output" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.

Step 6: Click "Start" to Rip DVD to FLV on Mac.
If you want to trim, crop, capture screen picture, merge several video clips on to one file and more editing, please go to how to edit videos with DVD to mov Ripper on Mac.

What's MOV?
MOV is a file extension used by the QuickTime-wrapped files. QuickTime Content (.mov, .qt), developed by Apple Computer, is a file format for storing and playing back movies with sound. This flexible format isn't limited to Macintosh operating systems.
The QuickTime (.mov) file format functions as a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data: audio, video, effects, or text (e.g. for subtitles).

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Mac SWF to Video Converter  -   Convert SWF to AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, FLV, MPEG, 3GP, DV on Mac

Mac SWF video Converter, perfect Flash SWF to Video conversion program, provides an amazing solution for Mac users to convert flash SWF to video files formats like SWF to MOV, SWF to FLV, SWF to MPEG4, etc. With it, a few mouse clicks will convert SWF video to your target format. Plus, the program also has specific output selections for portable devices such as iPhone, iPod, PSP, BlackBerry, Zune, Gphone, Mobile phone and so forth.

More than a simple conversion software, the Mac SWF to Video Converter can act as a Flash SWF downloader to facilitate your capturing and downloading SWF video on the web. It is very easy to achieve: Only input the website URL, the program can automatically display all the swf files category, two options for your preference: "Convert SWF" or "Download SWF". It also provide many great features including cropping SWF videos, add watermark or logo, etc.

Enjoy your favourite Flash videos on Mac or portable devices on the go. Detect all SWF videos on the website you're on, download it and have it. Personalize the output video with image watermark as logo. An efficient way to watch your favourite online videos offline.



SWF Video Converter for Mac Key Features

Convert SWF to Video on Mac
Output Video File: MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, SWF, FLV, DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MKV, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP4-Xvid, etc

Support Online SWF Video
Copy the URL to the program, all SWF videos on the web page can be detected, Then push "Download SWF" button to get flash video

Convert SWF video Easily
In order to convert the SWF video, only need hit "Convert SWF" to go on the SWF to video conversion. That's so easy to operate

Perform Output Parameter Settings
Resolution, Frame Rate, Encoder and Bitrate of video, Sample Rate, Channel, Encoder and Bitrate of Audio

Optimal presets for handy video players
Export to portable device: iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone, Apple TV; PSP, BlackBerry, Gphone, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, Mobile phone, etc

Crop Flash SWF Movie
Cut out the unwanted black edges or emphasize a particular focal point by adjusting the frame on video to define the cropping area

Add Image Watermark
Embed image as watermark, logo or copyright onto the converted video, Adjust the position and transparency of watermark

Extract Audio From Video
Extract Audio From SWF Movies and Save as MP3, WMA, WAV, ACC, etc

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Mac DVD Copy is a powerful DVD copy software for Mac users, which helps copy DVD movie (D5 to D5, D9 to D9) with the entire movie in 1:1 ratio perfectly. It can also compress DVD-9 (dual-layer DVD) to one DVD-5 disc with high quality.

Worried about children scratching your favorite DVD movie disc? Want to play your treasured movie again and again without damage the original DVD disc? Try this powerful and handy Mac DVD Copy. It is able to copy DVD to DVD, you can choose to backup DVD to ISO file or DVD folder on your computer or directly burn DVD to a blank DVD disc.

Mac DVD Copy has an intuitive interface, it lets you copy DVD movies to new DVD disc or backup DVD to PC with a few clicks. And Mac DVD Copy does no harm to the original DVD disc. DVD copy Mac is such an tool that can copy DVD on Mac to DVD, to computers or to devices with perfect output quality and high speed. It can also compress DVD-9 (dual-layer DVD) to one DVD-5 disc. It is a very useful and convenient tool. Now let me give you a show of how to use DVD Copy Mac.

Here is a tutorial for you to learn step by step.

For preparation, you should free download a DVD Copy Mac and install it.

Step 1. Choose Output Methods

Launch DVD Copy Mac, there are three output destinations for you to copy DVD: Copy to DVD, Copy to Local or Copy to Devices.Here we Choose Copy to DVD as an example.

Step 2. Select the DVD files you want to copy. Then you enter into an interface.

Notice: we can have a preview of the videos by double click the video listed in the list pane and click Play button.

Step 3. Settings

You can choose to Full Copy or Main Movie Copy under Options. you can rename the video by typing text in the DVD Name box.

If you have multiple Hard Drives, select the one you want to use in the drop-down list of Burn Disc in. If you want to copy a D9 DVD to a D5 Disc, select D9 to D5 compression.

You can choose subtitles and audio tracks by selecting the options in the drop-down list of Subtitles and Audio.

Cick Back if you want to choose other output types.

Step 4. When all settings are done, click Start to begin coping.

Ok, we have finished the whole conversion. You can free download a DVD copy Mac and copy DVD on Mac right now!

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how do i rip data from my single sided 400K floppies???   my current mac won't accept the connector like my 512K fat mac would...  there does not seem to be any adaptors for the external floppy drives...  and the external superdrive just wants to format it...




i did try  the 16 penny nail through the corner of the plastic to trick the switch.. but it just ruined the floppy..


can you help????  i am afraid. i am going to loose all the info i have from mac system 4.2 if i don't hurry.  at least ram snap still works..  so i can load additional discs..  when i remove the system disc..      i do also have a copy of excel for mac version 1.0   and ms flight simulator.. version 1.02..    i wonder if they ever came out with an update for flight simulator..


did you ever open the case on an early mac and find all the signatures on the inside of the rear half???