I've got a macOS laptop and I'm attempting to convert old VHS tapes to playable DVDs. I convert the VHS tapes to .mp4 format using OBS and then attempt to burn the .mp4 files to playable DVDs using the Burn app. The Burn app automatically prompts me to convert to .mpg and it does this conversion for me. That's fine for a few VHS tapes that aren't too long however some are 2+ hours and as a result, the .mp4 files are more than 8GBs which when converted to .mpg, they're greater than the space on a DVD so I'm not able to burn them. Any ideas how to solve this issue so that I can convert the longer VHS tapes to playable DVDs?

I have a DVD player that I want to connect to an iMac M3. This is not the standard external-drive DVD player, but one that you'd normally hook up to a TV or similar; more a set-top box style. It's a Sony DVP-SR760H, with line outs for audio and video, and a female HDMI port. Before I buy a usb C – (male) HDMI cable: will this work? Can I play DVDs through this player on my iMac?

I'm attempting to play some DVDs using an Apple USB SuperDrive and HandBrake . The DVDs are burned (non-original) containing various Japanese language children's shows. Here is some information about my system: System hardware info: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro18,1 Model Number: MK183H/A Chip: Apple M1 Pro Total Number of Cores: 10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency) Memory: 16 GB System Firmware Version: 8419.80.7 OS Loader Version: 8419.80.7 System software info: System Version: macOS 13.2.1 (22D68) Kernel Version: Darwin 22.3.0 Apple USB SuperDrive hardware info: Product ID: 0x1500 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) Version: 2.03 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x00100000 / 1 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Extra Operating Current (mA): 600 Media: SuperDrive: Capacity: 4,35 GB (4 354 867 200 bytes) Removable Media: Yes BSD Name: disk4 Logical Unit: 0 Media Name: TSB0003 Partition Map Type: Unknown S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified USB Interface: 0 And here is an example of what a DVD looks like: /Volumes/TSB0003/. ├── ADV_OBJ │   └── TSB_MENU │   ├── TNLR0000.ACA │   └── TNSM0000.ACA ├── DVD_RTAV │   ├── VR_MANGR.BUP │   ├── VR_MANGR.IFO │   └── VR_MOVIE.VRO ├── TS_MANGR │   ├── ACA_THMNLTSGI.IFO │   ├── DISC.IFO │   ├── FOLDER.IFO │   ├── R_THMNL.IFO │   ├── TSGI.IFO │   ├── TTDETAIL.IFO │   ├── TTLUTLTY.IFO │   └── TTL_PROP.IFO └── TS_THMNL HandBrake fails to read these DVDs. I'm also unable to open them using VLC and Apple's QuickTime Player or DVD Player apps. Nothing seems to be able to read these DVDs. Here is the verbose log from HandHrake: Starting HandBrake software: [10:29:19] macgui: Handbrake Version: 1.6.1 (2023012200) [10:29:19] Compile-time hardening features are enabled [10:29:19] hb_init: starting libhb thread [10:29:19] thread 16f84f000 started ("libhb") When attempting to load VR_MOVIE.VRO with HandBrake: [10:29:35] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more [10:29:35] CPU: [10:29:35] - logical processor count: 10 [10:29:35] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MOVIE.VRO, title_index=0 [10:29:35] thread 16f507000 started ("scan") udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed disc.c:333: failed opening UDF image /Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MOVIE.VRO disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv [10:29:35] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead libdvdread: DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdnav: vm: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [10:29:35] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead [10:29:35] file is MPEG Program Stream [10:29:53] Probing 1 unknown stream [10:29:53] Probe: Unsupported stream . stream id 0xe0-0x0 [10:29:53] Found the following streams [10:29:53] Video Streams : [10:29:53] Audio Streams : [10:29:53] 0xbd-0x80 type AC3 (0x81) [10:29:53] Subtitle Streams : [10:29:53] Other Streams : [10:29:53] 0xe0-0x0 type Unknown (0x0) [10:29:53] stream id 0xbd (type 0x81 substream 0x80) audio 0x8000bd [10:29:53] Freed 1 buffers of size 4096 [10:29:53] Freed 3 buffers of size 2097152 [10:29:53] Allocated 6295552 bytes of buffers on this pass and Freed 6295552 bytes, 0 bytes leaked [10:29:53] thread 16f507000 exited ("scan") [10:29:53] thread 16f507000 joined ("scan") [10:29:53] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s) [10:29:53] macgui: ScanCore scan done When attempting to load VR_MANGR.IFO with HandBrake: [10:30:07] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more [10:30:07] CPU: [10:30:07] - logical processor count: 10 [10:30:07] hb_scan: path=/Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MANGR.IFO, title_index=0 [10:30:07] thread 16f7c3000 started ("scan") udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed disc.c:333: failed opening UDF image /Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MANGR.IFO disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv [10:30:08] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead libdvdread: DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdnav: vm: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [10:30:08] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead [10:30:08] hb_stream_open: open /Volumes/TSB0003/DVD_RTAV/VR_MANGR.IFO failed [10:30:08] scan: unrecognized file type [10:30:08] Allocated 0 bytes of buffers on this pass and Freed 0 bytes, 0 bytes leaked [10:30:08] thread 16f7c3000 exited ("scan") [10:30:08] thread 16f7c3000 joined ("scan") [10:30:08] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s) [10:30:08] macgui: ScanCore scan done I also have libdvdcss (version 1.4.3) installed on my system (via Homebrew). Does anyone know what's going wrong here and how to read these DVDs? Here's a relevant issue I filed under HandBrake on GitHub.

I have a MacBook Air running Ventura. If I plug in an external DVD player, the DVD player light blinks but the DVD doesn't show up in Finder. The DVD and player work on my other MacBook running Ventura. My suspicion is that something broke when I installed Oracle VirtualBox (I uninstalled it). Other USB devices work on the same port. I have a DVD in the drive. The drive is using a combo cable.

I really liked the original soundtrack of the Aladdin Broadway musical, so I wanted to listen to all of the songs in German. I bought this (used) CD from an American company and the CD arrived today. The packaging looks new and the CD has no scratches. However, when I tried to use my 2020 Macbook Air with Ventura to play it (using an external CD Drive), it didn't play. The drive just ejected it. I also tried playing it on a Sony boombox, but it also didn't play. Why doesn't it play? Will I be able to get songs off of it?

This problem happened suddenly on my MacBook pro: when I insert a CD/DVD, it tries to read it for a few seconds (the motor of the DVD drive is working) and then it stops, and ejects the DVD. I have read in many forums that this is a dead condition for DVD drive, and should be replaced. But some others also suggested the lens might require cleaning. Does anybody have experienced the second situation (i.e. can the problem be solved using DVD drive lens cleaner kits)?

I have two external USB optical drives, both burners, one that will work with DVDs and CDs, the other that will also handle BDs (Blu-ray Discs). I use these sometimes with MakeMKV. Recently I had an issue with reading a BD with MakeMKV and had to force-quit MakeMKV. I tried to eject the BD, but Disk Utilities would not because it was in use. (I remember at one point I found a way to still eject it, but I was unable to use that drive to read anything until I rebooted because the OS still saw it as in use.) I rebooted. On reboot the OS recognized the BD in the drive and it came up in Finder. But I still heard a fair amount of activity from the drive. It's no longer making noise, but the access LED on the drive is still flashing. I've had this happen before, where I have discs in either drive, usually DVDs or BDs, and I hear movement in the drive even when I haven't been using any software to access that drive for hours or even a day or more. So it seems that something is accessing my external USB optical drives even when I'm not using any software to do this. How can I find out what program is trying to access discs in my optical drive?

So my macbook is getting on but still functioning well for everyday purposes. However the other day I took out a stack of arty DVDs from the local library and not one of them is recognized by mac, which honestly has probably not tried playing a DVD for years. I read somewhere this might be down to iDVD not working on High Sierra. Either way, has anyone else experienced this and knows of something I could do to view DVDs again without splashing out on a new machine? Software or driver etc, ideas welcome

I have a 2010 white MacBook with 10.13.6 High Sierra installed, and my internal SuperDrive isn't detected. It gets power and spins up when I put a DVD in it, but the drive doesn't show up. The eject button doesn't work, it doesn't show up in system report, and drutil doesn't see a drive. I've tried looking everywhere and can't find a solution. Is there anything I can do to fix this drive? I already reset the SMC and NVRAM more than once.

I am preparing a DVD with several 10-minute videos in mp4 (produced from Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere), 1920x1080. I am using iDVD version 7.1 (1145) and macOS Mojave 10.14.6. When I export the project into an .iso image, it spends a few hours encoding the menus, and then a few more encoding the first video, and suggests 30 hours to encode them all. I stopped the process and used FFMPEG to encode the videos to a PAL DVD format, following https://www.kevssite.com/converting-a-video-file-to-dvd-with-ffmpeg/ :

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -y -target pal-dvd -qscale 0 -aspect 16:9 output.mpg

I can add this video to the DVD, but it shows a warning sign and clicking on it shows a broken link: I tried other commands, such as scaling directly to 720p with -vf scale=720:-1 but it also shows the same broken link. I also tried [this script](https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1809116#post1809116) , which does not produce an output because the setting for the bitrate is too low. How can I convert MP4 files to 720x576 for a PAL DVD with FFMPEG, so that iDVD encodes faster?

**Does iWork'09 retail DVD allow installation in any language or shall one care about it?** - Example: Can on install iWork in German from a DVD purchased in the US? **Is iWork'09 retail DVD the same worldwide, or is it region-specific or country-specific?** - Example: Can a European user install iWork from a DVD that was initially commercialized on another continent. - Example: Can a user in Belgium use a DVD that was initially commercialized in France?

Some sellers of second-hand iWork'09 specify that their product is "Retail", and show the original packaging. Others don't, but the pictured DVD seems however being the same. My question is: were there non-retail DVDs and what did they look like? Or are all white DVDs with Apple's and iWork install DVD logos necessarily retail ones.

I tried to drag a DVD to VLC app. Instead the entire DVD/CD drive just disappeared from Finder. The drive is still there: I can play a DVD on it. But it does not show up in *Locations*. **Update 6 months later** I have tried two different external Cd/DVD drive's: both can play DVD/USB's but neither show up in Finder. Note that it is enabled in the *Preferences:* How can the DVD/CD drive be re-added to Finder? I am on Catalina with a Macbook Pro 2020. **Update** Here are the _Sidebar_ settings - showing that the _External disks_ and _CDs, DVDs, Ipods_ are enabled:

I am trying to install OS X Mavericks on my Mid-2011 iMac. Before you tell me to upgrade, Mavericks is my favorite version and anything after it runs like crap. Please help me fix this!

I need to access files from CDs and DVDs on my iPad Pro to print them. I use digital crafting files and can download them from Internet without issue, but on discs I own, I cannot work out how to transfer from the discs to the iPad.

I'm trying to read an old DVD that was burned in 1998. I've tried mounting it through apple's own Disk utility app but it has shown (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter errore 49153). Diskutil list says that

/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:        CD_partition_scheme                        *678.4 MB   disk3
   1:     Apple_partition_scheme                         590.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:        Apple_partition_map                         1.0 KB     disk3s1s1
   3:                  Apple_HFS Pasubio                 589.6 MB   disk3s1s2

I've tried mounting it through diskutil mount but it tells

Volume on disk3 failed to mount
Perhaps the operation is not supported (kDAReturnUnsupported)
If it has a partitioning scheme, use "diskutil mountDisk"
If you think the volume is supported but damaged, try the "readOnly" option

None of the terminal suggestion worked. I'm working from a MacBook pro Catalina mid 2012 Anybody can help? UPDATE: Thanks @jaume suggestion I've tried accessing to the disk installing hfsprogs on Ubuntu VM and I succeeded into retrieving the raw files. I leave the question open because I'd hope to access not only to the raw datas, (picture, sounds, ecc.) but also into the _app_ version of the executable. Thanks

I have a couple of TDK DVD-R and Maxell DVD+R that I have used to store photographs on. The DVDs are about 12 to 13 years old, but I have tried reading a few on a Windows PC and so far all could be read without error. When I insert one of the DVD-R into my 2010 iMac running macOS 10.13.6, the computer futilely attempts to read the DVD only to eject it after a while. This is the same for all DVD-Rs. When I insert one of the DVD+R, my iMac tells me that I have inserted an empty medium and asks me whether I want to burn data on it. This is the same for all DVD+R. The iMac does have trouble reading newer audio and video DVDs, but it faithfully reads all my old audio DVDs. I therefore think that there is nothing wrong with the drive, like dirt on the lense, but a compatibility problem with the software trying to read the DVDs. What can I do?

I bought three movies on DVD on eBay. I am trying to make .iso backups onto my external hard drive. The first one I tried using Disk Utility, but it only produced a partial copy (without generating any errors) so I switched to using dd, which worked on the first movie. For both the second and third movie, dd only partially ran through before giving the following error: `dd: /dev/disk2: Permission denied 1438432+0 records in 1438432+0 records out 736477184 bytes transferred in 212.743197 secs (3461813 bytes/sec)` The number of records/bytes is similar, but not exactly the same, for both movies. I have no clue what else to try, since dd is as low-level a program I know to use. I have no idea why the error would be generated mid-copy like that. Googling for this kind of error leads to answers regarding improper filesystem permissions (I'm running sudo dd) and unmounting first (I'm also running sudo umount), and AFAIK neither would lead to dd working *for the first 700MB* and then getting that error. Also, I have watched these movies all the way through without incident, so the filesystem appears to be good.

Title says it all. I've used HandBrake, Subler, VideoMonkey, and RipIt. I'm familiar with mencoder. None of them seem to be able to rip the subtitles from a DVD and then get the soft subtitles to the iPad.

I am not a power user of macs but i have an early mac mini with a dvd drive and a 2011 mini without a dvd drive, and wondered if i can connect the 2 to use the older mini as an external dvd drive and possibly storage for time machine? Also i have put in an ssd into my 2011 mini and want to put on a fresh copy of the snowleopard o/s [which i have] onto the ssd using - if i can - the older mini's dvd to do so. Any help would be appricated