Best way to copy a DVD

I have a few DVDs that i want to copy. What is the easiest way to do this? Thanks

If you are trying to copy store bought movies, you can't. To copy personel DVDs insert the dvd, open disk utilty and in file menu,choose create new disk image. then follow the prompts. After it is created, remove dvd, and insert blank dvd. go to burn disk and choose the disk image you created, and there you go.

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What is the best way to Burn a DVD Movie, do I need a specific program?
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I was wondering what everyone thought was the best way to burn a DVD+R DL disc.
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4. Use Toast and select Copy, then Image File.
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But..
Is this the best way?
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Hi Brian,
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I'd like to hear anything anyone else has to say but I'm sure we're aware of most of the options already.
FWIW, if you're running 10.4.x you can type drutil info in Terminal and hit enter to see what types of media the attached drives can burn,
Good luck,
-Jake

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Look at my network.
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You likely have one of the most expensive media converter boxes on the market today.
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1 row created.
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SQL> commit;
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SQL> select * from t2;
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2 where table_name in ('T1','T2');
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T1                             PK_T1                          P
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T2                             PK_T2                          P
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SQL>
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tables=(\
t1,\
t2
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
Export done in UTF8 character set and UTF8 NCHAR character set
About to export specified tables via Conventional Path ...
. . exporting table                             T1          1 rows exported
. . exporting table                             T2          1 rows exported
Export terminated successfully without warnings.
On Database 2
Copy your .dmp file to Database 2
Import
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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. importing RC's objects into RC
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. . importing table                           "T2"          1 rows imported
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SQL> select * from t2;
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2 where table_name in ('T1','T2');
TABLE_NAME                     CONSTRAINT_NAME                C R_CONSTRAINT_NAME
T1                             PK_T1                          P
T1                             FK_T1_T2                       R PK_T2
T2                             PK_T2                          P
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Best way to copy range of paragraphs

I'm getting all the changebars in the files of a book, and copying them out into a separate, single change document. Once I find the Pgf with the changebar, what would be the best way to copy the info out to the change doc? I want to copy the entire section that contains the changebar.
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At that point should I use copy and paste into the new document?
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Kind regards
Jang

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