Fastest way to copy a DVD burned with eMac????

I need to make multiple copies (more than 30) of a DVD I made for a family reunion. The DVD is about 2 hours long. I have made a disc image on my hard drive, but the burning is still taking 30 mins per disc. Is there a faster way? Are there external DVD burners or copiers that I could purchase that are Mac compatible? Thanks

There is a workaround which allows you to "burn" DVD as a disc image and burn the disc afterwards. It is known as Easter Egg or "Hurz and Pfurz" on
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/macsupport/mac_help/pages/15-burn_idvdother.html
Once you get this installed you can make DVD images which you can play using the DVD player in the applications folder and burn using Disc Utility, full instructions on
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
but you just use the second half to burn the DVD. This means you can readily produce your multiple copies over a period of time without re-running iDVD. iDVD5 has this built in.
As a simpler alternative, once you have your first copy you can produce the others using Disk Copy. You can leave the image on your hard disc in between burn sessions.

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I assume you are trying to rip a home made DVD and not a commercial DVD. I know you have been told once about copying commercial DVDs and using this site for info on how to do it.
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