Make exact copy of burned DVD

Hello I have a burned copy of a DVD that I made on my PC and lost the project files, I want to make copies of this disc. Does Idvd do that, or is there another program for mac that can do this??

Hello Adam,
you can do that with Disk Utility. Have a look at this:
How to copy previously-burned DVD-R video discs
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
hope this helps
mish

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
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