mac disk image of cd does not fit on a cd

This app may or may not remove any copy protection, since DVD makers understandably sometimes modify their schemes in an attempt to defeat apps like this one.

You can try MactheRipper to 'rip' it to unprotected form, but please read & heed the caution about the legality of doing so at the developer's web site.

MichaelĬopy protected DVD's (if that is what this one is) make copying difficult by intent. What am I missing here? I'm not going to save a DVD (or disc image for that matter) that takes up that much space (7.6GB) on my hard drive. Is this correct? If it is, where is the resulting file (the compressed disc image) then stored? Is this even the easiest way to compress a DVD? Do I even need to make a disc image first, or is there software that will automatically compress the DVD for me and allow my DVD player to open it? It seems like there ought to be an easier way. Is there a way to compress the disc image? I read a post about dragging/dropping the disc image from the desktop into terminal (which I've never even opened before today) and then terminal would automatically compress the disc image. I have no problem opening the resulting file (.CDR disc image) and getting it to play in the DVD player or anything like that, however it's still a 7.6 GB file. A disc image file that ends with '.CDR' is created and saved on the desktop. I made a disk image of the DVD and then saved the disc image to the desktop using Disc Utility. It's a concert DVD (copyright protected I'm sure) so I want fairly simple access to it after compression. I have a DVD that's 7.6GB and I want to compress it and save it on my hard drive.

Mac disk image of cd does not fit on a cd