Handbrake Problems 2011 iMac / Lion / Apple TV

Sorry to be in your situation,
I am new to iMac, digesting iMovie. Not found a reason for my home movies to download Handbrake or VLC.

harcosparky said:

So I was having issues ripping a DVD, Handbrake said I needed VLC so I downloaded and installed the 64 bit version. Then Handbrake said I need VLC or the VLC I had was not compatible.

I had HB 0.9.5.

So I decided to remove everything and start over.

I downloaded Handbrake 0.9.6 and it said I needed .....

libdvdcss.pkg

So I went to the site and downloaded that package.

Installed the package and was informed Installation OK.

Fired up Handbrake and tried to scan a DVD.

NO LUCK !!!

Just kinda hangs.

Ideas?????

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The package you downloaded is only need to allow decryption and frankly, it's not a very good package for that. I think it only removes CSS encryption and there are lots of other types of encryption out there. For a total Mac solution, I would recommend using MakeMKV to rip to mkv. Then use HB to transcode to mp4. MakeMKV includes decryption ability and is kept up to date. If you operate on the Windows side at all AnyDVDHD for decryption is the best (but not the cheapest). MakeMKV is free while in beta and that has been going on for a while. DVDfab is another option. Free for DVD but payware for blu ray.

I am currently using Handbrake 0.9.6 on a MacBook Pro with no issues. I did not download the decryption library package.