Best DVD Ripper??

[junior]

What are your recommendations on the best/easiest DVD rippers for OS X? Any great freewares around? Or is it actually no easy task to rip DVDs sold in the shops (ie copy-protected)?
Thanks in advance!

[GigaWire]

first, buy one copy of the dvd, go home, watch it. then, go back to the store (or another store) and buy another copy and watch it. You'll see that you have a perfect copy of the orginal, plus you get all of the packaging too. AND, it doesn't take up all that ripping time!

[irmongoose]

DVD to DVD

Less than 4.7 GB: DVD Backup (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18599)

More than 4.7 GB (will split to two):DidcomVOBulator (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18521)

DVD to DivX AVI

Forty-Two (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18193)



irmongoose

[junior]

Thanks irmongoose!! And err... GigaWire!
Will try them out!

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by GigaWire
first, buy one copy of the dvd, go home, watch it. then, go back to the store (or another store) and buy another copy and watch it. You'll see that you have a perfect copy of the orginal, plus you get all of the packaging too. AND, it doesn't take up all that ripping time!

this might violate the DMCA, theres probably a clause about buying two of the same thing....

[mmmdreg]

Shouldn't forty-two make .iso's for dvd's anyway? and I just grabbed a copy and it reckons its expired.

[the future]

You may also want to take a look at
http://www.cs.buffalo.edu/%7eafaversa/test/ (an alternative to DVDBackup)
and
http://www.dvd2one.com/ (very fast compression tool to fit large movies/discs onto 1 DVD).

[maradong]

dcd2oneX

[mmmdreg]

Originally posted by irmongoose
DVD to DVD

Less than 4.7 GB: DVD Backup (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18599)

More than 4.7 GB (will split to two):DidcomVOBulator (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18521)

DVD to DivX AVI

Forty-Two (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18193)



irmongoose

I just tried 4-2 on Saving Private Ryan as a test because it was on my desk at the time. The output seems to be only a trailer of the movie. The first scene? I've tried heaps of stuff and most don't work.

[mrjamin]

theres MEncoder from the mplayer project (http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net) which is a GUI and just rips through terminal but can save to a variety of formates. I've never managed to get it working on my combo drive iBook, so i can't vouch for the quality/speed/efficiency.