Ripping DVDs - there must be a better way

[mentaluproar]

My mother has switched over to her Apple TV and abandoned the DVD player completely. Every now and then, I need to transcode a disc for her. Usually, I create an image with an old iMac G4 I have, and have my i5 Mac mini transcode it in handbrake, then tag everything in MetaZ.

Well, I stumble across troublesome discs from time to time, like a stop motion animated Christmas DVD (the one with mr heatmiser), where this method doesn't work. I just connected my playstation 2 to my EyeTV and recorded it. It came out okay, but it was slow and I lost chapter markers. Audio didn't matter on a film that old. My mother wants me to transcode "Santa Paws" and I tried the latest version if Mac the Ripper the PPC supported.

Bad sector warnings, even when using arccos mode. And I didn't get anything handbrake could understand from it, so there go chapters.

Any help on ripping these troublesome CDs with my setup?

[durruti]

Have you checked the CD/DVD for damage?

Try wiping from center to edge of disc (if I remember, if this is the correct method) with very soft cotton material ?

[mentaluproar]

I did that. It's fine. I really don't want to have to put it in the DVD player and watch all the way through To see if there is an actual defect.

[JRoDDz]

Try RipIt on your Mac Mini to rip the disc.

[mentaluproar]

The mini lacks an optical drive. Challenge accepted?

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Curious, does ripit create an iso?

[JRoDDz]

Originally Posted by mentaluproar

The mini lacks an optical drive. Challenge accepted?

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Curious, does ripit create an iso?

Arrghh.. forgot the new mini's don't have optical drives

[mentaluproar]

I tried ripping that disk on an old Lennox laptop running a Windows app inside of wine. I got an ISO, but when I went to copy the damn thing, it would get to the end of file, then say that there wasn't enough space. This is while copying it to a 500 Gig drive. Is irritating as this is, I can't help but be impressed at copy protection. It's damn effective, and very clever.

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Linux, damnit. And why can't I edit that post? Tapatalk, you are beginning to piss me off.

[ppc_michael]

Originally Posted by mentaluproar

I got an ISO, but when I went to copy the damn thing, it would get to the end of file, then say that there wasn't enough space. This is while copying it to a 500 Gig drive.

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Linux, damnit. And why can't I edit that post? Tapatalk, you are beginning to piss me off.

Was your 500GB drive formatted as FAT32? There's a 4GB file size limit with that file system that you may have been hitting.

[mentaluproar]

Changed format. Same problem.

[I AM THE MAN]

If you have a windows computer, Magic DVD Ripper does the job quick and easy. Haven't had a problem with ripping any DVD yet.

Hope I help!

[LincolnsiPod]

For those who have ripped DVDs successfully, did any of these include ripping a DVD from one region for use in another?

I finally bought a DVD of a movie I've been searching for years for, but I had to get a region 2 version (I'm region 1 obviously). I'm looking to rip it to my MacBook's library to preserve it but I'm not sure of the best way of doing it (especially since I want to keep the subtitles too.) I'm trying to find out if I can then burn it back onto blank DVD that's either region free or 1.

I've never switched regions on my MBP (2010), so I have 5 chances to switch them back and forth if necessary for this DVD if that makes it easier to make a copy.

[Chundles]

I use an external DVD drive to rip the discs via RipIt. The DVD drive is region-free and doesn't have riplock firmware so it will rip a full disc in 10 to 15 minutes.

I then throw the rips in Handbrake's queue and let it go while I'm at work or at night.

Works fine.