Recommendations for DVD ripper with Lion

[Weaselboy]

Originally Posted by Elec

Out of curiosity, is this legal? I remember something about this being illegal in the past because you have to break the encryption do rip a DVD. Has anything changed?

**I'm just curious about this, not looking to cause any trouble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#United_States

In the US, as long as it is for your personal use (non-infringing use) you are okay ripping.

Although, technically the company making the ripping software may be violating the law.

[ByronicHero]

Originally Posted by William.Mantle

I want to be able to save all my favourite dvds onto my new air so obviously I need a ripping tool. However, now I have Lion it appears a lot of ripping tools don't work with it yet. Can anyone recommend the best dvd ripping tool for Lion? I don't mind paying something for it.

Aside from HandBrake, I'll second Little AppFactory's RipIt. It's a neat little no-frills app that rips DVDs into an easy to play .dvdmediafile that will retain all the extra features and bonus content the original DVD had.

[aquaboy]

I love iflicks, I use it for all my .mkv and .avi files.

[cla9614]

Long time viewer, first time posting. I had a similar question so I searched and found this topic (a search function that works quite well on this forum I might add.

I just downloaded Handbrake for my iMac. It works great with Toast. I already had VLC and Toast 11. This was the final piece of software I needed to backup my DVD collection/use Apple TV.

[Berret]

If it isn't copy protected then all you need to do is copy the DVD files to your computer. No special ripping process necessary. You can then use a multitude of applications to convert the file to a more computer ready format. I'd go with copying to computer first, then converting, otherwise you'll put some heavy use on your DVD drive. If you still have problems copying the files then it is possible your drive is having problems or the DVD itself is damaged. If this is a home burned DVD on cheap discs then those are very prone to presenting issues.

[Nitirma]

Only use DVDs you produced yourself and you have legal rights to. The best ripper depend on what you plan to do with the content. Handbrake suffers from the limitations of being only H.264 based and therefore it can't convert to higher quality codecs.

[Honess]

Easy, Use Hanbrake or RipIt to rip them. If it dosen't work, maybe your DVDs are protected type.

[2IS]

Im not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but Handbrake is not really a ripper, its an encoder (and a good one).

My macbook air isn't really powerful enough as an encoding machine, so I use my i7 PC. I'm not sure if there is a OSX equivalent to AnyDVD, but it basically runs in the background and will break the copy protection of any dvd you put in the drive. Which is nice because I have a few blurays and tons of DVD's. All I do is insert the disk and use handbrake to encode the DVD or Bluray directly to a m4v (no actual ripping required) I add that file to my iTunes library and play all my movies via my AppleTV

[ET iPhone Home]

Originally Posted by Sounds Good

I highly recommend Slysoft's DVD backup products -- but it's Windows only, so you'd need Bootcamp or Parallels or a Windows machine.

Are you the same Sounds Good over at the NotebookReview Sony forum a few years back? I use to post there, but rarely now that I switched to a Mac.

[brandoncent]

(1) If you're talking about commercial, copyright-protected DVDs, you should be aware

that it is illegal in many counties, possibly including yours.

(2) If you're talking about commercial, copy-protected DVDs, you should be aware that

providing advice on breaking copy protection schemes is illegal in the US, where this forum

is based; posting such advice would break the forum's ToU, and hosting such advice would

make Apple liable to prosecution.

[Evansda889]

Hi Mr. William. you're very knowledgable and I'm in need of some advice. There's a file I have thats 1.6 GB, with an extension of AC3.5.1.xvid in .avi. I used Handbrake, with AT3 settings to convert to mp4. It converts the file to m4v (its choice I guess) but then the file shrinks to 726 MB and the picture isn't as clear. Any tweaks I need to put in in order to sustain the quality of the avi file?

[Melstate]

You need to convert the movie to .mP4 or mpeg-4 format to be able to transfer and sync it to the iPad.
iPad can only play .mp4 type files
If you use the latest iTunes, in the top main menu, there should be a menu option to convert the movie to the iPad or iPod compatible format.
It dosen't matter if the original source was a regular DVD or Blu-ray. It has to be in the format that the iPad can handle.
Also, look at Handbrake for OS X
Good Luck

[Chand]

What are you talking about Handbrake works just fine under Mountain Lion. I currently have it installed and have used it successfully multiple times.

[JohnnyComeLatly]

Originally Posted by Melstate

Also, look at Handbrake for OS X
Good Luck

Related question: Anyone ever had different file sizes based on the computer? Meaning, I have a Mac Mini with newest Handbrake, and MBA. On the MBA, I can take an AVI around 700mb and it rips in little time to a similar file around 700Mb size, with the compatibility set to iPad. When I have (what appears to me) the same setting of "iPad" for compatibility on the Mini, it takes 2-3 times longer and the file output for the mp4 is 1.3Gb. I just rip it on the MBA now, but it doesn't make sense.

[Safa]

I just purchased a Macbook Pro and want to rip DVD's. I want to retain the 5.1 audio tracks. What is the best program for this?

[temna]

I use Handbrake all the time with Mountain Lion.. I rip DVDs to use with Plex. I just rip them using the Universal setting. Movies come out around 1.7gb but at least the quality is there. Crashes occasionally, but I think it's because I'm ripping them on a 2008 aluminum MacBook 2.0 (not Pro) with 8gb ram shoved in it. I don't really think 8gb is truly supported, but I'm too lazy to go back to 4gb right now.

[Gres]

I am having this problem as well. I tried deleting the preferences; however, that didn't fix it.

I have set up a workflow in automator to extract a video from an archival DVD. However, the program is only ripping ONE file when there should be 4-5 files on there. Any ideas? I am running this process on Mountain Lion.

[Jacklee]

According to Apple the component capability is built into Lion.

Here's what the Squared 5 site says:

The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it.

To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.

The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. You don't have to install QuickTime 7.


Jack

[Steveham]

Read the thread again.

Handbrake is not the answer.

[Corve]

Originally Posted by tonyry

After Apple's new desktop operating system - OS X Mountain Lion came out with so many unique and great features, Many Mac users found their DVD Ripping tools don't work on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, especially free DVD Rippers like MacTheRipper. "It works well before. But after I installed Lion, MacTheRipper refused to work.

I was using MactheRipper to rip my DVD’s, but lately after ripping I’d attempt at burning the file using Popcorn but when I dragged the ripped file into Popcorn – Popcorn crashed.

[SSsean]

Originally Posted by Nitirma

Only use DVDs you produced yourself and you have legal rights to. The best ripper depend on what you plan to do with the content. Handbrake suffers from the limitations of being only H.264 based and therefore it can't convert to higher quality codecs.

Only use DVDs you produced yourself and you have legal rights to. The best ripper depend on what you plan to do with the content. Handbrake suffers from the limitations of being only H.264 based and therefore it can't convert to higher quality codecs. If you only want to transfer a DVD you made on to an iDVD, Handbrake is okay for that. However, if you want to import your DVD into iMovie, Final Cut Pro, consider a ripper that support the Apple Intermediate Codec or ProRes.

[blakek]

DVDfab has never let me down. ever.