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Back up movies from where?
Dvds?
If you want to rip DVDs, use Handbrake, also free.
has these nifty profiles on the right side bar, for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, it's great!
Wait, what do you mean by backup?
edit: Ok, i bothered to read the rest of your post. You want to rip your DVDs? RipIt, Handbreak, MacTheRipper...do you want to encode to a particular format or just dump the VOB files? Do you just want to clone an image?
Handbreak can rip/encode sufficiently for my needs...
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No, it's not "just a player", see the transcoding CLI and GUI documentation.
However, VLC is more for transcoding streams. If you want to rip DVDs, you could stream a transcoded version of your DVDs to a file but it's not practical.
I recommend HandBrake for that. The best transcoding app. Both CLI and GUI. Available for OS X, Linux and even crappy ol' Windows.
I assume you'll be watching them using Battery while travelling, correct? If so, definitely just use Handbrake to convert your movies to m4v at some lower resolution and use Quicktime. I can watch 480p m4vs with Quicktime for a good 6-7 hours. However, if I start watching 720p mkvs with VLC / mplayerx, the battery is basically cut in half.
Visual distortions in VLC on my new macbook air
Has anyone else encountered visual pixelation/distortion when going into fullscreen mode with VLC? It only occurs during the resizing, after which it is fine.
Has anyone else encountered visual pixelation/distortion when going into fullscreen mode with VLC? It only occurs during the resizing, after which it is fine.
Good question. Though Windows users have another good open-source video player: Media Player Classic - Home Cinema, which takes full advantage of DxVA (like VLC).
Choose "Get Info" on the File, change the default application to open it with, then click the button "Change All".
Because VLC sucks. On Windows, you just use a codec pack and a proper video player like Media Player Classic. On OS X, you should be using something like MPlayer OS X Extended. Same for Linux really.
Actually things on the Mac side are way better than what you know from Windows. There are excellent media players able to play any format and some of them they are so light you can actually play 1080p movies on an older mac laptop. And the most important: They have all the codecs built into the application, no need to bloat your system with bad-quality s/w like windows (i.e. install tens of codecs from unreliable sources in the system=bad idea).
For example, you may start looking at the mac app store for the applications:
mplayerx
movist
The 1st one is free and I use it for just about everything. It's just one click away.
For example, you may start looking at the mac app store for the applications:
mplayerx
movist
The 1st one is free and I use it for just about everything. It's just one click away.
I don't get the rage against VLC. It's fine as a video player. That video is SUCH flame bait and aggressive it's absurd.
Your MacBook Air should be fine with VLC.
Handbrake has some nice presets to encode pre-ripped discs. I'm not sure about ripping, though.
Your MacBook Air should be fine with VLC.
Handbrake has some nice presets to encode pre-ripped discs. I'm not sure about ripping, though.
Sure it is, but it's right. Can you counter the facts ? Of course not, VLC sucks, there are better options out there. No need to use the worst video player because :
Sure and I'm just fine eating dry bread and water. Doesn't mean I don't aspire to better.
MplayerX or Mplayer OS X Extended are both superior options.