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geezerbuttz said:I will be a bit quiet for the next few weeks. Dont worry still around , will answer mail etc , just going to be busy in code land!
Okay, I'll play devil's advocate here. Has anyone tried Fast DVD Copy ? Yes, I realise it's a pay for product and MTR is free, but I suppose it's the fact that he sells it allows him to develop it.
Interestingly, the movie studios are in the process of aknowledging there are relevant uses for movies other than putting the original disc in a player and pressing 'play' but only for HD discs. Blu-ray and HD-DVD will allow "managed copys" of the original discs for home servers and mobile devices. Problem 1: they'll probably charge you extra for these copys you make of your own disc. Problem 2: DVDs are left out in the cold, still no "legal" (according to the MPAA's definition) copys possible whatsoever. Original disc damaged buy another one. No thanks.
I made a rip of Da Vinci Code with MTR version 2.6.6 and watched the entire thing. It didn't have a problem. Not sure what you guys are talking about.
Can you still dontate? I'd be all about it.
Hey, yet again, another one of so many instances where the windows folks have it better... so many more options, and better options for ripping dvds... the best on mac is mtr, but it's not as good as what the windows guys have... so sad, the mac platform loses again...
I just had a legally purchased movie DVD die on me due to some scratches, and since I didn't have a backup (LIKE I DO WITH ALL MY CDs!!!), I'm SOL... only thing I can do is buy the movie again... really sux that I'm not allowed to rip movie DVDs I purchased and fully paid for... I've had it. From now on, I'm starting to think I should back up all the legal DVDs I own... hmm, maybe it's worth buying a windows laptop just to do this, since it's apparently a huge hassle on a mac...
Here's to hoping the new mtr is better than anything in windows land... but I'm not holding my breath...
Couple updates for you. Fair Use is enshrined in law, plus court precedent. I want to say Title 17, but that's just from memory and I don't feel like searching right now, so I can't guarantee that's right. Also, there is the DMCA from 1997 or so that supercedes Fair Use in a way. It is actually illegal to even backup DVDs that you have purchased because of the "not subverting copy protection" clauses in the recent legislation. Really pisses some people off. CDs are not the same, what you described above is true for CD, but not for DVD.I'm just going to step in to remind people that the reason DVD's have copy protection is that it is still illegal to copy DVD's under many countries Copyright Laws.
The Fair Use doctrine in the USA permits the copying of personally owned media to other storage, but inevitably MTR will be used by more unscrupulous types to offer copyright material for download in contravention to the Copyright Law in the US.
Fair Use is not (as far as I know) actually enshrined in law, but has been upheld in court cases in the US.
I've got several new DVDs (pirates 2, Narnia) that all have the same "problem." They have "bad sectors." I have not yet burned them, but when I play the video TS folder in VLC, There is something wrong with the very beginning of the movie, and it stops playing. If I start five seconds in, it's fine. I don't get it. Can MTR fix this, or is it something I did?
i admit i use mtr sometimes (ripping my dvds for trips). i would probably get flamed for this, but, i would love to help but not financially, because it is not possible at the moment.
if there is another way to help out, (testing maybe?) i would love to know how.
I'm just going to step in to remind people that the reason DVD's have copy protection is that it is still illegal to copy DVD's under many countries Copyright Laws.
The Fair Use doctrine in the USA permits the copying of personally owned media to other storage, but inevitably MTR will be used by more unscrupulous types to offer copyright material for download in contravention to the Copyright Law in the US.
Fair Use is not (as far as I know) actually enshrined in law, but has been upheld in court cases in the US.
MacRumors will not support illegal activities and condemns piracy in all forms (including Maritime...).
So, whilst this thread is allowable under the rules of the forums, specific talk of how to circumvent DRM systems for gain will be removed.
I've used MTR on occasion to re-edit material on DVD and prepare video for lectures and I think it's continued development is a good thing for those of us with morals, however the reality is that not everyone is so principled. (You know who you are...).
I've got several new DVDs (pirates 2, Narnia) that all have the same "problem." They have "bad sectors." I have not yet burned them, but when I play the video TS folder in VLC, There is something wrong with the very beginning of the movie, and it stops playing. If I start five seconds in, it's fine. I don't get it. Can MTR fix this, or is it something I did?