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Best DVD Ripper For Mac?

Project-79

Project-79

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I used DVD Decrypter on my PC, but now that I have a Mac, it doesn't work on Macs. I downloaded Mac The Ripper, but what used to take 5 minutes to rip a DVD, now take a half an hour.

Anyone know what the problem may be?

Thanks!

Pro-79
 
You want to just break the CSS and image it to your hard drive (what DVD Decrypter does), or actually transcode it? Transcoding takes WAYY more time, FYI.
 
bryan1884 said:
wrong section but ill go ahead and let you know that the best one out for macs is called ripit. It rips ALL dvds with only clicking one button to do so and stores them in your movies folder. Also you dont have different iso files all over the place because it saves each movie as one file audio and all. They are also playable through forntrow and dvd player. Now for the bad part, its around 18 bucks but there is also a free trial.
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I tried RipIt last night and, although simple to use, it took as long as MTR (about 20-30m) and has no options other than the save directory. And it saves to a folder (bundle) that looks like one file. At least it didn't crash on me like MTR is prone to do (luckily after the rip is complete in my case).
 
Project-79 said:
I used DVD Decrypter on my PC, but now that I have a Mac, it doesn't work on Macs. I downloaded Mac The Ripper, but what used to take 5 minutes to rip a DVD, now take a half an hour.

Anyone know what the problem may be?

Thanks!

Pro-79
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I also wish that there was something that worked faster. I so far have used MTR (old free version) and RipIt demo. Both take 20-30m per DVD.
 
Nipz said:
I use HandBrake... works really nicely for what i need it for. www.HandBrake.fr have a look and see what you think! o and its free :)
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I use Handbrake to encode for :apple:TV, but not to rip. It can do both (the new one can't do DeCSS unless you have VLC installed), but then you lose the queueing capability. I like to rip several DVD's and then queue them up in Handbrake to run during the night.
 
Nipz said:
I use HandBrake... works really nicely for what i need it for. www.HandBrake.fr have a look and see what you think! o and its free :)
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I've tried, but most DVDs have security on them, which doesn't in HandBrake.

Oh (and for the post above), and all I want is to copy the DVD to the hard drive (I let HandBrake convert the movies).

Thanks!

Pro-79
 
danny_w said:
I use Handbrake to encode for :apple:TV, but not to rip. It can do both (the new one can't do DeCSS unless you have VLC installed), but then you lose the queueing capability. I like to rip several DVD's and then queue them up in Handbrake to run during the night.
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That's exactly what I do! But, now it takes longer to rip than convert. It used to take 5-10 minutes to rip, and 45 minutes per episode (~22 minutes, roughly 5 per disc) to convert. Now it takes 30 to rip, and 10 minutes per episode to convert.

Pro-79
 
Look into something called RipLock which might be limiting the speed with which you can rip.
 
Ahahaha!!! MTR keeps crashing on me when I insert the 2nd disc of The Simpsons 11th Season! Every other disc works, but this one doesn't work. Anyone know any tricks to get it to work (I've tried it on my brothers Mac, cleaning it, washing it).

Thanks!

Pro-79
 
Just a question, is using/owning a ripping program Illegal? Or is it legal as long as you don't make illegal copies of the DVD?
 
Empyre said:
Just a question, is using/owning a ripping program Illegal? Or is it legal as long as you don't make illegal copies of the DVD?
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As far as I know, as long as I own the DVD, it is legal to rip it to a computer.

Pro-79
 
I use Mac The Ripper.
I also remember reading that it is legal as long as it is your content (CD, DVD, etc), you have the right to back it up.
 
I use Mac the Ripper to copy the DVD to my hdd then I run Handbrake to convert it to MP4. :) The Simpsons takes at least 30gb per season so watch out. I need to convert mine, mines takeing up way too much space.
 
OrangeSVTguy said:
I use Mac the Ripper to copy the DVD to my hdd then I run Handbrake to convert it to MP4. :) The Simpsons takes at least 30gb per season so watch out. I need to convert mine, mines takeing up way too much space.
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That's exactly what I'm doing, but the one disk isn't working.

Oh well, I'm going to try the disk on a friends PC later today.

Pro-79
 
Project-79 said:
Ahahaha!!! MTR keeps crashing on me when I insert the 2nd disc of The Simpsons 11th Season! Every other disc works, but this one doesn't work. Anyone know any tricks to get it to work (I've tried it on my brothers Mac, cleaning it, washing it).

Thanks!

Pro-79
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Try handbrake there are some things some programs cant do like i tried ripping Click and handbrake crashed.
 
Project-79 said:
That's exactly what I'm doing, but the one disk isn't working.

Oh well, I'm going to try the disk on a friends PC later today.

Pro-79
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i had the same problems on season 10. never got it to work. i even tried using 1click on windows and had issues.
 
pavelbure said:
i had the same problems on season 10. never got it to work. i even tried using 1click on windows and had issues.
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Hey! I fixed it!

Try this: go to opinions in MTR; turn off the feature that calculates the size of the disc when inserted. MTR has worked beatifully since I turned it off.

Pro-79
 
Project-79 said:
Hey! I fixed it!

Try this: go to opinions in MTR; turn off the feature that calculates the size of the disc when inserted. MTR has worked beatifully since I turned it off.

Pro-79
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thanks. it worked. i shall try to do all of it later.
 
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