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Best DVD ripper?

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California King said:
I know some DVDs have some kind of copy protection on it and I was wondering if there is a program that will take care of any copy protection a DVD has. I currently use MacTheRipper, but I'm not sure if that program covers all copy protection types.

Thanks. :)
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DVD Fab is great. Initial purchase followed by cheap yearly subscription.
 
I'm still undecided about which software.I want to be able to convert dvds which are mostly not copyrighted to avis but I also want to be able to select and rip the subtitle on the dvd.any suggestions?
 
Handbrake can no detect the volume. and can't compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
 
Handbrake and MacTheRipper do not untimately achieve the same goal. Handbrake re-encodes the media causing a loss in quality. MacTheRipper does not re-encode the media so no quality is lost.
 
Try the dvdfab Mac beta. It has worked well for me with dvd2oneX, I was using the DVDfab beta to decrypt the disc to the hard drive, them dvd2onex to remaster, finally toast to burn.

The latest beta now has a burning engine, so it should be a one stop solution.

Oh, and while the program is in beta, it is totally free. You can download it from the dvdfab Mac forum on their web site.

http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=14716
 
I use RipIt to rip them, and Hand Brake to Encode them, so far I have tried many other apps and this seems to work the best. RipIt also rips into one file that can be played on any Mac using the DVD Player, which I thought was neat since Mac The Ripper rips folders and files and does not play unless you have VLC.
 
benard said:
Handbrake can no detect the volume. and can't compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
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I run Handbrake 0.9.5 on OS X 10.7.2 every day. No problem. The only DVD I have had trouble with was Lord of the Rings, Return of the King extended edition. The audio kept getting out of sync after chapter 6 on both the extended and theatrical versions of the 2-sided DVD. I picked up the theatrical edition for 4 bucks, was delighted to find it was one-sided and ripped it with no problem.
 
r0k said:
I run Handbrake 0.9.5 on OS X 10.7.2 every day. No problem. The only DVD I have had trouble with was Lord of the Rings, Return of the King extended edition. The audio kept getting out of sync after chapter 6 on both the extended and theatrical versions of the 2-sided DVD. I picked up the theatrical edition for 4 bucks, was delighted to find it was one-sided and ripped it with no problem.
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Good to know. I went ahead and re-installed Handbrake and that seems to work, but after Ripping two DVDs still tells me PowerPC programs are not supported...
 
macdlena said:
Good to know. I went ahead and re-installed Handbrake and that seems to work, but after Ripping two DVDs still tells me PowerPC programs are not supported...
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I'm confused. You say handbrake seems to work. You say handbrake rips two dvds. This means the program loads and runs. So how can you be seeing some error that powerpc programs are not supported? Can you elaborate more on what is going on? Do you see the ppc warning only during rips? After rips? When you try to launch handbrake? Perhaps handbrake is calling some old PPC app you have lying around that needs updating. For instance, several rippers rely on VLC. I found that despite the fact I had VLC installed and working, one of the rippers I tried insisted I download something from VLC before it could rip.
 
macdlena said:
Good to know. I went ahead and re-installed Handbrake and that seems to work, but after Ripping two DVDs still tells me PowerPC programs are not supported...
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Handbrake can be difficult to use, but it's free. The more expensive products can be easier to use. If you run into problems, look at commercial products. Time is money. :cool:
 
First time using Handbrake and I must say it did a good job and combined with my iMac's i7 2.93GHz CPU, it ripped a home-made DVD of mine that I filmed back in 2008 really fast.

Quality looks just as good as what the camera filmed too. Plus its the first app that has ever fully maxed out all 8 cores of this i7 beast!

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Best DVD ripper?

For common DVD, i think hanbrake can meet your needs. But to copyright protected DVD, you may have to pay for it.
 
I use total media converter pro and it's fairly hit and miss if I am honest. to boot streaming via apple TV doesn't always work instantly whilst anything you buy from iTunes does.
 
Philipppa said:
For common DVD, i think hanbrake can meet your needs. But to copyright protected DVD, you may have to pay for it.
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1st Hanbrake (it is free and works most of the time)
2nd Mac the ripper (it is free and it extract commercial DVD movies to your hard drive, minus all the copy protection and region controls put in place by DVD publishers.)

Note: Mac The Ripper is no longer works on Mac Lion, because Mactheripper requires Rosetta to work while Lion dropped Rosetta support.
For Lion systom, there's also a simple solution when google "mac the ripper lion", but it's not free for Doremisoft Mac The Ripper Lion
 
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freedoor1 said:
1st Hanbrake (it is free and works most of the time)
2nd Mac the ripper (it is free and it extract commercial DVD movies to your hard drive, minus all the copy protection and region controls put in place by DVD publishers.)

Note: Mac The Ripper is no longer works on Mac Lion, because Mactheripper requires Rosetta to work while Lion dropped Rosetta support.
For Lion systom, there's also a simple solution when google "mac the ripper lion", but it's not free for iSkysoft Mac The Ripper Lion
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MTR just rips the DVD to your hard drive. Handbrake encodes it to compress it into a different format. Handbrake can also rip thanks to VLC that has to also be installed, but MTR is much faster.
 
iisforiphone said:
Handbrake works about 99.99% of the time for me...as long as you also have VLC player installed you should have no issues with copyright disks
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I generally archive my Blu-ray without compression. However, I do use Handbrake and it's worked fantastically for me.
 
California King said:
I know some DVDs have some kind of copy protection on it and I was wondering if there is a program that will take care of any copy protection a DVD has. I currently use MacTheRipper, but I'm not sure if that program covers all copy protection types.

Thanks. :)
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This question has been asked and answered in dozens of threads, easily found by searching the forum.
 
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