Ok I am new here, so there may be an answer to this already, but I just want to make it a little more specific to make sure my question is answered. My family just got a Blu-Ray player not that long ago. That being the case, we have started renting/buying movies in Blu-Ray instead of DVD. I would still like to be able to rip them for my iPod. The computer I will be using is an iMac that is 2 or 3 years old and it runs Mac OS X Tiger. Is there a program that can rip Blu-Ray discs to iPod format that does not require a new drive for Blu-Ray discs?
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Blu-Ray ripper?
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OS X can't play Blu-ray movies and can't write to Blu-ray disks by default. There are no programs for OS X to remove HDCP from movies, so you would have to boot in to Windows on your Mac and use AnyDVD HD to do Blu-ray rips.
Oh, and you KIND OF need a new drive. It's an entirely different laser format. Blue lasers... get an external drive for cheap.
Oh, and you KIND OF need a new drive. It's an entirely different laser format. Blue lasers... get an external drive for cheap.
The simple answer is no.
You're iMac cannot read Blu-Ray so you will need an external Blu-Ray drive. And I do not know of any programs that can rip Blu-Ray discs for the Mac anyway. When Steve Jobs referred to Blu-Ray as a "bag of hurt" he was right because removing the copy protection and then compressing 25GB is going to be hard to do and take forever.
You're iMac cannot read Blu-Ray so you will need an external Blu-Ray drive. And I do not know of any programs that can rip Blu-Ray discs for the Mac anyway. When Steve Jobs referred to Blu-Ray as a "bag of hurt" he was right because removing the copy protection and then compressing 25GB is going to be hard to do and take forever.
makemkv is a program that will rip a blu ray movie into an mkv file, that can then be converted using handbrake. there is a thread on how to do everything
Blu-ray Ripper
As far as I know, there are two methods to satisfy your needs.
The first one:
You can take Tallest Skill's suggestion to consideration, which is right. At first, make sure you have an external blu-ray drive, then run Boot Camp to decrypt blu-ray disc movies with AnyDVD.
The second one:
With the development of technology, there are some Blu-ray Ripper for Mac programs. So you can rip your blu-ray discs directly on Mac.
If the information I give above is some kind of wrong, I will change it tomorrow.
As far as I know, there are two methods to satisfy your needs.
The first one:
You can take Tallest Skill's suggestion to consideration, which is right. At first, make sure you have an external blu-ray drive, then run Boot Camp to decrypt blu-ray disc movies with AnyDVD.
The second one:
With the development of technology, there are some Blu-ray Ripper for Mac programs. So you can rip your blu-ray discs directly on Mac.
If the information I give above is some kind of wrong, I will change it tomorrow.
Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac
Well, I have learnt that bluray disc has adopted new encrpytion techniques with up to mkb v17 from here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1392144#post1392144
Is it true?
Well, I have learnt that bluray disc has adopted new encrpytion techniques with up to mkb v17 from here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1392144#post1392144
Is it true?
Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac
if so, I am afraid maybe there are a few bluray ripper mac programs can rip bluray discs such as Avater.
AnyDVD HD? MakeMKV? Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac? DVDFab?
Which is the best and can really support bluray disc movies with MKB V17 support?
if so, I am afraid maybe there are a few bluray ripper mac programs can rip bluray discs such as Avater.
AnyDVD HD? MakeMKV? Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac? DVDFab?
Which is the best and can really support bluray disc movies with MKB V17 support?
Avatar has newer copy protection and any program that worked in the past is likely to need an update to get it to work.
Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac
What you said is true.
I have learnt that AnyDVD HD has upgraded to V6.6.3.4 to support Avater from Slysoft's official forum: http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=39720
Maybe soon there will be other programs upgrade to support it.
What you said is true.
I have learnt that AnyDVD HD has upgraded to V6.6.3.4 to support Avater from Slysoft's official forum: http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=39720
Maybe soon there will be other programs upgrade to support it.
AnyDVD forums say 6.6.4.2 is required to rip Avatar. I'll try ripping my copy tonight and post back.
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From Pavtube's official website I learnt that Pavtube Bluray Ripper Mac had support Avater for a long time:
Just got information from the product's reviews here:
http://www.pavtube.com/blu-ray-ripper-mac/#reviews
From Pavtube's official website I learnt that Pavtube Bluray Ripper Mac had support Avater for a long time:
Just got information from the product's reviews here:
http://www.pavtube.com/blu-ray-ripper-mac/#reviews
I've never had any luck with Pavtube - it crashes or freezes or just won't open most of the discs that I have. I'm sticking with Make MKV. It ripped Avatar just fine once the keys were decrypted (which was many months ago now).
