Can't rip...

[Philly]

Hi Guys,

I am currently making a reel for my girlfriend of all her footage from jobs and shows she's done (she's a dancer).
The footage from her more prestigious jobs has to be ripped from DVD's and so far i was doing ok. But I have come up against a DVD which I just cannot rip. I have tried;

Handbrake
Mac The Ripper
Fairmount
DVD2OneX2

It just won't rip.

Can anybody suggest anything a little "stronger"...?

Failing that, is it the case that DVD's have different protection depending on which country they originate from?

Thank you for any help,

Philly

 

[rpaloalto]

You might want to try ripit
http://ripitapp.com/

The out put from ripit is actually a media file not a video_ts folder.
You have to right click or control click, and chose show package contents. To retrieve the video_ts folder

What kind of dvd's are they. Only commercial movies like from major studios use copy protection.

 

[Philly]

Thank you very much for your reply. I will try your suggestion tonight.

It's a Madonna DVD, on a Warner label. I've had trouble before with commercial DVD's but this is hands down the worst yet.

I will let you know how I get on.

Regards,

Philly

 

[Philly]

Ok, well that seemed to have less luck than all the rest. RipIt seems to think the DVD is dirty or scratched. The disk is spotless and plays fine so I assume RipIt just can't read it...

What do you think?

 

[huntercr]

Ok, well that seemed to have less luck than all the rest. RipIt seems to think the DVD is dirty or scratched. The disk is spotless and plays fine so I assume RipIt just can't read it...

What do you think?

This might sound like a strange question, but
you've verified that you can play the DVD just fine in the Mac, right?

 

[Philly]

Well thats actually a good point. I can't recall whether i have played it on the computer I am trying to burn it on (and i'm away from home at the moment). I do know for sure that it plays perfectly well on my DVD player though.
I may or may not have played it on my G4. I just can't remember so I will try it the moment I get back. I can be sure that it does play DVD's without any problem though, and also successfully ripped footage of her (my girlfriend) from another commercial DVD just a couple of days ago.

 

[Philly]

Well it's been a while since I started this but I had to go away with work so, sorry for the late reply.

I think I have solved my problem. It would seem that it was a region issue. My girlfriends mac is American and set to region 1 whereas mine is set to 2. The DVD is region 1. I hadn't thought it made any difference when trying to rip a DVD, but it seems it does. It ripped from hers with no problems. ...so there you go, I learned something new, if not very simple.

I feel a bit of an idiot, but I felt I should still post my result. And thank you for any help.

It ripped fine with Mac The Ripper and then Mpeg Stremclip.

Thank you.