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How-To: Automating DVD & Blu-Ray (Backup, Encoding & Tagging) for Mac OS X

mrgoat said:
I have a brand new mac mini and i am getting this error now. I have checked permissions and repaired, all is well there. Occasionally, a dvd will copy but 90% of the time i get this. Also i can never rip 2 dvd's back to back.

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batchRip.sh v1.0.4

  Start: Wed Aug 11 20:32:33 EDT 2010
  TV Show Output directory: /Users/Cody/Movies/Batch Rip TV
  Movie Output directory: /Users/Cody/Movies/Batch Rip Movies
  Use only MakeMKV: No
  Encode HD Sources: No
  Growl me when complete: Yes
  Eject discs when complete: Yes
  Preferred Audio Language: English

  WILL COPY THE FOLLOWING DISCS:
    ROBOTS_43

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*Scanning DVD-ROM: ROBOTS_43 
Copying /Volumes/ROBOTS_43 
ditto: can't get real path for source
chmod: /Users/Cody/Movies/Batch Rip Movies/ROBOTS_43: No such file or directory
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It seems as though Fairmount is stalling, then i get the error, then the dvd mounts. Any clue why that happens?
 
Same issue here, (see post #212). Using an new mac mini too.
I have resorted to using MacTheRipper in the meantime to rip my DVD's to the Batch Rip Movie folder, and let the automator encoder process take over from there.
 
Fair mount will launch for me, then it stalls on starting data server.

Also why does the script create an empty folder on / for every dvd i rip?
 
mrgoat said:
Fair mount will launch for me, then it stalls on starting data server.

Also why does the script create an empty folder on / for every dvd i rip?
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Look at my other posts in this thread. I believe one of them has a fix for that folder issue.
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Edit: Found the post.

Have you launched fairmount manually once? I can't recall what happens if you don't but I do know I had to run it once manually to get it to work. Also you might try a few different discs as I've had the occasional one not copy to my hard drive with fair mount.
 
SilentPanda said:
Look at my other posts in this thread. I believe one of them has a fix for that folder issue.
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Edit: Found the post.

Have you launched fairmount manually once? I can't recall what happens if you don't but I do know I had to run it once manually to get it to work. Also you might try a few different discs as I've had the occasional one not copy to my hard drive with fair mount.
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Where are the scripts stored now? I can't seem to find them.

Yes i have launched fairmount manually. When the script fails that is how i rip the dvd. Launch FM, Drag Video TS and Audio TS (if there is one) to my batch rip folder.
 
Mac.Jedi, what a great set of scripts you've put together, thanks for the hard work!

I've run into a problem, and am wondering if someone might know how to get the batchRip.sh script and Batch Rip Dispatcher to activate for DVD+R DL type of disc, as well as DVD-ROM? I've tried to modify the batchRip.sh script to no avail, it still doesn't recognize a DVD+R DL movie in the drive. Has anyone else encountered this?

Thank you,

Mark
 
Can someone tell me if this guide still works? I plan on buying a mac mini just to do this and would hate to go through all this and this guide is not up to date. Thanks.
 
I am also getting the message.

*Scanning Folder: 'Finding Nemo (2003)'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting

I tried rename the folder to something shorter like someone suggested but didnt work. Any ideas?
 
Imsuperjp said:
I am also getting the message.

*Scanning Folder: 'Finding Nemo (2003)'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting

I tried rename the folder to something shorter like someone suggested but didnt work. Any ideas?
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Is there a VIDEO_TS folder directly inside that folder? It looks like you renamed the parent folder so figured I'd check.

Also Disney/Pixar DVD's tend to be problematic so you might want to choose a different one to start with.
 
SilentPanda said:
Is there a VIDEO_TS folder directly inside that folder? It looks like you renamed the parent folder so figured I'd check.

Also Disney/Pixar DVD's tend to be problematic so you might want to choose a different one to start with.
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Yes there is a VIDEO_TS folder diretcly inside the folder. I tried another movie and same thing.

ROCESSING: ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1

*Scanning Folder: 'ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting


PROCESSING COMPLETE: ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1
 
I'm also having identical problems with the minimum time length... I've tried looking for the encode script but I couldn't locate it on my local computer.

*Reproducibility 3/3.*

DESCRIPTION:

Attempting to rip the movie "Hot fuzz" results in the following error:

*Scanning DVD-ROM: HOT_FUZZ
No tracks on this disc are longer then the minimum track time setting

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PROCESSING COMPLETE
Disk /Volumes/HOT_FUZZ ejected
End: Tue 7 Sep 2010 12:20:00 BST
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logout

[Process completed]

when the expected result would be that the dvd should be ripped

STR:

1) run batch dispatcher service.
2) Reset and enable the service
3) Insert DVD - in this case hot fuzz.
4) force quit dvd player :) and wait for terminal script to run. Instead of the dvd being ripped the error "No tracks on this disc are longer then the minimum track time setting"

Extra:I've attached a video to detail the problem.

also I guess the needed modifications are in here somewhere (batchrip script). any ideas?



getTrackListMakeMKV() # Gets the only the tracks with in the min/max duration
{
aReturn=""
duplicateList=""

# parse track info for BD optical disc
# gets a list of tracks added by makemkv, weeds out angle2 & 3 tracks
scanTitles=`"$makemkvconPath" info disc:$deviceNum | egrep '(003036:000000:0000|003316:000000:0000 |003313:000000:0000|003317:000000:0000)' | sed 's|003316:000000:0000.* in file||g' | tr '\n' ',' | sed -e 's|title #[0-9]|&\||g' | tr '|' '\n' | sed -e 's|,|\||g' -e 's|\| |\||g' -e 's|^ ||' -e 's| |+|g' -e 's|^\|||' -e 's|\|$||' | grep -v "angle+2" | grep -v "angle+3"`
# BDresult=00000.m2ts|003313:000000:0000+File+00012.mpls+was+added+as+title+#0
# DVDresult=003036:000000:0000+Title+#0+was+added+(41+cell(s)|1:54:42)
 
Imsuperjp said:
Yes there is a VIDEO_TS folder diretcly inside the folder. I tried another movie and same thing.

ROCESSING: ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1

*Scanning Folder: 'ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting


PROCESSING COMPLETE: ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1
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Can you right click the "ATTACK_OF_THE_CLONES_D1" folder, choose "Get Info" and tell me what's in the "Spotlight Comments" box?

petergent said:
I'm also having identical problems with the minimum time length... I've tried looking for the encode script but I couldn't locate it on my local computer.

*Reproducibility 3/3.*
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The part of the script you're looking at is for Blu-Ray discs. MakeMKV *will not* work anymore for ripping with this script. Also I would recommend disabling the launch of DVD Player. That may be causing your issues.
 
I'm also getting the error that says no video files are over the minimum time limit when trying to encode Clue (1985). Spotlight comments for the folder are blank. I have the 64 bit version of handbrake and VLC and they work when I do a manual encode using handbrake. any ideas?
 
I have a problem with Fairmount. I have opened it at least once and it is opening fine on its own, and reading discs. However, the Batch Rip service does not recognize the app. I have changed the "Fairmount path" to look directly at the program. Still not recognizing it. Thanks for any direction.

Also, I am testing the service on Blu-ray discs and the service does not open after BD mount. Is this normal at this stage?

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Initializing Batch Rip…

    ERROR: FairMount.app command tool is not setup to execute
    ERROR: attempting to use tool at /Applications/FairMount.app


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batchRip.sh v1.0.4

  Start: Sun Sep 12 09:49:15 PDT 2010
  TV Show Output directory: /Users/jlandis/Movies/Batch Rip TV
  Movie Output directory: /Users/jlandis/Movies/Batch Rip Movies
  Use only MakeMKV: No
  Encode HD Sources: No
  Growl me when complete: No
  Eject discs when complete: No
  Preferred Audio Language: English

  WILL COPY THE FOLLOWING DISCS:
    I_AM_LEGEND

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*Scanning DVD-ROM: I_AM_LEGEND 
The file /Applications/FairMount/FairMount.app does not exist.
Copying /Volumes/I_AM_LEGEND
 
Hey,
I've tried your encoding script and selected SD and 720p for a 720p MKV file, but I got the same file twice, because the 720p shouldbe version was only SD. What could I've done wrong?
 
Auto encode on copy complete

I'm curious is it possible to trigger the encode process as soon as the copy process is complete? And continuing that concept through tagging and moving and adding to iTunes?

I have just followed the tutorial and I am running my first go right now but I'd like to stick the disc in and forget it until it is in iTunes and the disc ejects all without the ical events and the manual tagging.

It seems to me, as a layman who doesn't really know much about the deep inner workings of what you have so thoughtfully created here, that it should be possible no?

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to go that route?

Thanks for everything.
 
EDIT: My fault ;)

But I have an other question:

How can I choose the language which should be used. For example (I live in Germany):

I have a tv show on dvd containing german and english language. If I put the dvd into my standalone player I get german language, because its the default setting. I didn't try until yet, because I have a lot more dvds I want to encode ;), but I guess if I start the "Batch Encode Workflow" I will get movie files containing german language? How could I change it so that I'll get english language instead? Is it possible? When I use Handbrake GUI I can choose a default language in the settings and I can change it for every source under audio settings. Maybe I just have to enter a custom code in the workflow?

EDIT:

Ok I just found out, that the preferred language is english. So just in case... would it be possible to change the preferred language?
 
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