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

silncer said:
can someone please tell me the reason you Rip the DVD 1st to a folder and then encode? why not just encode and skip the whole ripping process? i'm sure once someone gives the answer it will be come obvious to me . . .

thx.
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Since it takes less time to rip a DVD than to encode one, you can rip many dvds back to back, and then start your encode process to run overnight or when you're away from your computer for a long time. If you only need to rip a single dvd, than doing it the way you mentioned works fine.
 
Got it...

i kind of figured that was the situation but was wondering if i was missing something. i just used Automator with the Rip Script and after overcoming all the minor errors i got it to work. the 1st disc burned was The Rock, Criterion Collection. everything went along fine and then at the end i got this message in the Terminal window:



ROCESSING COMPLETE
2010-04-27 14:53:55.933 osascript[20422:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
End: Tue Apr 27 14:54:00 MST 2010
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2010-04-27 14:54:00.857 osascript[20451:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
logout

[Process completed]


can someone explain what this means and how i fix it/make sure it doesn 't happen again? does it mean my copy is no good or that i shouldn't use it ?

thx.
 
Did it output a video file? When I use the batch scripts I get all kinds of errors in the terminal window, but the video file that is created still works.

So far I've converted over 100 DVDs to digital, and for about a dozen of them I ran into problems that these scripts couldn't handle. These were namely foreign DVDs (often choses the wrong audio track or subtitles), or dvds that used additional security measures to prevent them from being ripped (I'm looking at you, Pixar). For these discs, I used MacTheRipper, and then encoded the resulting rip with the GUI version of handbrake.


If your situation is not resulting in any video file at all, then I don't know how to help you =\. I'm not as smart as most of the people here...
 
Don't worry about those errors. A while back I looked into them and found out they don't have any adverse effects... then promptly forgot why they were there. :)
 
Add TV Tags - special episodes

Increasingly I find many TV seasons have 'Special' next to them instead of a episode number in thetvdb.com. I'm not able to tag them automatically using the tools described in this thread. Any plans to add this feature?
 
Fairmount Error

I am getting the below error but I have Fairmount installed. Any ideas?

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

Thanks in advance
 
1Publican said:
I am getting the below error but I have Fairmount installed. Any ideas?

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

Thanks in advance
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Have you tried launching FairMount directly 1 time? Most apps warn you that they were downloaded the first time you run them and I think I had an issue with that the first time I tried this process.

Nabby
 
Ripping Error: No Such File or Directory

Hi, I am experiencing an error message during the ripping process.
(also posted in this thread once by someone else, but not answered)

Scanning DVD-ROM: DVD_VIDEO
Copying /Volumes/DVD_VIDEO
ditto: can't get real path for source
chmod: /Users/Murdoch/Media Conversion/Batch Rip Movies/DVD_VIDEO: No such file or directory


I find resetting the batch rip dispatcher resolves this issue sometimes, but not all of the time. Sometimes I have to reboot, reset and then the disc will rip.
Does anyone have any thoughts or advice?

- All DVD's are real, and I am copying them to create a HTPC on my mid 2010 mac mini. The details below are taken from the disc 'Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within' - not that it really makes a difference.

Full terminal text below.

Last login: Sat Jul 17 14:24:29 on ttys000
/tmp/batchRipTmp.sh ; exit;
study:~ Murdoch$ /tmp/batchRipTmp.sh ; exit;

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batchRip.sh v1.0.4

Start: Sat 17 Jul 2010 15:27:09 EST
TV Show Output directory: /Users/Murdoch/Media Conversion/Batch Rip TV
Movie Output directory: /Users/Murdoch/Media Conversion/Batch Rip Movies
Use only MakeMKV: No
Encode HD Sources: Yes
Growl me when complete: Yes
Eject discs when complete: Yes
Preferred Audio Language: English

WILL COPY THE FOLLOWING DISCS:
DVD_VIDEO

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*Scanning DVD-ROM: DVD_VIDEO
Copying /Volumes/DVD_VIDEO
ditto: can't get real path for source
chmod: /Users/Murdoch/Media Conversion/Batch Rip Movies/DVD_VIDEO: No such file or directory

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PROCESSING COMPLETE
Disk /Volumes/DVD_VIDEO ejected
End: Sat 17 Jul 2010 15:28:05 EST
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logout

[Process completed]



Thanks in advance to anyone with any thoughts.

Cheers
Steven
 
Hi, when using the Add Tags service, for either TV shows or movies I have recently been getting the error that "artwork failed integrity test". This is on a couple different Macs, so now no artwork is getting saved to the media files. Wondering if this is a known issue, or if their might be a fix somehow.

Thanks.
 
crow said:
Hi, when using the Add Tags service, for either TV shows or movies I have recently been getting the error that "artwork failed integrity test". This is on a couple different Macs, so now no artwork is getting saved to the media files. Wondering if this is a known issue, or if their might be a fix somehow.

Thanks.
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Having the same issue...
 
TheMovieDB.org changed their API a bit back. Not sure about TV Shows but they may have also.

It's probably just a matter of updating some URL's in the scripts.
 
Strange Error

Mac.Jedi - First off, many many MANY thanks for this! I haven't been a mac user for very long but love them already!!

I've gone through your tutorial following everything to the T. Worked through a couple of my own issues that others may have had. But now, Im running into a similar problem William originally had with Terminal saying:


*Scanning Folder: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (2005)'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting


However, unlike him, Im running the correct version of handbrake ( I have a 64bit version and running OSX 10.6.4

I would appear terminal is saying something is wrong with Adobe?? Not quite sure, don't have a strong computer language background.

Here is the Terminal Log (and yes, copying movies for my kids lol) - Thanks for your continued help!!


Last login: Sat Jul 24 08:54:48 on ttys000
/tmp/batchEncodeTmp.sh ; exit;
iMacMike:~ chris$ /tmp/batchEncodeTmp.sh ; exit;
2010-07-24 09:09:46.845 osascript[93940:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: mach-o, but wrong architecture
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
2010-07-24 09:09:47.045 osascript[93941:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: mach-o, but wrong architecture
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.

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batchEncode.sh v1.0.4

Start: Sat Jul 24 09:09:47 EEST 2010
Input directory 1: /Users/chris/Movies/Batch Rip Movies
Input directory 2: /Users/chris/Movies/Batch Rip TV
Output directory: /Users/chris/Movies
Use optical Drive: No
Encode HD Sources: Yes
Auto-add movie tags: Yes
Retire Existing File: Yes
Growl me when complete: No
Use tsMuxer: No
Encode TV Shows between: 20-120 mins
Encode Movies between: 80-120 mins
Preferred Audio Language: English
Will Encode: SD/DVD, CUSTOM, 720p

WILL PROCESS THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS:
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (2005) : (Movie)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) : (Movie)

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PROCESSING: Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (2005)

*Scanning Folder: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (2005)'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting


PROCESSING COMPLETE: Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (2005)
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2010-07-24 09:09:47.622 osascript[94117:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: mach-o, but wrong architecture
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
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PROCESSING: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

*Scanning Folder: 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)'
No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting


PROCESSING COMPLETE: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
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2010-07-24 09:09:47.777 osascript[94151:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: mach-o, but wrong architecture
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
End: Sat Jul 24 09:09:49 EEST 2010
2010-07-24 09:09:49.928 osascript[94158:903] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: mach-o, but wrong architecture
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
logout

[Process completed]
 
Are you attempting to encode blu-ray? Blu-ray is broken. MakeMKV changed their info output and last time I checked there wasn't an easy way to fix it. It should still work with DVD's just fine though.
 
Are you attempting to encode blu-ray? Blu-ray is broken. MakeMKV changed their info output and last time I checked there wasn't an easy way to fix it. It should still work with DVD's just fine though.
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Hi - If you were replying to me, no, just standard DVD format. Is there any other info I can provide you with to assist with this problem?
 
I'm heading to bed but you might look through some of my prior posts in this thread as I've fixed a few issues with the code. I can't remember if any of them would affect DVD's though.
 
awesome workflow, need a little help though

first off, I want to say what an awesome workflow compilation. I love automator and love what you've done with this. I have a few things that are preventing me from being able to use this as a stand-alone solution to encoding/tagging my entier collection: theres a few show titles that I can't get to tag and use the search engine correctly. What I have trouble with are getting things like CSI: Miami, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and strangely The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. I check thetvdb.com first before I assume its a database error, but I can't get those to tag right. If theres any ideas or a way to manually select the page that is the show (which might improve the workflow even more than its already at, like maybe a prompt for thetvdb cannot find the metadata you wish to use, would you like to manually give us a URL for the Show you wish to tag?). Anyway, would love help on this. I think the issue with the tonight show w/Conan is it goes into the 100s on episodes per season, I'm not 100% sure though.

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - S01E122
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - S01E146

thats how I set them up. I can't even do that with Law & Order: Criminal Intent because of the ":" is there a replacement character that the finder won't get angry at to be able to mimic it? Once again, great workflow Mac.Jedi, I look forward to hearing what you have to say about my tagging problem.


Also, is there a way to add additional databases to search for episode summaries and such? TV.com is the one I had in mind, but I'm guessing that doesn't work to get descriptions since its not a copy and paste box. Just an idea (since there are multiple suggestions, though just one website).

Love your workflow man, keep it up

-JD
 
First, thanks for the ton of work youve put into this, it looks great.

Now, I am stuck at this step:

Launch Automator and open the "Batch Rip • Batch Rip (Service).workflow" file located in ~/Library/Automator.

When I go to open "Batch Rip + Batch Rip (Service).workflow" it is greyed out. Any ideas? Thanks
 
Customization ...

Hi,

First, I'd like to say many thanks to Mac.Jedi for his script.

One question : I'd like to use this "Batch Encode.action" script to encode my DVDs with all subtitles and languages (setting french as preffered language if possible).

The easiest way seems to consider DVD as if they were BlueRay discs because, if I do understand, BD are encoded in MKV containers keeping all that data.

How can I patch the script in this way ?

Best regards
 
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.

PHP: 
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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
 
Strange Error

to c.s.philli:

re: No tracks on this DVD are longer then the minimum track time setting

I had the same issue on a couple of movies. Try shortening the title to one or two words. Change it back when the encoding finishes.
 
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