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MacTheRipper doesn't work anymore... alternative program?

MasterHowl

MasterHowl

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Hello,

I like to rip DVDs onto my Mac, but MacTheRipper doesn't work anymore, it says it's a Power PC application or something.

I'm not an expert on that sort of stuff, so I don't know what it's talking about!

Is there anything I can do about it, or will I need to find some new software to do the job? Any recommendations anyone?

Thanks!

PS: Loving Lion so far!
 
Never mind, Handbrake doesn't rip DVDs.

Edit: Apparently it does rip them... I'm all confused now :p
 
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Uh oh...I just installed Lion yesterday along with MTR, but haven't tested it yet. This isn't good...

I echo the OP's question.
 
MasterHowl said:
Hello,

I like to rip DVDs onto my Mac, but MacTheRipper doesn't work anymore, it says it's a Power PC application or something.

I'm not an expert on that sort of stuff, so I don't know what it's talking about!

Is there anything I can do about it, or will I need to find some new software to do the job? Any recommendations anyone?

Thanks!

PS: Loving Lion so far!
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Make a snow leopard partition and use it there, all alternatives are basically nil since they've all be sued into oblivion
 
Etnies419 said:
Handbrake? I haven't tried it yet with Lion, but it's another excellent ripping app.
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Wait a minute, I use HandBrake for encoding...it also rips? If anyone wants to slap me right now for not knowing this fact, go right ahead.
 
Nuckinfuts said:
Handbrake doesn't decrypt DVDs, so in essence that functionality of it is useless on any DVD you buy
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Huh. I've used Handbrake to rip encoded DVDs, I think.

Clarification: I think the OS X version does decrypt, but the Windows version does not.
 
Just using HandBreak to RIP it, never used it before to do this!

I looked at using RipIt, but it costs money and I'd prefer using the free option :)

Thanks for the replies everyone!
 
It works.

Also, consider upgrading to a newer MTR. 4 will at least start on Lion, though I haven't tried using it.
 
+1 for RipIt.

Also, HandBrake will rip a DVD if you also have VLC on your machine. HandBrake will make use of VLC's deCCS library (or something like that).
 
xraydoc said:
+1 for RipIt.

Also, HandBrake will rip a DVD if you also have VLC on your machine. HandBrake will make use of VLC's deCCS library (or something like that).
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Aha, that's it. I knew there was a complement piece.
 
Handbrake on OS X will rip and decode DVDs assuming you have VLC installed as well.

It uses VLC's decoding libraries.

Make sure both are the same bit versions (example...both 64-bit)

-Kevin
 
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