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

Brammy said:
Not being a smartass, but why not? Genuinly curious.
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Obviosuly I don't know his reasons, but from my perspective: Using handbrake to rip and transcode is fine for one title, but if you want to do it with multiple titles it's extremely inefficient. You are better ripping dvds to a dvdrip folder and then pointing handbrake to that folder to work on the hdd based decrypted video ts folders. It just means you can queue titles up overnight, or leave your computer for a while and it just gets on with it.
 
Brammy said:
Not being a smartass, but why not? Genuinly curious.
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MTR/RipIt/Fairmount:
These programs decode the DVD and output an exact copy of the DVD. The file size from these programs is the same as the size of the DVD (4-8gigs usually). These files will run the same as if playing via the DVD player (retains all menues, etc). No quality is lost.

Handbrake:
This program merely encodes a DVD into a video container. To use this program, you select the quality that you want it encoded in. This is akin to ripping a cd in MP3 or AAC format. You don't get 100% quality of the dvd. The output file will be avi/mp4/m4v for example. These files will play via apps like QT or on your iphone if you make the right settings. These files are usually around 1 gig when using the common encoding settings.

If you want full quality rips, use MTR/RipIt/Fairmount as they will retain full quality. Keep in mind you can always run Handbrake on the file outputted by MTR/RipIt/Fairmount to get the file encoded in the desired form

However, these programs are not the same and have very different purposes depending on the application desired

I personally like to rip via MTR/RipIt/Fairmount as video containers change over time and if you do not have the source file, you would need to start from scratch so to speak
 
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That sucks.

This is partially why I still keep my PC around in addition to the Mac. It's convenient and I love to rip and burn DVDs with programs like DVD Shrink and IMG Burn.
 
Ok, that makes sense, thanks.

I usually use Handbrake to rip the file to get into iTunes.
 
Mac The Ripper no longer works if you change from Snow Leopard to Lion. It worked great in Leopard and Snow Leopard. Upgraded to Lion overnight and Mac The Ripper I used only yesterday with perfection.
 
MTR 4.0 works in lion...ive been running the GM release of lion before yesterday and was able to use and now have the retail and also am able to use MTR 4.0 so i would go and reinstall if i was you
 
Another +1 for RipIt. A very nice piece of software. Insert DVD, choose Rip if you want a full-quality DVD image that plays just like the physical disk, or Compress if you want a smaller version to watch on an iPad.
 
Mac DVD Ripper Pro is very good and is my primary ripper. I also have RipIt which is pretty good too. MDRP is often discounted to around $5 and has been worth it for me. It seems well supported and is updated frequently. Nothing bad to say about RipIt, but it does have less options.
 
Handbrake works GREAT. I've ripped many tv shows and movies on dvd that i own, trust me, it works.

im not sure why or what handbrake uses from it, but all you have to do is have VLC on your mac, and you can rip dvds with handbrake...i think it has to be the 64bit version of VLC too btw, and handbrake
 
You can ignore the thread I just started about this before seeing this one.

There seems to be some confusion here. There are three version of MacTheRipper (MTR).

2.6.6 was the free version. Isn't around anymore.
3.0 R14m was the most universally used version, but wasn't exactly free. But it handled almost all DVDs.
4.x is the newest version. I'm on 3.0 R14m so I don't know if it is 4.0 or 4.what but I was under the impression that while completely functional it might still be a bit of a beta, but that most users didn't need it.

If I need to get 4 for Lion I will. Since I am upgrading my Mac to a newer machine, and upgrading my current Mac to Lion, I will actually have to remove MTR from my Mac, and send a request to the developer to get a license for MTR 3.0 R14m on my new machine. Each license is hardware specific and it is a single hardware license.

Is anyone running 3.0 R14m on Lion or does only 4 work?
 
roland.g said:
You can ignore the thread I just started about this before seeing this one.

There seems to be some confusion here. There are three version of MacTheRipper (MTR).

2.6.6 was the free version. Isn't around anymore.
3.0 R14m was the most universally used version, but wasn't exactly free. But it handled almost all DVDs.
4.x is the newest version. I'm on 3.0 R14m so I don't know if it is 4.0 or 4.what but I was under the impression that while completely functional it might still be a bit of a beta, but that most users didn't need it.

If I need to get 4 for Lion I will. Since I am upgrading my Mac to a newer machine, and upgrading my current Mac to Lion, I will actually have to remove MTR from my Mac, and send a request to the developer to get a license for MTR 3.0 R14m on my new machine. Each license is hardware specific and it is a single hardware license.

Is anyone running 3.0 R14m on Lion or does only 4 work?
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I just download 3.0 R14i and it seems to be working ok with Lion. Didn't know there was a M version too. Is it better?
 
MacRum2011 said:
I just download 3.0 R14i and it seems to be working ok with Lion. Didn't know there was a M version too. Is it better?
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Not sure where you got i from. I've had M for years and had to procure it through RipDifferent and the license process there. But it was well worth it. The differences between various versions labeled like that were small. More to do with working with specific titles I believe and some minor extraction tweeks, etc. However, that is one of my concerns with Lion is that MTR may or may not work. Especially in my case as I explained, I will be on a brand new Mac and installing all my apps from scratch. MTR is one of the more difficult because there are two pieces to the installation and the license layer on top of that.
 
roland.g said:
Not sure where you got i from. I've had M for years and had to procure it through RipDifferent and the license process there. But it was well worth it. The differences between various versions labeled like that were small. More to do with working with specific titles I believe and some minor extraction tweeks, etc. However, that is one of my concerns with Lion is that MTR may or may not work. Especially in my case as I explained, I will be on a brand new Mac and installing all my apps from scratch. MTR is one of the more difficult because there are two pieces to the installation and the license layer on top of that.
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I installed 3.0 R14i from the .dmg file it doesn't require a license, it is a free one, probably the last, I downloaded a 3.0 R14m for curiosity but it asks for a license.
 
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