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Ripping DVDs with Lion
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If you are "transcoding" your DVD to iPod/iPad then Handbrake with VLC installed is the best solution.
If you need to "rip" your DVD; that is, make a full MPEG-2 copy of the DVD's hierarchy to your hard disk and/or make a duplicate DVD disc copy, I use the AnyDVD/CloneDVD combo available to me in Windows XP using Parallels 7.
Maybe "Rip" can't = "Copy", And AnyDVD and CloneDVD software is only available for Windows, is there a substitute for Mac that works just as well? And for me, I'd rather not have to buy a copy of Windows just to run this one software package -- unless I discover other things I'll need to run in Windows!
1. If you do not need the DVD in MPEG-2/VOD format, using Handbrake with VideoLan Player (VLC) located in the Applications folder, will copy the DVD and/or extras and transcode it to various available formats.
2. If you do need it in MPEG-2/VOD format, I continue to recommend the combination of AnyDVD & CloneDVD. This is a commercially available utility that is constantly updated by the publisher to meet all new techniques that are thrown in its path.
The disadvantage of this approach is that you need to run it in Windows. I continue to install a copy of Windows XP that I have owned since my days of running VirtualPC on my PowerMacs years ago and these programs continue to work fine!
2. If you do need it in MPEG-2/VOD format, I continue to recommend the combination of AnyDVD & CloneDVD. This is a commercially available utility that is constantly updated by the publisher to meet all new techniques that are thrown in its path.
The disadvantage of this approach is that you need to run it in Windows. I continue to install a copy of Windows XP that I have owned since my days of running VirtualPC on my PowerMacs years ago and these programs continue to work fine!
Is Windows XP that expensive on eBay these days?
UPDATE: I see BUY IT NOW's for less than $35!
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What do you find wrong with Mac DVD Ripper pro? I've never had a DVD that wouldn't rip with the Windows version, except for a DVD that had a bad scratch on it. The Mac DVD Ripper pro was able to rip that scratched DVD ... but the video on the scratched section was corrupt and there are errors and artifacts.
Going through this thread I found a suggestion to use Ripit to rip DVDs to my Mac. I tried it and it works great. I was going to ask if it can compress the DVD file cause the one movie I tried so far now takes up almost 8GB of my HDD but I may have just answered my own question just browsing their site.
What I do want to know is will that compressed version play in Apple's DVD player app or in VLC?? Also does VLC have full screen controls? Apple's DVD player app does when I mouse around the full screen controls show up but in VLC no controls come up in full screen view.
What I do want to know is will that compressed version play in Apple's DVD player app or in VLC?? Also does VLC have full screen controls? Apple's DVD player app does when I mouse around the full screen controls show up but in VLC no controls come up in full screen view.
Issues with new macbook pro and rip it
Hope someone can help. Just unwrapped a new macbook pro and started to access my dvd collection that I have put on a hard drive using RIPIT. But none of the disc images will open. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Hope someone can help. Just unwrapped a new macbook pro and started to access my dvd collection that I have put on a hard drive using RIPIT. But none of the disc images will open. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Handbrake is not a ripper. It will transcode your DVDs to another format; for example, for use in iPod, AppleTV and other devices.
A "ripper" such as MacTheRipper, just moves the VIDEO_TS folder over to your computer for playing or other uses, without converting it from the MPEG-2 format that is currently on your DVD.
Handbrake does put a "watermark" into its transcoded file, although that watermark can be changed or turned off.
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Are you attempting to just play them in DVD Player or otherwise?
Handbrake is great. The only annoyance is the update process which frequently requires manual intervention to install something else (VLC? Lame? I can't remember any more). I really wish they could boil the entire handbrake install down into one click (or drag to applications). But the software works so well I overlook this little annoyance and move on.
I also own Toast because it came with a bundle I bought some time ago. I never use it for ripping but I do use it for burning dvds to give to my friends. For instance, I copied my wedding video to dvdrw (because the old broken-down vhs to dvd burner no longer recognizes dvdr's). I then ripped (transcoded) it using handbrake. If I want to give somebody a copy, I burn it using Toast.
I normally ignore the "update nags" when I use Handbrake to rip dvds before I put the originals in the basement between the cat litter and the 78 records. The only time I give in is when Handbrake crashes due to the new copy protection scheme of the week. I also have a copy of makemkv lying around but I don't (yet) own a bluray reader. I once used makemkv to copy a dvd I was having trouble with and I then used handbrake to transcode the file that came out of makemkv.
One thing I've found is standard def is "good enough" when I'm the guy who has to pay for the disks to store all this crap. Half a terrabyte is enough to devote to our video collection in 480p and 720p. I don't need the ability to count Dumbledore's whiskers in a Harry Potter film if it means I have to waste 30 gig of storage on something that should fit in just over 1 gig of space in SD.
I also own Toast because it came with a bundle I bought some time ago. I never use it for ripping but I do use it for burning dvds to give to my friends. For instance, I copied my wedding video to dvdrw (because the old broken-down vhs to dvd burner no longer recognizes dvdr's). I then ripped (transcoded) it using handbrake. If I want to give somebody a copy, I burn it using Toast.
I normally ignore the "update nags" when I use Handbrake to rip dvds before I put the originals in the basement between the cat litter and the 78 records. The only time I give in is when Handbrake crashes due to the new copy protection scheme of the week. I also have a copy of makemkv lying around but I don't (yet) own a bluray reader. I once used makemkv to copy a dvd I was having trouble with and I then used handbrake to transcode the file that came out of makemkv.
One thing I've found is standard def is "good enough" when I'm the guy who has to pay for the disks to store all this crap. Half a terrabyte is enough to devote to our video collection in 480p and 720p. I don't need the ability to count Dumbledore's whiskers in a Harry Potter film if it means I have to waste 30 gig of storage on something that should fit in just over 1 gig of space in SD.
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