Used to use an old program to backup my DVD's

[bobsbarricades]

I can't remember it for the life of me but it had a funny name. Anyway it would rip the whole DVD. Title screens and all. It would split them up into AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders. Now, I'm thinking I would like to convert those buggers to Good 'ole 720p or 1080p (where applicable - is a DVD able to be done in 1080p? really just want top notch quality).

Handbrake??

 

[blueroom]

If you just want the main movie then Handbrake works like a charm.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

A list of programs to rip video DVDs are in the following guide:

How to backup/copy/rip video DVDs to your HDD and transcode them to another format in Mac OS X.​

Btw, video DVDs already have a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder on them, and video DVDs store their footage in Standard Definition (SD), which means they are 720 x 576 or 720 x 480 pixel in size, thus an up-conversion to HD (720p or 1080p) is fruitless.

 

[bobsbarricades]

handbrake works! you guys are great =)

 

[martinX]

I can't remember it for the life of me but it had a funny name. Anyway it would rip the whole DVD.

Mac The Ripper?

Now, I'm thinking I would like to convert those buggers to Good 'ole 720p or 1080p (where applicable - is a DVD able to be done in 1080p? really just want top notch quality).

Can't make it more than it is. MPEG 2 DVDs are, at best, 720 x 576 in the Enlightened World (or 720 x 480 for foreigners). If you make it a larger frame size in the final file, you're just upscaling and making a larger (bytes) file but not improving the quality.

Handbrake's great, but you lose that nifty DVD structure with all the extras.