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Benchmob31
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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:12 am Post subject: What program do you use to rip Dvd's to your harddrive? |
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Im working on turning my mini into a htpc and wanted to start adding dvds to my external harddrive and did not know which program i should use to rip them. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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SeaLawyer
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:48 am Post subject: Re: What program do you use to rip Dvd's to your harddrive? |
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Do a search here for RipIt. You'll find lots of info. I tried MTR (the free version) and Fairmount, but liked RipIt the best.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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handbrake and its free.
It now has a "Apple Universal" format that you can use to put the movie on your ipod, iphone, ATV, etc.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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I like and use MacTheRipper.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| ghostdawg wrote: | | I like and use MacTheRipper. |
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Then Handbrake it. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| RipIt and Handbrake. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Seems to me, that one can use Disk Utility..
Or Disk Copy using the olde Mac OS 9...
Or am I wrong in thinking this...?
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Smithcraft
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:05 am Post subject: |
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It's possible, but with the bs DRM that they are using on DVDs now, you might end up with a 200GB disc image.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Smithcraft wrote: | It's possible, but with the bs DRM that they are using on DVDs now, you might end up with a 200GB disc image.
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Not sure why you'd end up with a 200 GB disk image.
I just tried it... Disk Utility copied the Documentary DVD and it only came to 7.4 Gb.
But now I need a DVD diisk to take that amount of stuff.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Aqua, I guess DU didn't do any compression. You could put it on a dual layer dvd disc if your burner offer dual layer burning.
I assume other programs such as MTR, Handbrake etc does compress also.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:47 am Post subject: |
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MTR and RipIt are simply rippers, no compression.
HandBrake doesn't output DVD files, so it's not a ripper, it's a reencoder.
DU will certainly work, however as soon as you go to play back the disc, it may fail. If the original disc was encoded with CSS copy protection, DU doesn't remove that information correctly, so it'll fail. Hence the reason why people use rippers -- to remove copy protection from DVDs. |
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Ahhh, encryption is what I was thinking about when I was typing it...not sure how compression got in there. Thanks for clearing it up for me and Aqua.
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| I've actually been using the free version of DVDFab in Boot Camp for Video TS. It's super fast and rips everything. To be honest, I don't feel like monkeying around with MTR anymore. I still use HandBrake for going to MPEG though. You can't beat that application with a stick. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Aquafire wrote: | | Smithcraft wrote: | It's possible, but with the bs DRM that they are using on DVDs now, you might end up with a 200GB disc image.
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Not sure why you'd end up with a 200 GB disk image.
I just tried it... Disk Utility copied the Documentary DVD and it only came to 7.4 Gb.
But now I need a DVD diisk to take that amount of stuff.
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One of the new schemes creates bogus sections on the disc, and you end up with a 200GB rip.
Devo, I was told it's bad manners to mention Windows apps at this forum! Otherwise, I would have mentioned AnyDVD much earlier.
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| Smithcraft wrote: |
Devo, I was told it's bad manners to mention Windows apps at this forum! Otherwise, I would have mentioned AnyDVD much earlier.
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Arrgh hemmm...
Its not bad manners to mention Windows (Baal) products or to use them.
It's just bad form to worship them...or make craven images of their creators.
Lest we forget what our Messiah Steve "Moses" Jobs said..
"Thou shalt not worship false OS Gods.
For I took thee out of the land of thine oppressors and made thee a people who have partaken of the Apple"
OSXODUS. 2.1.03/
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