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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Degudodger on October 12, 2013, 08:52:18 pm

Title: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: Degudodger on October 12, 2013, 08:52:18 pm
We have over 300 DVD's going to charity in the next couple of weeks but there are a few i would like a copy of.

As we could be talking 40+ i am looking for a quick, easy way to copy DVD's on Mac OSX, ideally Freeware - any suggestions?
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: rich83 on October 13, 2013, 12:29:41 am
Handbrake. It's virtually real time conversion I'm afraid.
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: Scottymon on October 13, 2013, 12:43:12 am
Handbrake is good, dependant on your CPU grunt (an OC'd i7 really helps) you should get through them fairly quickly... worth allowing the System free reign whilst chomping, to cut down on processing time. :happy2:
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: simonp on October 13, 2013, 12:52:04 am
Handbrake doesn't circumnavigate the copy protection on commercial DVDs, though, does it? It works slowly because of Apple's crummy drives. I can copy a DVD in about 15 minutes on my PC!
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: rich83 on October 13, 2013, 01:02:20 am
Quote from: simonp on October 13, 2013, 12:52:04 am
Handbrake doesn't circumnavigate the copy protection on commercial DVDs, though, does it? It works slowly because of Apple's crummy drives. I can copy a DVD in about 15 minutes on my PC!

In that case PM the OP you address.... Shouldn't take you long to do 40 DVDs!!!
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: simonp on October 13, 2013, 01:20:40 am
A non-Apple external drive helps, I believe. Apple SuperDrive firmware has a feature called Riplock built in which is the cause of the slowness.
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: Degudodger on October 13, 2013, 01:54:50 pm

In that case PM the OP you address.... Shouldn't take you long to do 40 DVDs!!!
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Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: simonp on October 13, 2013, 04:16:49 pm
Why not just actually keep the ones you want to keep? :P

For reference and if you have access to a PC, I use slysoft's AnyDVD and CloneDVD. It comes with a free 21 day trial licence, so you'd get 3 weeks in which to do what you require before they'd want you to purchase the products. You'll get nagged, but it is fully functional...
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: BeezerDiesel on October 13, 2013, 05:15:54 pm
When I tried tried Handbrake on my iMac it would only burn the DVDs in M4V format that wouldn't play on my Blu-ray player.
Mind you when it comes to tech...
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: Degudodger on October 13, 2013, 05:19:40 pm
Forgot i had Handbrake installed on my Mac so ripped i ripped some discs this afternoon, however even with i7 2.4GHz cpu and 16GB ram it's still taking 20 minutes a disc. After three discs i lost the will to live!
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
Post by: pcbminer on October 14, 2013, 03:48:14 am
Quote from: Degudodger on October 13, 2013, 05:19:40 pm
Forgot i had Handbrake installed on my Mac so ripped i ripped some discs this afternoon, however even with i7 2.4GHz cpu and 16GB ram it's still taking 20 minutes a disc. After three discs i lost the will to live!

try another program called AppGeeker DVD Ripper, it rips videos from dvd's to mp4/avi and other formats fairly quickly on your Mac.

http://www.appgeeker.com/convert/rip-dvd-to-mp4-mac.html (http://www.appgeeker.com/convert/rip-dvd-to-mp4-mac.html)

I've had great luck using it for movies, give it a shot.

Allen
Title: Re: DVD ripping on Mac OSX
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