Wondering if there's any shareware or even freeware that allows me to rip the movie DVDs I purchase into MPEG or QT files so that I can watch them on my laptop (since my iBook only has the CD-ROM drive)
For DVD backup (not making DiVX files mind you, but actual DVD copies that will fit on 4.7GB DVD-R) use DVD Backup and DVD2One. http://www.dvd2one.com/
For DVD backup (not making DiVX files mind you, but actual DVD copies that will fit on 4.7GB DVD-R) use DVD Backup and DVD2One. http://www.dvd2one.com/
Great stuff and works like a charm.
This is the best solution to make backups. As for time shifting OSEx or DVDBackup would work best.
Actually I don't think you need anything but DVD player to play a movie after you have returned it if you just intend to delete it.
I think you merely need to insert your DVD, open DVD player - then click on the DVD, Drag the VIDEO_TS folder from the DVD to your desktop, or wherever, and you can open the VIDEO_TS folder with DVD player later when your ready to watch. Then Delete it when your done of course. You'll want to delete it to, because a DVD is sometimes 9 GB in size. If you cant keep that kind of massive file you'll need to use DVDBackup, and DVD2one to shrink it down, but you'll lose some quality. But if you just need it for like a plane ride I wouldn't bother ripping the encryption, and shrinking it. I'd just delete it when I got to my destination.
Actually I don't think you need anything but DVD player to play a movie after you have returned it if you just intend to delete it.
That may work on some DVDs, but, at least in theory, commercial DVDs are copy-protected with CSS and copying from a DVD to a hard drive will fail unless you specifically De-CSS the DVD files using a program like DVDBackup.
That may work on some DVDs, but, at least in theory, commercial DVDs are copy-protected with CSS and copying from a DVD to a hard drive will fail unless you specifically De-CSS the DVD files using a program like DVDBackup.
I've done it. I'm almost 100% sure the copy protection only affects burning. You can use this method.
No, the "copy protection" doesn't affect burning at all, nor making an exact duplicate onto the HD. The only thing it affects is playback - and indirectly, encoding. Thus, it's more properly called "playback protection", as it prevents unlicensed programs / companies from playing DVDs.
FYI breaking this "copy protection" is a felony in the US (in case you didn't know).
<insert any activity here> is a felony in the US (in case you didn't know).
Yeah, OSEx is the best for DVD ripping (to hard drive), and FFMpegX will handle all your DivX/MPEG encoding needs. Both require you to learn a bit about multimedia, but they are still much easier than ripping on a Wintel computer.
Yeah, OSEx is the best for DVD ripping (to hard drive), and FFMpegX will handle all your DivX/MPEG encoding needs. Both require you to learn a bit about multimedia, but they are still much easier than ripping on a Wintel computer.
Barto
Heh, i never got any results with FFMpegX, maybe i'm just to dumb, but it never worked 4 me properly, plus i don't like the idea of installing mplayer (did i get it right?) and all that in system folder.
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and you can get the optical drive swapped by a tech.
no Superdrive support in iBook, but Combos are common upgrades
Great stuff and works like a charm.
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=28635
Originally posted by ZO
For DVD backup (not making DiVX files mind you, but actual DVD copies that will fit on 4.7GB DVD-R) use DVD Backup and DVD2One. http://www.dvd2one.com/
Great stuff and works like a charm.
This is the best solution to make backups. As for time shifting OSEx or DVDBackup would work best.
Originally posted by ZO
what does "time shifting" mean?
rent a movie, make a backup of it, return original, watch backup later.
....then you should delete it
right...
:-)
highly recommend it.
Originally posted by piwozniak
rent a movie, make a backup of it, return original, watch backup later.
....then you should delete it
right...
I actually do this often...more so since I don't feel like buying DVD's but it's really nice to be able to do.
I think you merely need to insert your DVD, open DVD player - then click on the DVD, Drag the VIDEO_TS folder from the DVD to your desktop, or wherever, and you can open the VIDEO_TS folder with DVD player later when your ready to watch. Then Delete it when your done of course. You'll want to delete it to, because a DVD is sometimes 9 GB in size. If you cant keep that kind of massive file you'll need to use DVDBackup, and DVD2one to shrink it down, but you'll lose some quality. But if you just need it for like a plane ride I wouldn't bother ripping the encryption, and shrinking it. I'd just delete it when I got to my destination.
Originally posted by onlooker
Actually I don't think you need anything but DVD player to play a movie after you have returned it if you just intend to delete it.
That may work on some DVDs, but, at least in theory, commercial DVDs are copy-protected with CSS and copying from a DVD to a hard drive will fail unless you specifically De-CSS the DVD files using a program like DVDBackup.
Originally posted by BRussell
That may work on some DVDs, but, at least in theory, commercial DVDs are copy-protected with CSS and copying from a DVD to a hard drive will fail unless you specifically De-CSS the DVD files using a program like DVDBackup.
I've done it. I'm almost 100% sure the copy protection only affects burning. You can use this method.
FYI breaking this "copy protection" is a felony in the US (in case you didn't know).
Originally posted by Anonymous Karma
<insert any activity here> is a felony in the US (in case you didn't know).
Yeah, OSEx is the best for DVD ripping (to hard drive), and FFMpegX will handle all your DivX/MPEG encoding needs. Both require you to learn a bit about multimedia, but they are still much easier than ripping on a Wintel computer.
Barto
Originally posted by Barto
Yeah, OSEx is the best for DVD ripping (to hard drive), and FFMpegX will handle all your DivX/MPEG encoding needs. Both require you to learn a bit about multimedia, but they are still much easier than ripping on a Wintel computer.
Barto
Heh, i never got any results with FFMpegX, maybe i'm just to dumb, but it never worked 4 me properly, plus i don't like the idea of installing mplayer (did i get it right?) and all that in system folder.
Whats better about OSex rather than DVDBackup? Never had any problems with DVDBackup. Gets rid of region codes, and macrovision and everything else...
CCC, if that works, what a great idea !
Not to mention that it's a great app, and you don't need to buy anything else.