Flip4Mac announces Drive-In..a new take on DVD Ripping
http://www.flip4mac.com/drivein.htm
Drive-in is an innovative application that allows you to store your personal DVD movie library on your Mac. It is now available as a public beta.
Using Drive-in you can create an image of a DVD disc on your laptop or home entertainment system. The image preserves the quality, navigation and special features of the original DVD and can be played using Apple?s DVD Player or Front Row.
Drive-in preserves the DVD?s original content protection. Drive-in allows you to play your images on any computer that you own but does not allow you to share your images with others.
To simplify the way you search and access your videos, we've added some helpful information like the DVD cover art, names of actors, movie description, etc. Once you've stored movies to your hard drive - just browse, select and play!
Drive-in is a great tool for:
Laptop owners who like to watch movies on the go
DVD collectors with a home theater system
Families who often misplace or damage DVDs
While you can create DVD images for free using this public beta, you must purchase the final release if you wish to use those images, or create new ones, after the beta testing period has ended. This beta software will expire on May 1, 2007.
Help us test Drive-in by downloading the beta today!
Drive-in is an innovative application that allows you to store your personal DVD movie library on your Mac. It is now available as a public beta.
Using Drive-in you can create an image of a DVD disc on your laptop or home entertainment system. The image preserves the quality, navigation and special features of the original DVD and can be played using Apple?s DVD Player or Front Row.
Drive-in preserves the DVD?s original content protection. Drive-in allows you to play your images on any computer that you own but does not allow you to share your images with others.
To simplify the way you search and access your videos, we've added some helpful information like the DVD cover art, names of actors, movie description, etc. Once you've stored movies to your hard drive - just browse, select and play!
Drive-in is a great tool for:
Laptop owners who like to watch movies on the go
DVD collectors with a home theater system
Families who often misplace or damage DVDs
While you can create DVD images for free using this public beta, you must purchase the final release if you wish to use those images, or create new ones, after the beta testing period has ended. This beta software will expire on May 1, 2007.
Help us test Drive-in by downloading the beta today!
Comments
Why would you want this app? I can right now create a disk image of any DVD and it works on my laptop at anytime.
If they can get it to work using an Apple TV then I could see a lot less complaints about it not having a DVD drive.
yeah. i'm not sure i'm getting why this is a benefit? why not just rip the dvd without restriction if you're going to store it at full size. otherwise, rip and re-encode it to a smaller size.
Yes I know. F4M is banking on the ease of use and the good conscious of buyers. Many people, accustomed to the access benefits of digital music files, feel ripping their DVDs is Fair Use. It's going to be a tough sell IMO.
yeah. i'm not sure i'm getting why this is a benefit? why not just rip the dvd without restriction if you're going to store it at full size. otherwise, rip and re-encode it to a smaller size.
Well I think the idea is that you maintain the DVD experience. You will have your extra features, options, etc available.
Well I think the idea is that you maintain the DVD experience. You will have your extra features, options, etc available.
i can do that now without restrictions by just ripping it with mactheripper.
So what is so hard about that?
i can do that now without restrictions by just ripping it with mactheripper.
Well this a library/browser too, integrating artwork.
Well this a library/browser too, integrating artwork.
That's what iTunes is for!
That's what iTunes is for!
But iTunes doesn't support raw DVD images. You're right though, this is basically an iTunes like interface to navigate between all of your ripped VIDEO_TS folders. Not a huge deal, but kinda cool IMHO.