Hello Travis and all:
Thank you for the heads up. I will download the latest version in the morning.
It is still Monday here (grin).
Sorry about the cold. Excuse to stay in bed for one day and drink lots of
pretty good tea. I got away with it for a day. Hopefully you can to
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From: Travis Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the
blind <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: mactheripper
> Yeah, I knw it's Monday. That's why I didn't announce that early
> this morning I uploaded version 1.32 of the softcon dvd player. It
> fixes a bug with video playback when there is no compatible playback
> device. Nothing most folks need worry about, and it's monday, so I
> didn't mentin it. *grin*
> And, I think you gave me your cold.
> On Apr 17, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote:
>
> > Hello Travis and all:
> >
> > It is a Monday Travis (smile).
> >
> > Yes, I understand that DVD player is not necessary for the ripping
> > of a file. I probably was not clear before in what I was attempting
> > to say.
> >
> > If DVD player opened and I left it open, I could not play back the
> > file if it was only the main feature. If I closed DVD player,
> > ripped only the main feature, and then tried to play the main
> > feature, it worked. Why, I do not know. If anyone gets a second,
> > try it both ways, ripping just the main feature with dvd player
> > open and with it closed. Let me know what you get. Maybe Thursdays
> > are not my day (smile).
> >
> > Patrick ----- Start Original Message -----
> > From: Travis Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
> > X by the
> > blind <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: mactheripper
> >
> >> Dvd player is not required to validate the dvd before ripping it.
> >> However, since it opens every time you insert a disc anyhow, there's
> >> not much you can do about it. Feel free to close it while ripping,
> >> or before it starts. it only slows down the ripping process anyway.
> >> I've not tried ripping just a single track. I'll give it a try and
> >> see what dvd player does with it. I'm still working on getting
> >> softcon dvd player to read from disk. It opens the media fine, then
> >> promptly closes it again. At least, that is what I think is
> >> happening <grumble>
> >> Anyhow, there's my input for what it's worth.
> >> On Apr 17, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Pete and all:
> >>>
> >>> Please forgive me for my speedy response (wink). Knocked out by a
> >>> cold last week.
> >>>
> >>> I got DVDs to work with only copying the main feature. I do not
> >>> know if it makes a difference though I closed the DVD program while
> >>> ripping the file. Previously, I had opened DVD player, then opened
> >>> mactheripper. While both were open, I extracted the file. This
> >>> allowed me to rip the whole dvd and play it back. though if both
> >>> were open while ripping the dvd, I could extract the main feature
> >>> though not play it using dvd player. If i inserted the dvd, closed
> >>> dvd player, opened mactheripper, selected main feature, and ripped
> >>> it, I could play back the ripped file containing the main feature
> >>> using dvd player. Why that works I have no idea although I was able
> >>> to repeat the process several times.
> >>>
> >>> For what it is worth, that is the news from the front. Others are
> >>> welcome to try it and offer their findings. So, if you want to save
> >>> a little space on the hard drive and simply do not want all of the
> >>> extra stuff, it can be done. Hurray!!----- Start Original Message
> >>> -----
> >>> From: Pete Horrocks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
> >>> X by the
> >>> blind <[email protected]>
> >>> Subject: Re: mactheripper
> >>>
> >>>> Hey Patrick,
> >>>>
> >>>> did you attempt to set the file type as a dvd file or did you start
> >>>> DVD player and then use file open to select the file? i have had no
> >>>> problems playing movies the i have extracted with Mactheripper,
> >>>> but i
> >>>> have never tried copying only the main feature so i don't know if
> >>>> that was the problem. when you tried to play it with DVD player,
> >>>> what
> >>>> message did the application give you??
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>>
> >>>> Pete
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Apr 10, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Patrick Neazer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Good morning all:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a question about mactheripper. I have ventured into the
> >>>>> world of attempting to copy dvds, for my own use. I downloaded a
> >>>>> copy of mactheripper. I installed it and the installation
> >>>>> seemed to
> >>>>> go well. I inserted a dvd and selected the copy only main feature.
> >>>>> The program seemed to work and the feature was copied. When I
> >>>>> opened the created folder, and clicked on a file, I was informed
> >>>>> that no selected application had been selected to play the file. I
> >>>>> attempted to select DVD player to play the file with no luck.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My question, am I missing something? Do I have to select another
> >>>>> application to play the file from my hard drifve? Can it be played
> >>>>> from the hard drive at all or does it require being burned to a
> >>>>> disk? yes, you can see that I am a novice. Mercy is requested
> >>>>> (wink).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I know there will be great advice forthcoming so thank you so much
> >>>>> in advance.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Take good care and I wish you enough.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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