On May 30, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > On May 30, 2:43 pm, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote: >> Some DVDs are so strongly protected that none of the ripping tools >> will work, except for MDRP's "rip as image". Examples of Draconian >> protection include disks which are 70 GB of data (most of it fake), >> but less than 8 GB of real data. Only a few applications can handle >> such media, and "rip as image" is really the only available option, >> until the various applications are updated for the latest batch of >> mal-authored titles. > > I have found that RipIt handles well ripping "70 GB" DVDs as fileset. > MDRP sometimes cannot do it, even as image, and MTR just crashes. > >> TOAST's burning options include a "select main feature only" option, >> and this usually results in the best use of the media, and the >> highest quality available on a DVD5, but not necessarily the fastest >> overall burning time, as the source may have to be demultiplexed. > > As far as compressing DVDs, I swear by DVD2one. It's the best software > I have found. You get great quality DVDs every time. > > Felix
RipIt 1.4.4 rocks over all the rest at the moment and I attest to MTR crashing. I use toast 8 and 10 to burn it so far does good in this town.:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
