It has been a long time but I thought somebody might like a follow-up. I found a monster hard drive at the local superstore for near half-price after rebate. I finally got up the courage to download Mac the Ripper and - Wowee - we are happily burning DVD's to our hard drive! The program downloaded with no hitches and even our first burning effort was 100% pain-free and successful. Copying the source DVD is literally a one button operation: launch Mac the Ripper and press the green "Go" button. That's it. We have copied a half-dozen DVD's over a four-week period so I think it is safe to say that Mac the Ripper is highly recommended.
Many thanks, was it Badger(?), for the recommendation. Best, J --- Badger Clan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Charles Martin wrote: > > > Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 05:01:28 -0400 > > From: Charles Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: iMac List <[email protected]> > > To: iMac List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Playing DVD's without the Disk > > > > > From: Marcin Wichary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hmmmm... I was under the impression that DVDs > are encrypted and it's > > > not possible to do so? (it did not work on a PC, > I never tried it on a > > > Macintosh) On my Powerbook, I used the program > called DVDBackup > > > (version 1.3)... but of course it's debatable if > what I did was > > > actually legal. > > > > If it's your DVD that you paid for, and you're > making the backup for > > convenience/personal use reasons, I can't see > anything illegal about > > it, but of course I'm not a lawyer. > > > > _Chas_ > > > Most DVD's do have encryption and region settings to > deter the legitimate > copying of your DVD. It's still legal to do so, > (unless Senator Hatch of > Utah gets his wish). What I do to watch a movie on > my laptop I use one of > two programs to rip with to my hard drive on my > eMac. Each works a little > differently to get the desired results. > > 1. Mac the Ripper > http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/mtr.html > MacTheRipper: A DVD extractor for Mac OS X > > MacTheRipper is a freeware DVD ripper (extractor) > for Mac OS X. It is > dependent upon the open-sourced GPL libdvdread and > libdvdcss libraries. We > also use the GPL 'tocgen' program in certain modes, > which is a part of the > 'dvdauthor' project. This product is made to backup > DVDs you have legally > purchased for personal use. > > That being said, MacTheRipper removes CSS > encryption, Macrovision > protection, and sets the disc's region code to '0' > for region-free by > default, and is capable of removing RCE region > protection as well, making > an unrestricted copy of any DVD movie you own. It > doesn't rely on the DVD > drive to get the CSS decryption keys, so that means > that you do not need > to play the DVD with DVD Player in order to rip it > to your hard drive > unprotected. MTR is also capable of removing UOPs, > or User Operation > Prohibitions, which are the settings that prevent > you from skipping or > fast-forwarding certain parts of DVDs, such as FBI > warnings, previews, > logos, intros, etc. > (Especially like being able to get rid of those must > see previews.) > > 2. DVD2oneX > http://www.dvd2one.com/index.php > From the creator of Remote Selector comes a brand > new product, the > ultimate DVD processing tool. With this tool you can > make movie-only and > full disk copies for personal use on a single > DVD-Recordable. > > * World's fastest video compression engine. > Process a movie to fit on > a single recordable in a matter of 15 to 30 minutes > (depending on the > speed of your computer). > * Makes movies-only copies. Why waste space and > image quality on > unnecessary intros, menus and language tracks? > * Makes also full disk copies. For those who > want to keep those fancy > menus and intros. > * Powerful join mode. Useful for putting > multiple episodes of a (tv) > series or joining both sides of a flipper on 1 disk. > * Written from scratch, it's not based on any > old code, libraries or > existing opensource projects. > * Time critical parts written in assembly, for > the highest possible > speed. > * Burn the movie with your favorite recording > software! > * Both PC Windows and Mac OS-X versions > available. > > Several points to consider. Any conversion on your > current hardware may > take a verrrrry long time. I'm sure somebody on the > list knows for sure, > but isn't 600mz really as low a speed you can play > and record video? > > Reasons to backup your DVD's and CD's. > 1. Ever bought a six disk set for $150.00 and have > your dog chew up disk > one? > 2. Loaned your favorite DVD to your buddy, only to > have it returned with a > cigarette burn dead in the center? > 3. No matter what you think the shelf life of DVD or > CD is under 20 yrs. > Most of my early CD's are showing oxidation. > 4. How many time in your lifetime are you suppose to > buy the same movie? > I've actually got 16mm, Beta, VHS and DVD of the > same flick. I feel fully > invested. > > Chris Dailey > Eskimo North > Ministry of Propaganda > Dept: Social Engineering > > "When we achieve worldwide success, I think we shall > use gold for building > public lavatories." > Vladimir Ilyich Lenin __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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