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best mac dvd ripper that works 100%

CADplace

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Hi - I want to rip my own DVDs for my ipad and iphone and to back up my DVDs.

I have not found a free or paid-for ripper that really rips every dvd regardless of copy protection.

I'd love to get your recommendations - Thanks.

Note, this is to rip my own stuff - not to copy discs that I don't own.
 
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I use handbrake now.

When it works, it is great.

But it often does not work on commercial DVDs with the least bit of copy protection.
 
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I used mactheripper when I had a Mac. Worked pretty well.
 

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Free solutions:
DVDFab HD Decrypter for Mac, MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition

Find more in this list of 11 free DVD rippers:
http://www.aolor.com/how-to/rip-dvd-for-free-with-best-free-dvd-rippers.html

thx, looks like an interesting list to try. I'll post some feedback.

couple of updates from other posts.
- mac the ripper doesn't work since the powerpc support disappeared from OSX
- carbon copy does do a great job of copying dvds which takes care of my backup issue.
 

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You can also make "CD/DVD Master" images from OS X's Disk Utility itself which are given a .cdr file extension but it's really just an .iso (and can be renamed to such). Just select the disk (not the volume) and hit New Image and that option is in the pull down.
 

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Thanks for the tips.

Current config is not a single program. But it works with the quality I am looking for.

DVD copy : DVDFab

this is free for DVD copy and it takes off the copy protection, too.

I get a DVD image which I can archive... or play.

Transcode for ipad : Handbrake

Handbrake works great on DVDs which don't have copy protection. Since DVDFab removes that, then using Handbrake for the conversion works as expected.

Summary :

Both are free.

DVDFab is slow on the copy and the interface of the program I find to be clunky, but it does the job...
 
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I'm a fan of DVDfab. The freeware stuff works, but they definitely offer it as a supplementary addition, with little thought for useability.

I purchased the lifetime DVDfab box a couple of years back (DVD copy/burn/rip, Bluray copy/burn/rip, and transcoder), and can't say I've run across anything that it didn't make short work of. The interface on the paid version is good, and the generic presets on the transcoder aren't bad (though handbrake does a much better job if you understand what you are doing). It's probably worth the price if you're ripping your entire movie collection.
 

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thx. I have no problem to dish out money for a decent product ... That might happen later. At the moment, I need to copy for archive and rip to ipad, so the 2 step process is not an issue.

Although it would be cool if I could just drop in a DVD and say "put the copy here and the ipad version there..."
:toast:
 
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thx. I have no problem to dish out money for a decent product ... That might happen later. At the moment, I need to copy for archive and rip to ipad, so the 2 step process is not an issue.

Although it would be cool if I could just drop in a DVD and say "put the copy here and the ipad version there..."
:toast:

Don't know if things work the same way on the Mac side, but it is very easy to configure Handbrake to do this in one step on the PC side if you know what you are doing. There is a readily available free dll for Handbrake that removes the encryption from all DVDs.
 

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Hi - which dll would that be? Oh, wait, Mac dll that is... :)

Everytime I run HB with a recently protected DVD, it chokes. Sometimes it dies.

But it would be cool if I could get it to work as you say...
 
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