Macintosh rip,compress & burn guide

Yeah thank you! figured it out right afeter I posted the message. just needed to reload dvd player to get it to open correctl.

 

Hi

I am looking to switch to Mac, but before doing so need to assure myself I can replicate the DVD shrink/DVD Decrypter package I use in Windows.

I can honestly say I use these to back-up my existing DVDs for playing when on the road

I have read mediagurus very good discussion at the beginning of this thread, but still need to determine whether the MTR/DVD2ONEX solution does what I think it does.

If there is anyne on this forum with familiarity of both the DVD shrink and MTR DVD2ONE package who could advise me of their experience, I would be most appreciative

In summary, I want to know whether the programs will allow me to:

rip the DVD to the hard drive, removing CSS and macrovision and region encoding
remove audio tracks and compress special features to fit on a single layer dvd
do as little compression as possible on the main movie

I still want to keep all the menus and special features, (not foreign soundtracks) I dont want to rip just the film

Thanks for any feedback

tim

 

rip the DVD to the hard drive, removing CSS and macrovision and region encoding?

YES

remove audio tracks

YES

and compress special features to fit on a single layer dvd
do as little compression as possible on the main movie

I THINK IT DOES THAT

 

Hello,
So all has been well untill I instereded a dvd from netflix and MTR said DISC RCE "Detected" does anybody know what region netflixs gets their dvds from. and what is the disc number for that region. I believe 1 is north america but not sure. Thank you!!

 

I don't think it matters what region it is from as long as you set a region.

 

hey i was wondering after i have the movie downloaded to my hard drive with mac ripper, is it possible to burn them if i dont have to toast to do it with. I have a Powerbook G4 with a super drive and iDVD is the only way i can think of how to do it. So if anyone could give me some advice i would be most grateful
thanks chris

 

See if you can get disk utility to burn a UDF image.

 

Hi.

I cannot get my PS2 to play the DVD's I 've burned. My G4 plays them perfectly. but PS2 just clicks and whirrrs, then gives "Disc Read Error" message. I am using DVD-r as media. This is so frustrating...Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

I've heard some PS2's don't read dvd-rs.

 

Right. Well mine's pretty old (2001). I guess that might come into play. Would another media perhaps +R have a better chance, or is it time that I bought a proper DVD player for my TV? Thanks. (Great guide, BTW, MediaGuru.)

 

whenever you have playability issues the first thing to try is different media and burn speeds.

 

Excellent. Thanks again!

 

Help how do I convert files in VIDEO_TS folder to a MPEG-4 file using QuickTime Pro 7 ?

I do not see any way to open VIDEO_TS files in QT

Thanks in advance

 

Hi, I'm new to burning dvd's on my mac and I wondered if anybody has any advice....

I use MTR to rip the DVD's, and then DVD Imager and Disk Utility to burn the drive which works fine, but I don't have a program that will compress large files down to fit on one DVD. I know you all recommend DVD2OneX, but I honestly can't afford the price. Can anybody recommend a freeware compressor?

 

If you do 2 or 3 dvd's, dvd2onex will pay for itself. There really is no other decent option, especially that is free.

 

Hi

I was reading media gurus response to another post and went to the DVD2one site where it said

Program removes all extras and menus from the disc,

What if you dont want all the extras and menus removed? What if you just want to get rid of foreign sound tracks but leave eveything else as is, but with just enough compression to fit on a DVD=_5

Thanks

Tim

 

I think you´re blind, quote from the site:

"User can choose whether he/she wants to make a full copy of a DVD-Video disc, including the menus and extras or does he/she want to keep only the main movie and get rid of the menus and extras (and selected subtitles and audio tracks)."

You can also remove some audio tracs (but not the subs or any extras) if you use "full disc copy", e.g. get rid of some French or German 5.1 dub-tracks.

 

Just wanted to take the time to thank you all for this wonderful information. I had looked at attempting this before, but I hadn't wanted to pay for software (not my Mac), but this thread tipped me off to the Disk Utility, which combined with DVD_Imager1.2, is a real beauty. I've subsequently discovered that the Mac I'm using also Has Toast 6 Titanium, but I haven't tried that method yet. If it didn't sometimes take some time to load an img/dmg image file, I'd recommend it as a clean way to keep DVDs on hard drive. The DVD player believes a DVD is loaded, so you don't have to choose a TS folder.

 

I have tried to follow the guide at the beginning of the forum, but I can't seem to compress the files ripped from MTR. I am only using the trial version of DVD2ONEX. Has anyone else had a problem using the trial version? When I select he VIDEO_TS file, nothing shows up and the start button doesn't light up. I know someone wrote something about it in the past, but never received a response. Any ideas?
Also, I know a lot of people have been asking about DVD - r and +r, is there one right way or wrong way to burn a dvd?

I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

 

hey thanks for the great ripping guide. i just had one question for ya. i ripped a couple dvd's with mac the ripper.....compressed them with dvd2onex demo version....first 30 mins just to see how it works b4 i buy it....i can't get it to play in any of my dvd players...i have 3 of em....is that just because i'm running the demo...or are my players not compatable. i burned the whole movies to dvd-DL and they play fine tho....get back to me if you have any insight...thanks apreciate it....