Macintosh rip,compress & burn guide

the types of files on this one.. wont matter.. because they both rip it the same format..

you may have a badly pressed disc that has those last two chapters somehow screwed up.

and what media are you using?

 

am using Maxell DVD-R but have ordered some TY DVD-R's. il try ripping another film, see wot happens. the original film plays fine tho, n doesnt screw up on the last 2.
so, try another film and diff media?

 

i know they TYs will be good.. i've used maxell before.. never had an issue.. but yes.. try another movie..

its weird that it would do that..

 

Is there a way convert DVD to DV? I have created multiple DVD using Mac, and also some from VHS to DVD recorder. I am trying to see if there is a way I can get video from various DVD and put them together to create a new DVD with combined video from several DVD.

I assume to do this, I need to convert DVD to DV ad take it to iMovie and then put them together and write to a DVD.

Is there any other way? To do this, I assume I have to convert DVD to DV, what would be a good way to do this? Toast 6 has some limitted ability, I have to convert entire .vob file, and may be even more and then throw awy unwanted clips. Cinematize claims I can select which clip I want to convert and only pull that clip.

I have toast6, should I buy Cinematize? Or Is Toast7 has new features that will do this?

Any other suggestion?

 

The search function should have taken care of that.

BUT: dvdxdv or cinematize would probably take care of you.

 

i ripped the usual suspects, just the main feature, and i tried to burn it with toast and when it played on my dvd player, it played it in 4:3. what's up with that?

yes im a newbie but i read all the guides, i burned it using dvd-rom under the data tab. i didn't put the audio_ts in the dvd but will try tonight after work.

i have that phillips dvd player that plays divx. the top selling one on amazon and am using memorex dvd+rs what is going on? if i just put int he audio_ts folder will it work properly? kinda hard to imagine that an empty folder can do so much.

 

the audio-ts folder isn't your problem. The dvd probably contains the widescreen AND the 4x3 version. You burned the 4x3 version.

Rip the WHOLE DISC then use dvd2oneX to select the program you want to burn/compress.

 

OOHHH! now that makes a lot of sense cuz u are right, the usual suspects does come with both 4:3 and 16:9. so then if i use mactheripper, and instead of extracting main features, i extract it by using the title method, can't i pick and choose which one i want to extract therefore just choosing the widescreen version? or must i use dvd2one?

is there another free program out there that will compress it besides dvd2one for the mac?

if there is a free tool for the pc, which one would u recommend?

i also tried to copy rounders, which is less than 4.7 gigs total, and when i put it in my dvd player, it was very blotchy. basically didn't work. why did this happen? do i have to extract the movie and burn it with toast to avoid that problem?

 

pc..

dvd shrink.. dvd decrypter.. anydvd...

there is some stuff out there..

 

You should extract the whole disc with MTR. The movie only extraction sometimes makes discs that don't work. (At least until MTR 3.0 comes out).

Then use dvd2oneX to select movie only and pick your tracks.

 

Hi,
First and foremost a huge thankyou to mediaguru for the tutorial!
I am a newbie Mac user (I've only had a Mac for maybe 2-3 months) and also had never ripped DVD's before tonight, and thanks to the tutorial I can now back up my movies!
I just have one question in regards to quality...
Is it normal to experience some quality loss in my ripped DVD's? It isn't extreme by any means.. the disk plays perfectly, but it is slightly more pixelated than the original. Is this something that can be fixed or is it unavoidable?

 

The only time I notice anything like that is during very dark or black scenes.

Are you compressing the WHOLE disc? Here's the deal. If you have a 7GB disc with a bunch of extras on it you probably have the movie around 3-5 gb. The extras are eating up a bunch of the storage space which could be used for higher quality level video for your main feature.

So unless the disc is close to 4-5gb, or 6 if it's cartoons, I usually do the feature only in dvd2onex. That way the full storage space of the disc is dedicated to the quality of the movie and isn't taken up by the extras.

 

Thanks for the very quick reply Mediaguru!
Yes I have been ripping the whole disk so next time I will try with only the movie.
: )

 

Rip the whole disc first, then use dvd2onex to select movie only...

 

I'm still pretty new to this... G4PB w/superdrive, tiger. I've been backing up my DVDs with the simplest method I could find and have been successful. I DVDBackup then simply split the main movie files in two (copying those first "menu/info" files) and click burn. However, I've ripped a few movies that don't want to be split. When I test the folders using DVDplayer, the movie won't play unless all the main .vob files are together in the same folder. Any idea the reason for this, and any simple (and ideally cheap) solution?

thank you

 

I should also mention, I've been copying some additional files onto the discs that have proven required (commonly FBI and film company title shots) so that hasn't been the problem. It's specific to the main feature's .vob files themselves. I've tried various combinations of the .vob files in hopes that one of the later ones acted as some sort of "key" to getting the movie to play, but to no avail. Only with ALL the main .vob files together will it play in DVDplayer.

ok, I think that's really everything now.
thank you.

 

The structure of those probably won't let you do that.

GET DVD2ONEX. IT IS WORTH IT.

 

How does the structuring work in general? I figured that was part of the problem. I don't know anything about how these kinds of files work, I just assumed a dvd player opens them one by one and plays the movie content within each one. What is different about the structure of the ones I can't get to work? (this is just for the inquiring mind part of me, I will go ahead and get DVD2oneX).

thanks for shining the light for all us new kids.

 

The data CAN be sequential but sometimes it bounces all over the place.

DVD2OneX will be your friend.

 

Could someone offer some advice on software. I'm new to macs & burning. Correct me if I am wrong, plese. I've read through most of this thread & come to realize I need to get 3 kinds of sofware: ripping, compressing & burning. I just got the new iMac G5 w/the dual layer dvd drive, and it's got plenty of HD, RAM, etc. Any suggestions on what's the best for me to use (ease of use is key for me). It looks like MacThe Ripper is popular for ripping - but what else is compatible, and available for me to use to burn copies of DVD's I own for archiving purposes only (encrypted DVD's/storebought movies, etc.). I hear that Toast & Popcorn won'tallow me to do this, and wondered what would. Thanks!