pretty kewl.
is this legal in the US?

If you haven't installed Quicksilver yet, you should. I use it so often on my iBook, along with expose, that I keep hitting ctrl-space on my PC at work and expecting the same functionality.

Yes it is legal for personal use as I type this in march 2005.

Sounds a lot like DVD Decryptor for Windows (or if you wanted the re-compressing and all, DVD Shrink). Good to know there's something similarly easy for the Mac in case I ever make the switch.

Robot Chicken was awesome! And Iron Chef USA with William Shatner was the best. Have fun burning!

I wanted to ask you a small question - since you used to know ppl there. What's the deal with Tooned In? There were some recent ads for 3D and 2d Flash animators by them ... one was in the paper around Christmas and now I see anouther new one on Craig's List. Heh, I've submitted my applications to them countless times, but it's all utter silence.

Guess I'm not worthy :( ...

Either that, or they aren't that great of a place to work for cause they don't know their company from a hole in the wall.

So this valid archive to burn to dvd, is it some proprietary type of thing? Like is it only usable by burning software or is it like a folder with the vobs on it? You shoul try video lan client, so far it has played every single thing I can throw at it.

It outputs compleatly non-proprietary vobs and related files in a folder. It is not a special format.

DVD Decryptor for Windows sounds alot like Mac The Ripper.

I use an app called Fourty-Two DVD-VX to rip directly from a DVD to a DIVX file.

That's a great program, because you can also rip dvd audio commentaries directly to MP3 as well.

thx for the info.

I prefer DVD Shrink (can compress file to fit on a single DVD-R).

it's freeware.

you can actually open video_ts folders ripped from mac the ripper into iDVD. all you have to do is open up iDVD and go to "open video_ts folder" then search for the folder and it's done

Cool I have to try that. I have not messed around with iDVD much and I use Roxio Popcorn to burn my DVDs.

Wade, thanks for the info about being able to use iDVD to burn the ripped files. I don't own Toast, so iDVD is the only thing I'd be able to use for duplicating DVD's. Also, thanks Jake, for pointing out this application to me. Had been wanting to be able to do this with my powerbook for a while now.

appreciatively,

seth

I have Mac the ripper. Could someone please tell me how to take a ripped movie that's on my hard drive and put it on a dvd using idvd or if there's somthing better I can use thanks.

try buying a copy of roxio popcorn. it is only 50. http://www.roxio.com/en/products/popcorn/index.jhtml

hey, i have mac the ripper, i've copied a couple of dvds to my computer but then am unable to watch them... let alone burn copies of them... what do i use to view these files... by the way.. i run a powerbook with tiger if that helps....thanks

you can play a ripped DVD in Apple DVD player by File: Open Video TS or DVD Media Then select the Video TS folder that you ripped.

Also you can watched ripped DVD images with the VLC media player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

please forgive my ignorance, but can this program rip a PAL formatted DVD into a file that could be played on my computer and burned to a DVD that will play in an american DVD player?

i will admit i know little about computers, and less about mac's in general, of which i recently bought... so i was just hoping that someone might be able to tell me, after using mac the ripper to rip the movies, how do i go about burning them on iDVD? i can't seem to find a way to import the ripped files directly (ie. couldn't find a "open video_ts folder" in iDVD). can anyone help me?

i have some dvds that i ripped and burn using a Dell Computer. But I am not not able to open the files with my new mac...is there a way to do this?
also...i am sorry to sound ingnorant...but if i am using mactheripper...can i compress the dvd to fit on a single layer dvd?
thanks. the darnforeigner

Mac The Ripper is a decrypter ripper and copier. You would have to use a program like Roxio Popcorn to compress and burn a ripped DVD. That is what I use.

You don't have to do anything special to get the info back to a dvd, just insert a blank dvd and open it in "finder" copy exactly both "VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS" folders (drag & drop) and then click "burn disk". Rememer to name the DVD the same as the original DVD was named, also happens to be the name of the folder that mac-the-ripper makes when ripping. If the DVD data is smaller than 4.9G then a single layer DVD will work fine (Remember burn at 4x, 8x isn't relyable AT ALL), if it's larger, then you'll have to go with a DVDR-DL as long as your drive will burn those you're in business. I archived a copy of Pink Floyd's, The Wall that way after having to buy a third copy of it because of some greedy "friends", it works exactly as the original DVD does, and It even plays in my powerbook from the burned dvd.

Thanks and I use a MAC G-5 as my Roxio Toast Titanium does not mount (excuse the Freudian slip) properly?

Can anyone please help me with this?

Thanks...Wayne at waynecalifornia@yahoo.com

Is it possible to make Quicktimes of the DVD with MTR? Or can the ripped files be used in Final Cut? If not does anyone know of any programs for OS X that can do that, Because I have to edit footage that is on a DVD.

i ripped some video to my g5 no problem. when i try to bring them into popcorn it it tells me "popcorn can not handle the contents of this folder" what's the deal? thanks

It sounds like you need to make a DVD image in a program like Apple iDVD. Popcorn is for compressing and burning DVDs not making DVDs out of non-formatted video files.

when i used mac thr ripper it gave me the audio, video folders and a jacket_p folder. Do i need that folder when i go to burn the dvd?

The Jacket folder is optional but I usually take my rips right out of Mac the Ripper and take it all into Handbreak or Popcorn.

guys, this is very simple. a ripped dvd is too large to fit on a standard single-layer dvd-r. if you don't have a dual-layer dvd burner, like most mac users, you need to make the file smaller by compressing it with a special program.

the one i use is "DVD2oneX2." this program will compress the contents to a size that will burn on a single-layer dvd-r.

in order to change the format of the video and/or audio files that you have ripped (for instance to mpg, etc.), it is easy to do with "ffmpegx"-you have to find the codecs but the URL's are listed in the program's opening screen. it's free!

idvd will not burn a ripped dvd.

dvd player will play a dvd. go to "open dvd media" and find the specific "video_ts" folder and press open.

for the final cut user, it will handle the VOB files just fine. if you have trouble with that just convert it with ffmpegx to a usable format. this program is good and has been an answer to many of my problems.

any more questions?

Once you have ripped a few DVD's to your hard drive, here's a great application for archiving and launching them.

http://matinee.dizandat.com/

I use mac the ripper to get them to my hard rive and then when i use popcorn always during the writing partr at the end it freezes. this also only happens when the dvd needs to be compressed any suggestions

will handbrake compress the ripped files to quicktime?

How do I Rip Encripted DVD's? I went through the process, and
the burnt DVD was showing color distortions every few seconds.

i have a new intel mac and "mac the ripper" dose not work,it allways sez BAD SECTER.
i also have a older imac and dont have a problem.
do i need a update or whats the problem?
thanks and hope some one can help me.
Elf

Do you have directions on how to use Mac the Ripper? I am able to rip just fine but no audio files are importing with the video files. I used iMovie to import the ripped files which worked fine but no sound played back. Can you help?
cj

Is there a program as good as Mac the Ripper that can be used on NON-MAC PCs?

PC ANSWER TO MacTheRipper:
-I am a new "Swinger" soon to become a full-blown "Switcher." I used to backup DVDs on PCs all the time using DVD43 to Decrypt&Rip (see link below), then 1ClickDVD to Shrink&Burn to a blank DVD.
http://www.dvd43.com/

MAC ANSWER TO OTHER RIPPERS:
-My man who has been a BigMac for some time now said he uses "HandBrake" to do the same things MacTheRipper does. So maybe try this if MTR doesn't work for you.

QUESTIONS ABOUT SHINK & BURN ON MAC:
1) I've extracted a store bought DVD to my hard-drive, now I want to burn it to DVD, but sometimes my blank DVDs don't show up in Finder, and I'm using high-end DVDs (Taiyo Yuden DVD-R16X), so it's not a quality issue. Thoughts?

2) I also installed Toast 6 Titanium, but it always returns errors about 60% into burning talking about hardware issues (I have a new Macboon Pro, so again, I don't think it's a quality issue). Thoughts?

QUESTION 1-STOP-SHOP FOR MAC:
-Is there any program that does it all, to avoid errors/issues throughout the process of using 2-3 programs to get 1 DVD copy made?

There is no one rip and burn program for Mac but Mac The Ripper combined with Roxio Popcorn or Toast does the job for me. I switch between MTR and Popcorm seconds later.

You can set blank DVDs and CDs to automount or to ignore in the system preferances.

Sometimes if you have a burner app open and insert a blank CD the program gets focus of the disk and drive before the finder mounts it.

Since the Macbook Pro is an Intel mac are you sure that you are using a Universal copy of Toast. You might want to make sure that there is a patch to cover Intel macs without having to use Rosetta emulation.

I've been using MTR and Roxio Popcorn for a year now to make copies of movies. But my success ratio in viewing new copied movies on my main dvd player has decreased over the last little while.

Sometimes MTR gives me a 'Bad Sectors' reading - sometimes not. Viewing the copy on my computer: no problem. Viewing on my main dvd player: the picture freezes every 10 seconds while the audio advances normaly. I get the same result on my portable dvd player. But then, the same copy plays on a different DVD player.

I've played with the RCE region setting, switched DVD+R and DVD-R, and even tried burning at slower speeds. Always the same result.

Are movies being protected better? Is there a setting that I am missing? Does anyone have any suggestions?

When I'm done ripping with MTR I get the two folders, "VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS". The VOB files in "VIDEO_TS are great. BUT the " AUDIO_TS" folder is empty or non-existant depending on the DVD being stripped. I have never been able to get audio using MTR. How can one resurrect the audio. Please help. Thank you

I have my Mac and PC networked. My Mac shared HDD has Audio and Video TS files from "burned" DVD movies copied through MacTheRipper.

How can I watch these movies on my PC from my shared Mac HDD without burning these files on DVD-R? So far I've been able to succesfully playback these files from a remote Mac laptop that was wiressly connected to this shared drive. No luck yet with a remote PC laptop.

I want to be able to edit and kept the Movie on my computer after I rip it with Mac Ripper. Popcorn can make a DVD but I want to be able to modify and store and play the edited movie on on my hard drive .
I used DVD Decrypter on my windows computer and then AVS Video remaker (to edit and convert to MP2) on my PC and store as a MP2. I can play the MP2 I made from my PCon my mac with a inexpesvivew converter I got from the apple web site. I would like to just be able to do the whole thing on my Mac Pro inel computer. What is the equavalent off AVS Video Remaker for the PC?????

www.dvd2one.com is a single rip and burn program for DVDs

I'm new to Mac and have been messing around with Mac the Ripper, but when I extract a chapter of the DVD I'm interested in, it keeps coming out in Spanish. Is there an easy solution to this?
Thanks, I'm grateful for any help.

how do you view ripped dvd's?

hi ihr leuts ich hab Mac the ripper und keine anleitung wie das funktioniert
könntet ihr mir das vielleicht beschreiben oder eine adresse geben wo das auf deutsch erklert wird?

das wäre super!

vielen dank schonmal um eure bemühungen

Once I've ripped the DVD to my computer using mactheripper, how do I burn a DVD without using idvd? Thanks!

I have the ripper it works great. How do I get the movie on to my ipod? Thanks!

Once you have ripped and decrypted the DVD to your hard drive you run it through Media Fork ( http://handbrake.m0k.org/ ) formerly HandBrake ( http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/19/7114 ), or Roxio Popcorn 2 and make an iPod compatible MP4 file. Then you import that Mp4 file into iTunes and sync it away.

I have just used Mac the Ripper and downloaded a DVD - there is a Video TS folder and an Audio TS folder - the video folder is fine and I can open it in Quicktime. The Audio Folder is empty - help - what am I doing wrong?

I have just used Mac the Ripper and downloaded a DVD - there is a Video TS folder and an Audio TS folder - the video folder is fine and I can open it in Quicktime. The Audio Folder is empty - help - what am I doing wrong?

You don't need the audio_ts folder, the .vob files in the video_ts folder contain both audio and video (research vob format and multiplexed video files on google). I think the audio_ts folder is for things like high definition audio-only dvds (?) - anyhoo, you still might not be able to hear audio on playback of these files depending on how you're playing it back and whether you have the right codecs installed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that audio is lost - try burning a disc and playing it in a commercial dvd player - that will verify whether sound is being successfully retained or not, if you get sound, then you just need to change how you're playing the files. I recommend using DVD Assist, that way you can play your video_ts folders in FrontRow - apparently Leopard will also be able to access video_ts folders directly and play them as if they are DVDs. Hope this helps.

Simple way to do this.... (I have a PowerBook G4)
Get Mac the Ripper. Drop the coin to get Roxio Popcorn. (50 bones, worth it) Put DVD in Mac. Open Mac the Ripper. Extract to a a folder on your hard drive. Open Popcorn select "source" as video ts folder. Find video ts folder within your folder created by Mac the Ripper in first step. Drag it into Popcorn's window. Click burn.

i ripped about 8 dvds with MACTheRipper and then the program started to say that my folders have no more room in them to burn more dvds. i mean, how is that? my computer is not full or anything and also, its not like the folders have limits on them.

:)

How can I convert the movie files I get from the ripper into quicktime or any other format so I can upload them to the internet?
thanx

I successfully ripped Fantastic 4 Rise of the Silver Surfer. But since then everything I rip ends up starting with the voice of the director and not the actors on VTS_01_1.VOB. I have tried Main Feature and the whole DVD but can't find a good beginning anymore.
I copy all my ripped DVD's to my new Western Digital 250gb USB powered flash drive that I got from Costco for $140. I installed VLC Player and can now carry around lots of movies.

what do u think of DiscBlaze?

Thanks
And I am using aimersoft dvd ripper for mac, I like it for it's well done in every particular.especially it can combine the several charpters into one file after conversion, that's indeed useful
http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html

I used the disc utility that comes with mac osx tiger to make an image (.cdr) of a dvd and then I used Toast to compress the files to fit on a 4.7g DVD-R. Thanks for all the posts!

I just bought an iPod and am wanting to download my own iTunes to my computer, but my sister currently has iTunes on this computer. Someone told me that Mac The Ripper would be what I needed to be able to have both iTune accounts on the same computer without effecting the original account at all. Is this true??

No that is not quite what Mac the Ripper is for. There are other software apps out there for doing that. Mac the Ripper is for copying DVD movies to a hard drive.

When I run MTR all I get are Video-TS and Audio-TS folders nothing else copies over. What can I do to fix this?

Thank you for the information on how to use mac the ripper. It is a great program, indeeed. Watching movies from my hardrive is a cool idea...

I have just ripped over 200 videos to a 1T hard drive using mac the ripper (real cool!). I'm presently playing them on my powerbook.

Can I play these videos on a PC windows computer? If So what player will play a VTs file on a PC. The Harddrive I saved them too was formated in MSDos just in case this is possible.

Thanks for help.