I'm sure I used to have a program years ago that would rip a DVD to your hard drive. It didn't let you copy it or anything fancy, but I'd like a tinker to see if I can do what I need.
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
I have very, very few DVDs left now and, I thought, nothing to play them on. I've just bought a (bloody lovely) M2 Air and to my surprise and delight my ancient USB superdrive works with it. That's the only DVD reading device left in the house.
I have an urge to watch my BBC DVD of Private Shulz, and I'd prefer to watch it via the Apple TV on the nice tele in the sitting room.
I'm sure I used to have a program years ago that would rip a DVD to your hard drive. It didn't let you copy it or anything fancy, but I'd like a tinker to see if I can do what I need.
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
On 4 Mar 2023, Sara Merriman wrote
(in article <P6HML.1407145$w1nd.497368@fx10.ams4>):
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
RipIt?
Cheers,
Ian
Sara Merriman <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
I have very, very few DVDs left now and, I thought, nothing to play them on. >> I've just bought a (bloody lovely) M2 Air and to my surprise and delight my >> ancient USB superdrive works with it. That's the only DVD reading device left
in the house.
I have an urge to watch my BBC DVD of Private Shulz, and I'd prefer to watch >> it via the Apple TV on the nice tele in the sitting room.
I'm sure I used to have a program years ago that would rip a DVD to your hard
drive. It didn't let you copy it or anything fancy, but I'd like a tinker to >> see if I can do what I need.
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
Brute force: VLC will be able to play the VIDEO_TS files on it directly.
It will do, if you don't mind getting it in 1GB chunks,
and forget about all the niceties like menus,
(You want the big .VOB files)
Jan
On 4 Mar 2023 at 16:49:32 GMT, "Ian McCall"<ian@eruvia.org> wrote:
On 4 Mar 2023, Sara Merriman wrote
(in article <P6HML.1407145$w1nd.497368@fx10.ams4>):
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
RipIt?
Cheers,
Ian
Ah yes - that was it. In the meantime I found another thing MakeMKV in case anyone wants to do similar. I've no idea what it's like at making MKVs, but it
does an excellent job of creating an iso copy of the disk, and getting past all the DRM.
Then I used Handbrake to pull out the various episodes and save them in an AppleTV viewable format.
Sa.
On 5 Mar 2023, Sara Merriman wrote
(in article <gRWML.2911891$odm4.1438846@fx14.ams4>):
On 4 Mar 2023 at 16:49:32 GMT, "Ian McCall"<ian@eruvia.org> wrote:
On 4 Mar 2023, Sara Merriman wrote
(in article <P6HML.1407145$w1nd.497368@fx10.ams4>):
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
RipIt?
Cheers,
Ian
Ah yes - that was it. In the meantime I found another thing MakeMKV in case >> anyone wants to do similar. I've no idea what it's like at making MKVs, but it
does an excellent job of creating an iso copy of the disk, and getting past >> all the DRM.
Then I used Handbrake to pull out the various episodes and save them in an >> AppleTV viewable format.
Sa.
MakeMKV was what I used for BluRay ripping - it was (and presumably still is) very good, just that it expired every so often and needed re-downloading.
Cheers,
Ian
On 4 Mar 2023 at 21:35:45 GMT, "J. J. Lodder" <J. J. Lodder> wrote:
Sara Merriman <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
I have very, very few DVDs left now and, I thought, nothing to play them on.
I've just bought a (bloody lovely) M2 Air and to my surprise and delight my >>> ancient USB superdrive works with it. That's the only DVD reading device left
in the house.
I have an urge to watch my BBC DVD of Private Shulz, and I'd prefer to watch
it via the Apple TV on the nice tele in the sitting room.
I'm sure I used to have a program years ago that would rip a DVD to your hard
drive. It didn't let you copy it or anything fancy, but I'd like a tinker to
see if I can do what I need.
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
Brute force: VLC will be able to play the VIDEO_TS files on it directly.
It will do, if you don't mind getting it in 1GB chunks,
and forget about all the niceties like menus,
(You want the big .VOB files)
Jan
The built in DVD player will play the files,
I wanted a neat and simple way to
get them off the copy-protected DVD and onto the Mac. I found a way and all is >good.
On Sun, 05 Mar 2023 06:43:54 GMT, Sara Merriman <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
On 4 Mar 2023 at 21:35:45 GMT, "J. J. Lodder" <J. J. Lodder> wrote:
Sara Merriman <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
I have very, very few DVDs left now and, I thought, nothing to play them on.
I've just bought a (bloody lovely) M2 Air and to my surprise and delight my
ancient USB superdrive works with it. That's the only DVD reading device left
in the house.
I have an urge to watch my BBC DVD of Private Shulz, and I'd prefer to watch
it via the Apple TV on the nice tele in the sitting room.
I'm sure I used to have a program years ago that would rip a DVD to your hard
drive. It didn't let you copy it or anything fancy, but I'd like a tinker to
see if I can do what I need.
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
Brute force: VLC will be able to play the VIDEO_TS files on it directly. >>> It will do, if you don't mind getting it in 1GB chunks,
and forget about all the niceties like menus,
(You want the big .VOB files)
Jan
The built in DVD player will play the files,
I hated the Mac DVD players so I downloaded VLC. There's versions
for just about every OS that can run on hardware and the buttons are
fairly consistent between OSes.
If you are happy with the Mac player, I'm happy for you. I just
wasn't. I no longer remember why. :)
I wanted a neat and simple way to
get them off the copy-protected DVD and onto the Mac. I found a way and all is
good.
I went through this a while back when my RipIt wouldn't update from
the SnowyLeopard version to something newer. I can't remember, and
don't care why not. The SL version still works but it produces a sort
of bitewise copy of the DVD that is a folder with all of the files (
*.VOB, *.BAK and all of the rest) inside it. I'd really like a program
that does an *.ISO file as I find them "nicer".
MacTheRipper used to work and was free but the free version is only
usable on MacOSes up to SnowKitty. The paid-for version is a pain in
the arse to download.
Something I haven't tried [because it costs money] is Tipard DVD
ripper. https://www.tipard.com/purchase/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html (OSX
10.7 and up, so this neatly complements the free MTR.)
That one (like DVDFab for Windows and other rippers) has a Blu-Ray
player add-on. ***PLAYER*** not ripper. I'm not sure if Tipard has a
BD ripper and I can't be arsed looking for one. It's cold and I need a
cup of tea. :)
Windows has loads of them.
*Nices have some, too but those can be command-line and unfriendly.
I'm using DVDFab on a Win7 box to convert my remaining couple of
DVD's to *.ISO files so I can watch them on my MBP. I used to send
them to my TV but that device no longer works. Fortunately, the lappy
on my lap has the same visual angle as the TV across the room and just
about the same number of pixels so the viewing experience isn't too
much different.
There are better rippers for WIn than DVDFab but that one was nice
many years ago when I got it so it's the one I still use. When I've
ISO-ed my few remaining disks, I'll probably dump it.
N.B. near the bottom of the cited page from Tipard is a list of
articles some of which may be useful to you. This page in particular
sort of hints at an answer to your original post:
https://www.tipard.com/dvd-solution/rip-dvd-with-winx-dvd-ripper-alternative.html
Hmm, does any of the above rambling actually *help*?
J.
On 13 Mar 2023 at 20:28:46 GMT, "John" <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Mar 2023 06:43:54 GMT, Sara Merriman
<saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
On 4 Mar 2023 at 21:35:45 GMT, "J. J. Lodder" <J. J. Lodder> wrote:
Sara Merriman <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
I have very, very few DVDs left now and, I thought, nothing to play them on.
I've just bought a (bloody lovely) M2 Air and to my surprise and delight my
ancient USB superdrive works with it. That's the only DVD reading device left
in the house.
I have an urge to watch my BBC DVD of Private Shulz, and I'd prefer to watch
it via the Apple TV on the nice tele in the sitting room.
I'm sure I used to have a program years ago that would rip a DVD to your hard
drive. It didn't let you copy it or anything fancy, but I'd like a tinker to
see if I can do what I need.
What the program I'm thinking of? Can anyone here remember?
Brute force: VLC will be able to play the VIDEO_TS files on it directly. >>>> It will do, if you don't mind getting it in 1GB chunks,
and forget about all the niceties like menus,
(You want the big .VOB files)
Jan
The built in DVD player will play the files,
I hated the Mac DVD players so I downloaded VLC. There's versions
for just about every OS that can run on hardware and the buttons are
fairly consistent between OSes.
If you are happy with the Mac player, I'm happy for you. I just
wasn't. I no longer remember why. :)
I was just a data point. VLC would play them too. but I wanted them off the >DVD and onto the home-shared jobbie that holds movies/TV shows to watch on the >nice big telly. And I'm glad I found a way because Private Shulz was bloody >hilarious.
I wanted a neat and simple way to
get them off the copy-protected DVD and onto the Mac. I found a way and all is
good.
I went through this a while back when my RipIt wouldn't update from
the SnowyLeopard version to something newer. I can't remember, and
don't care why not. The SL version still works but it produces a sort
of bitewise copy of the DVD that is a folder with all of the files (
*.VOB, *.BAK and all of the rest) inside it. I'd really like a program
that does an *.ISO file as I find them "nicer".
MacTheRipper used to work and was free but the free version is only
usable on MacOSes up to SnowKitty. The paid-for version is a pain in
the arse to download.
Something I haven't tried [because it costs money] is Tipard DVD
ripper. https://www.tipard.com/purchase/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html (OSX
10.7 and up, so this neatly complements the free MTR.)
That one (like DVDFab for Windows and other rippers) has a Blu-Ray
player add-on. ***PLAYER*** not ripper. I'm not sure if Tipard has a
BD ripper and I can't be arsed looking for one. It's cold and I need a
cup of tea. :)
Windows has loads of them.
*Nices have some, too but those can be command-line and unfriendly.
I'm using DVDFab on a Win7 box to convert my remaining couple of
DVD's to *.ISO files so I can watch them on my MBP. I used to send
them to my TV but that device no longer works. Fortunately, the lappy
on my lap has the same visual angle as the TV across the room and just
about the same number of pixels so the viewing experience isn't too
much different.
There are better rippers for WIn than DVDFab but that one was nice
many years ago when I got it so it's the one I still use. When I've
ISO-ed my few remaining disks, I'll probably dump it.
N.B. near the bottom of the cited page from Tipard is a list of
articles some of which may be useful to you. This page in particular
sort of hints at an answer to your original post:
https://www.tipard.com/dvd-solution/rip-dvd-with-winx-dvd-ripper-alternative.html
Hmm, does any of the above rambling actually *help*?
J.
Not really,
since I'd already found a free way of doing what I needed, and
don't use any type of Windows,
but it's appreciated anyway.
I do, still, because "My Last Computer" is a WIn-box and it has Free
Agent (paid for) on it, which is my favourite Usenet reader. I
originally bought a Win-box decades ago because my employers were a Windows-loving bunch and I needed to practice and learn. I bought a
Mac for a similar reason and I've played with *Nices because strange
things happen at work. J.
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