C0mputerNick Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Ive been looking for a Mac alternative to Slysoft's AnyDVD and CloneDVD which i use alot in windows. Ive found Fast DVD Copy for mac, but for some reason my Hackintosh wont actually burn the DVD once its been transcoded. (but i can burn normal DVDs that i create, like for file backups, so i know my dvd burner works) Are there any programs out there which decrypt the DVD first like Fasy DVD Copy and transcode? Popcorn doesnt, Toast doesnt do transcoding (shrinking dual layer to single layer) What about a program like AnyDVD for mac? something that will automaticly take the encryption off any media (CD of DVD) you put in the machine? do they exist? I normally make backups of every DVD i purchase and use the copy for playing and going on trips and store the original in its case so it wont get damaged or scratched up. Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Mac The Ripper will rip and de-css the original DVD: http://www.mactheripper.org/ but wont burn it. http://www.metakine.com/products/dvdremaster/ appears to shrink to single-layer. http://www.dvd2one.com/ might be useful. any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Mac The Ripper will rip and de-css the original DVD: http://www.mactheripper.org/ but wont burn it. http://www.metakine.com/products/dvdremaster/ appears to shrink to single-layer. http://www.dvd2one.com/ might be useful. any use? Looks like it will rip/convert it but not copy it to another DVD? But its a step in the right direction. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I have used Fairmount which comes with DVDRemaster. You have to have VLC installed, but VLC is free. Just install VLC, then get DVDRemaster. The Fairmount is the bagle icon. Put a dvd in, then run Fairmount. It changes the dvd to a mounted disk drive and decodes the whole disk. Copy the whole disk to the hard drive. Then I use Toast 7 Titanium and use it to copy movie only and shrink it. I have done it once, and it worked great. I did put Narnia in and it took a little while on my hackintosh, but it decoded it when DVDShrink has issues with it. I do miss taking episode discs and ripping individual episodes. Can Mac The Ripper do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 lol damn, you caught my comment before i edited it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 mactheripper can rip seperate titles so yeah i guess it could rip each episode. Hey munky, are you on the ripdifferent forums, cause someone has the same icon as you and i was wondering if it was you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 lol damn, you caught my comment before i edited it ;-) Im really eager to find some software that will work for OSX. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 I have used Fairmount which comes with DVDRemaster. You have to have VLC installed, but VLC is free. Just install VLC, then get DVDRemaster. The Fairmount is the bagle icon. Put a dvd in, then run Fairmount. It changes the dvd to a mounted disk drive and decodes the whole disk. Copy the whole disk to the hard drive. Then I use Toast 7 Titanium and use it to copy movie only and shrink it. I have done it once, and it worked great. I did put Narnia in and it took a little while on my hackintosh, but it decoded it when DVDShrink has issues with it. I do miss taking episode discs and ripping individual episodes. Can Mac The Ripper do that? Well ive done what you said all except for the toast part, i decided to try DVDRemaster after coping the video_ts folder to my harddrive, and its now saying i have over 8 hours to go until its finished, and that doesnt include the 25 mins it took to copy it to my harddrive. I was coping dvds in under 30mins in windows, i hope i can find something as fast, almost half a day for a dvd copy is kinda crazy. do you recall how long narnia took you? its a pretty long movie as well. ill try toast next just to see if the speed improves, but dvdremaster looked nice. maybe the speed will pick up. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Well ive done what you said all except for the toast part, i decided to try DVDRemaster after coping the video_ts folder to my harddrive, and its now saying i have over 8 hours to go until its finished, and that doesnt include the 25 mins it took to copy it to my harddrive. I was coping dvds in under 30mins in windows, i hope i can find something as fast, almost half a day for a dvd copy is kinda crazy. do you recall how long narnia took you? its a pretty long movie as well. ill try toast next just to see if the speed improves, but dvdremaster looked nice. maybe the speed will pick up. Thanks Well I have to report, I just installed Toast 8, and it took the DVD, transcoded it and burned it in less than 30 mins, and it didnt complain it was copy protected either. I dont know if its because I have fairmount installed or what, but it wasnt open and it wasnt used, so it looks like toast 8 is an all in one, one click solution for backing up and coping dvds. woohoo! Im watching it now and its perfect quality. I did look at Handbrake as well, but it looks like its just a ripper, not a full solution. Thanks for all the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampidire Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 forget everything you guys just said. go download handbrake handbrake.m0k.com that's what i've been using since day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 handbrake doesnt work on new dvds, mactheripper is the only one that can really get around them. And with its new beta about to be released we can receive patches when a new protection is made on dvds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Hey munky, are you on the ripdifferent forums, cause someone has the same icon as you and i was wondering if it was you nope. i stole the image off the internet at random, so its probably in use by a few different folks. if i ever take a good photo of a monkey myself, i'll use that instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) forget everything you guys just said. go download handbrake handbrake.m0k.com that's what i've been using since day one. But i can see no place in that software where you can burn the dvd when its complete. it looks like just a ripper, and i wanted a full copy solution. And plus ive messed with different (linux) programs before, where you can adjust the streams and bitrates and whatnot, and have never had good success with those. if you can tell me what the settings should be for a DVD and how to make it an all in one solution, i might give it a shot. same thing with mactheripper. I dont want to have an entire DVD on my HD, i want it copied to another DVD, with as little, if not no input from me. the easier the better. thanks for the reply. Edited January 18, 2007 by C0mputerNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I might need to try Toast 8 then. I haven't copid a dvd in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phor2zero Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 oneclickdvdcopy in combo with anydvd sounds like what you want. will they run in crossover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyboy Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Could always try this 1 ive never used a mac for dvd so not really clued up on mac software http://www.metakine.com/products/dvdremaster/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 oneclickdvdcopy in combo with anydvd sounds like what you want. will they run in crossover? Never thought about crossover. I didnt know how it actually interacts with the hardware, like if the dvd burner would show up like its suppose to etc. but it might be worth a shot. but right now toast 8 is working perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenle Z. Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 i actually need a software like this too. Fast DVD COPY won't run at all for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 i actually need a software like this too.Fast DVD COPY won't run at all for some reason. Toast 8 actually doesnt copy everything, more times than not i have to use Fairmount to copy the DVD to my HD then use Toast to put it back onto DVD. Wish there was a better way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenle Z. Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 forget everything you guys just said. go download handbrake handbrake.m0k.com that's what i've been using since day one. no such website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 no such website. google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenle Z. Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well I have to report, I just installed Toast 8, and it took the DVD, transcoded it and burned it in less than 30 mins, and it didnt complain it was copy protected either.I dont know if its because I have fairmount installed or what, but it wasnt open and it wasnt used, so it looks like toast 8 is an all in one, one click solution for backing up and coping dvds. woohoo! Im watching it now and its perfect quality. I did look at Handbrake as well, but it looks like its just a ripper, not a full solution. Thanks for all the replies. i used fairmount to mount the DVD, then what do i do? i have toast 8, but how can i copy to DVD? i only have one DVD drive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mputerNick Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 i used fairmount to mount the DVD, then what do i do?i have toast 8, but how can i copy to DVD? i only have one DVD drive too. Fairmount re-mounts the DVD as a folder and removes the encryption so you can copy it. go into the remounted folder, find the VIDEO_TS folder and copy it to your harddrive somewhere. go into toast 8 and choose the VIDEO_TS option, drag your newly copied folder into toast, and it will auto resize the dvd to fit on any single layer dvd. and presto, a perfect copy of the original. i recommend using sony dvd+r disks for best results on a wide range of dvd players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenle Z. Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 damn! good deal!! i got it. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 The problem with FairMount is that sometimes the DVDs have junk cells/IFOs which sometimes cause your burn to be messed up. MacTheRipper 3.14d has been released and can combat every single protection into a nice VIDEO_TS folder and make the DVD region free which from there can be burned using toast or popcorn, or compressed using dvd2oneX. MTR also now has a patch system fully implemented to combat upcoming protections and warns you of these "junk" cells. A donation of $15 to geezerbuttz is well worth beta testing the newest editions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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