DVD backups

[ndboarder]

Well I had to try out some DVD backups on OS X for the first time last night.  I installed the software that LK had recommended for such as follows:

MacTheRipper - Removes the encryption

Toast - Fit-to-disk compression and burning

These programs work out pretty good.  I'd say MacTheRipper does a good job with handling encryption (not great however), and it is most likely at par or better than DVD shrink (though I haven't used that in quite some time).  AnyDVD is still the best one out there, but that doesn't work on OS X.  So at any rate MTR seemed to remove encyption and ripped the video down to a disk.  One thing that kinda blows is the lack of automation.  It's smart enough to warn you about things, but not to just make the right decision on it's own. (Such as "the disk is RCE1 and you don't have one picked, or 'there is no RCE and you have it picked' -- why doesn't it just fucking pick the right one or turn it off then... also  Delete a VOB with bad sectors or Pad the VOB...)

Toast is pretty slick too... It's pretty much Roxio Studio, but the Mac version (It is a Roxio product)

 

[LK]

That combo has yet to fail me for getting a DVD extracted.  However, you are right, its not automatic.  Perhaps you could write some sort of applescript or something.

Now theres a challenge for you on a slow day.

 

[nodle]

http://lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools

 

[WayneKerr]

http://lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools

Little disappointed.DVD decrypter = ImgBrn (Image Burn.)  As far as anything I have had to do with either, the only difference is image burn's splash screen.
I tried HandBrake, but there was alot of options to fiddle with.  More stuff to learn

 

[nodle]

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These are AcetoneISO's Features:

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- A nice display which shows current images mounted and possibility to click on it to quickly reopen mounted image

- Convert 2 ISO all image types:

*.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.dmg *.cdi *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi and much more

- Extract images content to a folder:

*.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.dmg *.cdi *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi and much more

- Play a DVD Movie Image with Kaffeine / VLC / SMplayer with auto-cover download from Amazon

- Generate an ISO from a Folder or CD/DVD

- Check MD5 file of an image and/or generate it to a text file

- Encrypt / Decrypt an image

- Split / Merge image in X megabyte

- Compress with High Ratio an image in 7z format

- Rip a PSX cd to *.bin to make it work with epsxe/psx emulators

- Restore a lost CUE file of *.bin *.img

- Convert Mac OS *.dmg to a mountable image

- El-Torito support to create ISO bootable Cd

- Mount an image in a specified folder from the user

- Supports UDF ISO filesystem images

- Create a database of images to manage big collections

- Extract the Boot Image file of a CD/DVD or ISO

- Backup a CD-Audio to a *.bin image

- Service Menu for Konqueror and D3lphin

- Complete localization for English, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish and much more!

- Quick and simple utility to Rip a DVD to Xvid AVI

- Quick and simple utility to convert a generic video (avi, mpeg, mov, wmv, asf) to Xvid AVI

- Quick and simple utility to convert a FLV video to AVI

- Utility to download videos from Youtube!

Linux though.

Lets install it!

Copy/paste the following in the terminal via Applications->Accessories->Terminal

wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/acetoneiso2/acetoneiso2_20080508-1_i386.deb ; sudo dpkg -i acetoneiso2_20080508-1_i386.deb

Now you can access AcetoneISO via Applications->Accessories->AcetoneISO2

 

[ndboarder]

Introducing AcetoneISO 2.0.2 ISO mounter, encrypter, converter, ripper, divx encoder and ISO Player all in one CD/DVD Image Solution!These are AcetoneISO's Features:
- Mount automatically ISO, MDF, NRG, BIN, NRG without the need to insert admin password!

- A nice display which shows current images mounted and possibility to click on it to quickly reopen mounted image

- Convert 2 ISO all image types:

*.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.dmg *.cdi *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi and much more

- Extract images content to a folder:

*.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.dmg *.cdi *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi and much more

- Play a DVD Movie Image with Kaffeine / VLC / SMplayer with auto-cover download from Amazon

- Generate an ISO from a Folder or CD/DVD

- Check MD5 file of an image and/or generate it to a text file

- Encrypt / Decrypt an image

- Split / Merge image in X megabyte

- Compress with High Ratio an image in 7z format

- Rip a PSX cd to *.bin to make it work with epsxe/psx emulators

- Restore a lost CUE file of *.bin *.img

- Convert Mac OS *.dmg to a mountable image

- El-Torito support to create ISO bootable Cd

- Mount an image in a specified folder from the user

- Supports UDF ISO filesystem images

- Create a database of images to manage big collections

- Extract the Boot Image file of a CD/DVD or ISO

- Backup a CD-Audio to a *.bin image

- Service Menu for Konqueror and D3lphin

- Complete localization for English, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish and much more!

- Quick and simple utility to Rip a DVD to Xvid AVI

- Quick and simple utility to convert a generic video (avi, mpeg, mov, wmv, asf) to Xvid AVI

- Quick and simple utility to convert a FLV video to AVI

- Utility to download videos from Youtube!

Linux though.

Lets install it!

Copy/paste the following in the terminal via Applications->Accessories->Terminal

wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/acetoneiso2/acetoneiso2_20080508-1_i386.deb ; sudo dpkg -i acetoneiso2_20080508-1_i386.deb

Now you can access AcetoneISO via Applications->Accessories->AcetoneISO2

How is it?