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    • You may not discuss breaking DVD or BluRay encryption, copying, or "ripping" commercial, copy-protected DVDs.
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Hi
I'm having difficulty ripping a dvd of a movie to my laptop (macbook pro, 2.4 GHz Core 2 duo running Snow Leopard).

I have borrowed a dvd from a friend which I have to return but still haven't watched (I'm reading the book first!). So I searched for instructions to rip it using VLC, which I found on macrumors' website:
Rip a DVD to iTunes using VLC - Mac Guides

I followed the instructions, and it's still ripping after over 8 hours! According to the macrumors site, a 90-minute movie should use about 800Mb. This is a 2 1/2 hour movie, so should presumably be about 1.5 Gb. Well it is already up to 6Gb and still going!

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

ps I don't need to rip it to ITunes - ripping to VLC would be just as good.
 
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Discussion of ripping commercial DVDs is prohibited here. Please read the link posted by mr.plow above.

Its illegal to back up a DVD you dont own. Since this is this is the reason you are ripping, and that article specifically quotes how to rip commercial DVDs, Im closing the thread.
 
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