I recently was attempting to copy a home made non-copywrited DVD after some search I found this You Tube which I found most helpful.
YouTube - How To Rip DVD's onto your Mac
Bill
YouTube - How To Rip DVD's onto your Mac
Bill
I've tried that software before and found the quality of the rip to be low.
Have you had any issues with quality?
Would anyone in the know have any tips on how to boost the quality of the DVD rip?
If it's just ripping you need then the old version of MacTheRipper is still around, and is free. I think it's version 2.6.6. For conversion, I also use Handbrake with no quality issues.
Thanks, all.
I've been having success with handbrake, using "constant quality RF:20"
I must of had it set at a different quality setting the first time i used it. Im going to try and rip that video again at this new setting and see if there's a difference.
So i tried to rip this DVD again, and the quality is again poor. Anybody have any ideas. The rip also comes out at 3 gigs and my other rips are btw 700mb-1.2g
No need to rip at all. See chas_m's post. Ripping is only necessary if you're trying to defeat copy protection or convert to a different format.
Im trying to get rid of my dvds and just have digital copies.
OK. Just to be clear, anytime you use compression, you lose quality - period. It seems like you're looking for an exact replica of the original, and I think your expectations might be too high.
What I do (and find to have acceptable quality) is to use the AppleTV preset in Handbrake. Since the AppleTV is 720P (and so is my TV), I usually get a very nice picture as a result. Is it absolutely perfect? No. But I'd rather have the slight degradation then have to upgrade the disks in my NAS.
Im trying to get rid of my dvds and just have digital copies.
Ah, now someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding of the DMCA is that what you are proposing is illegal. You MUST retain ownership of the physical DVD if you have digital copies of it. If you get rid of/sell/give away/etc the physical DVD, you must also delete all digital copies you may have, since you no longer have a license to have a digital copy.