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FREE DVD Copiers For Mac (to .qt or .mov)

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troy67

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I have been looking all over the net for a free DVD copier to a format suported by either iTunes (video), Quicktime, or iMovie so I can change the formats by myself. I have a PowerBook G4 with Mac OS X 10.4.3.

Also, what are the different media players and their supported file formats?

Thanks.
 
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Magic Wok

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troy67 said:
I have been looking all over the net for a free DVD copier to a format suported by either iTunes (video), Quicktime, or iMovie so I can change the formats by myself. I have a PowerBook G4 with Mac OS X 10.4.3.

Also, what are the different media players and their supported file formats?

Thanks.
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http://handbrake.m0k.org/

This program is free and fantastically featured. If I understand your question right, you want to rip a dvd and encode it to a file compatible with iTunes?

This program will rip the DVD, and encode an AVI with H.264 encoding, which iTunes will recognise.

They have a forum there where you can ask your more personal questions regarding the program.

INFO:

Outputs:
  • File format: MP4, AVI or OGM
  • Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer encoding)
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)
 
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antizero

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I use handbreak personally and its wonderful. Only dvd ripper I've ever used.
 
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troy67

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Thanks, but for some reason Handbrake's "mp4" doesnt import roperly into iTunes, do you know why?
 

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