How to Backup my Dvd?

Hey Everyone,

I was wondering if there was a way to Copy the contents of a DVD to my MacBook Pro? Is there any build-in programs that can do it (B-sides Disk Utility) and if not, are there any freeware progams that anyone knows about? Im using an Intel chip, so Im not very sure everything will work properly (macTheripper, popcorn, etc)

Thank You
Primal

MacTheRipper

There is also a beta version you can get by donating to the developer.

johninc said:

MacTheRipper

There is also a beta version you can get by donating to the developer.

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mac the ripper is universal, it works fine on intel macs

OK... let me take this a step further. On windows, so my kids dont kill the orignial DVD, I have DVDSHRINK 3.2 and nero. Now, anyone thats used this knows that its just one program, and you just have to make like 3 clicks and y ou're done an hour or so later.

Is there a proggie on the Mac that does this as well or we stuck doing it via MtR & Toast?

Popcorn, handbrake...

ehh... its STILL a 2 step process... and correct me if im wrong.. but i still need to use mtr to rip it right? besides..im not trying to compress it...just wanna make a back up so my kids dont kill all the dvd's.

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MacTheRipper and Popcorn or MacTheRipper and Toast. There is no "one App" solution on the Mac at this time.

Popcorn will do it, but most DVDs have some kind of protection and Popcorn won't work with them, hence the need for MTR.

Baggss is correct. If it was just a DVD you created yourself, you could just use Toast or Popcorn, but to make BackUps for your kids of paid for movies, it's a Two Step process.

yeah.. thats what I thought. Oh well.... Maybe an automator script?

DVD2oneX
Can't believe no one said this

toast is the best software I have ever invested in...

johninc said:

DVD2oneX
Can't believe no one said this

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toast has taken over dvd2ones necessity. why buy two apps to do what the purchase of one app can do???

mactheripper and toast is the best solution, hands down, no real further discussion necessary.
-chris

coach_z said:

toast has taken over dvd2ones necessity. why buy two apps to do what the purchase of one app can do???

mactheripper and toast is the best solution, hands down, no real further discussion necessary.
-chris

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Someone asked for an app that did it all in one. Though I'm not sure DVD2one actually does I thought I'd throw it out there anyways.

Ok,
DVDShrink is no longer in development. So it does not always work on the new encryption. There are ways on the PC to still get it done, but that in turn, becomes a nice long process. Mac the Ripper is a great APP, there are Beta Versions for the newer copy protection on the newer dvds. There is a full version, stable version of Mac the RIpper; version 2.6.6. To get the latest beta, there is a requirement of a donation. This is pretty much the only way on Mac to rip DVDs.

Toast is a great app. It does do a bit of things. Toast 7 is the latest on that, and is worth every penny. As johninc says, DVD2OneX does have a burn engine built in. I do prefer the compression much better on DVD2OneX than Toast.

Compression is usually needed when "backing up" a dvd. Sometimes if you strip out just the movie using DVD2OneX, you don't need to compress that, as that may fit on a single layer 4.7gb disc. Then again, you could always buy the Dual Layer DVD, 8.5GBs. Those bad boys are still too expensive for my tastes. Unless you are just leaving them on your machine and playing the VIDEO_TS off your hard drive, you will need compression. You could always use handbrake to rip the dvd. That can get you an MPG4 file, and have compress so much that the qualilty just isn't there. That one is free, it does usually just strip out the main movie, but I am not sure how it is handling the latest copy protection.

The only applescript I have seen so far in trying to do this, is "ONE". It is actually made by a friend of the Mac the Ripper developer. All the script does is just use the same programs. Mac the RIpper, Toast, and I believe DVD2OneX. So you will still need the programs to do this process.