[kj] How to rip a dvd (Mac version)

[Brendan]

Frank you forgot step 7 through 10:

As DVD is burning, assume the smug, aloof expression of the self-satisfied
Mac elitist, patter across polished wooden floor of loft apartment / shop
to make yet another espresso, catch glimpse of self reflected in window
and congratulate self that your latest t-shirt purchase really accentuates
your bony atrophied frame which surely communicates your otherworldy,
painful artistic existential experience of life, cue Morrisey on the
over-priced hi fi equipment which over the course of 6 years you've
managed to build up 13% equity in, currently only working on one channel,
come back to PC and congratulate self that you're not a PC user...check
bank balance and wonder how you are going to afford the latest
semi-transparent over-engineered wank-box when you're still paying off the
first 2.

*grin*


> Here's the step by step of how to do it on the Mac.

>

> 1) Insert DVD

> 2) Launch Mac The Ripper, which automatically scans the DVD and tells

> you how big it is.  The latest version (3) is highly recommended.  Use

> the default settings for Full Disk Extraction.

>

> If it's "RCE Encoded" -- which I think means region-encoded -- it will

> alert you, and you can pick the matching RCE Encoding option in the

> little pop-down menu on the lower right.  In my experience, this only

> happens perhaps once out of 20 dvds, but duly noted.

>

> 3) Click the GO! button.  It will prompt you for a destination.  Make

> sure you have enough space, obviously.

>

> A disk that is 4.3 GB or less will fit on a standard single-layer dvd-r

> -- the kind they sell at the drug store for about a dollar each.  Many

> commercial disks are 6 or 7 GB dual-layer disks, as they are packed with

> extras and take advantage of higher bandwidth to deliver a superior

> picture.  Unless you have a dual-layer burner and disks (and know how to

> do it, which is outside the boundaries of this e-mail), you'd need to

> recompress the contents down to where they'd fit on a standard

> single-layer dvd-r.

>

> Will you lose picture quality?  Yes.  Would it be noticeable?  Generally

> no, unless you are a purist and/or compared it side by side with the

> original.  I happen to be a bit of a purist, so this part always makes

> me wince.  There is no joy, in my view, in recompressing, for example,

> any of the disks in my Twilight Zone: Definitive Edition box set. The

> *entire point* of the collection is that they look so gorgeous you could

> cry.

>

> But back to our story.

>

> 4) Now that the disk has been copied to your hard drive, you will see it

> contains at least two folders, "VIDEO_TS" and "AUDIO_TS" -- the latter

> of which will likely be empty.  VIDEO_TS is the one we care about.

>

> 5) Launch Toast.  Version 8 is a complete re-write and makes obsolete

> all previous versions.  In the video section on the left hand side,

> there's a tab that says "VIDEO_TS Folder" -- select that.  Now drag 'n'

> drop the folder of the disk you ripped over into the Toast window.  You

> can take the whole folder, it'll be able to sort it out.  If it's bigger

> than 4.3 GB, select the "fit-to-DVD video compression" checkbox in the

> lower LH corner.

>

> 6) Insert blank DVD and push the button in the lower RH corner to start

> burning.  If it has to re-compress, allow about 45 minutes, depending on

> the size of the disk.

>

> IMPORTANT: If the disk needs to be recompressed, you need to have enough

> space on your hard drive to make a second copy of the disk -- so if it's

> 7GB, you'll need an additional 7GB or more overhead!

>

> I put a Pioneer DVR-112 in my aging G4 tower.  It burns an average DVD

> in just under four minutes!

>

> http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Pioneer/DVR112DBK/

>

> FYI and hope this helps,

> FBC

>

> ps - PC folks still adrift can search http://www.download.com for

> utilities...

>

> ps2 - How about that Killing Joke?!!  ;)

>

>

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