Okey doke. I'll most likely go for user-friendly first.
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Barb - Jun 12, 2009 6:52:41 am PDT #10416 of 25501
“Not dead yet!”
le nubian - Jun 12, 2009 7:13:52 am PDT #10417 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Barb,
there may be a step you need to do BEFORE Handbrake, etc. If the DVD is protected, you'll have to rip the DVD first. Then Handbrake can do its thing.
I don't have recommendations for DVD ripping software for Macs.
Steph L. - Jun 12, 2009 7:16:20 am PDT #10418 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tom, coming from the cheap and non-audiophile end of things, I use these: [link] and like them a lot.
Okay, I keep having FAIL with my earbuds (mostly that when I work out, I sweat like a farm animal and then the earbuds fall out, plus I think I have abnormally narrow ear canals, because the earbuds never seem to really fit anyway), so I am going to order these. Excellent.
I don't have recommendations for DVD ripping software for Macs.
Mac the Ripper is free and decent. t edit Wait, there might not be a Leopard-compatible version of Mac the Ripper. What OS do you have, Barb?
Barb - Jun 12, 2009 7:18:39 am PDT #10419 of 25501
“Not dead yet!”
there may be a step you need to do BEFORE Handbrake, etc. If the DVD is protected, you'll have to rip the DVD first. Then Handbrake can do its thing.
It had me download VLC, which I used to have on one of my old machines. Now it seems to be doing its thing. We'll see.
Jessica - Jun 12, 2009 7:20:41 am PDT #10420 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If the DVD is protected, you'll have to rip the DVD first. Then Handbrake can do its thing.
Is this a new "feature"? I've ripped commercial DVDs to iTunes directly from Handbrake with no intermediary step.
le nubian - Jun 12, 2009 7:26:09 am PDT #10421 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
is that right? I have not been able to accomplish this, Jessica.
Perhaps I am doing something wrong?
Jessica - Jun 12, 2009 7:29:34 am PDT #10422 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Before I discovered MPEG Streamclip, I used Handbrake to rip all my DVD clips for vidding, so I know it's possible. I'll double-check when I get home tonight (I don't have any commercial DVDs here at work).
Gris - Jun 12, 2009 7:29:46 am PDT #10423 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I have also ripped commercial DVDs with Handbrake, though I tended to find it to be slower and less stable, so usually ripped with MacTheRipper first anyway.
Barb - Jun 12, 2009 7:37:09 am PDT #10424 of 25501
“Not dead yet!”
It's taking its time, but it appears to be saving as mp4 files. I hate being such a computer idjit sometimes. Oh, and Tep, I'm using OS 10.5.5 right now.
Steph L. - Jun 12, 2009 7:42:48 am PDT #10425 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm using OS 10.5.5 right now.
I'm thisclose to getting a MacBook Pro (partly b/c if you buy it w/an education discount -- my mom works at a high school -- you get a free iPod Touch), but the only thing holding me back is not wanting to upgrade most of the software I use for my freelance jobs (Quark XPress, Photoshop CS). The versions are *just* old enough that they don't play well with Leopard (we've had problems at work with Leopard and older software versions), and I just don't want to deal with it right now.