But playing those discs means you may lock your player to an unwanted region. Some people like playing discs written for other regions because those discs can’t be had in their native country. You can read more about RipIt in Dan Frakes’ Mac Gems review. Again, you can play that with DVD Player or convert it with HandBrake or Toast Titanium. Right-click on that file and you find a Video_TS folder within. Insert a disc and it rips everything on it to a. RipIt is the least configurable of the lot but it rips just about everything you throw at it. You can then take that Video_TS folder and use HandBrake or an application such as Roxio’s $100 Toast Titanium to convert it to a movie playable on your devices. Just choose Open DVD Media from DVD Player’s File menu, navigate to the Video_TS folder, and click Choose to play the folder’s contents. Apple’s DVD player will play the contents of a Video_TS folder. It produces a folder that contains an Audio_TS and Video_TS folder. It too can rip the main feature or any other portion of the disc you like.

You can get an updated version of MacTheRipper by joining the RipDifferent forums and purchasing a copy of MacTheRipper 3.x. The version of MacTheRipper commonly found on the Web is old and not compatible with some newer copy-protection schemes. You can choose the output file format, which can be MPEG-4, MKV, AVI, or OGM format (for Mac users, MPEG-4 is the way to go as it’s compatible with the Mac and iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV). You can also ask it to rip other bits from the disc-previews, for example. HandBrake will automatically detect the main feature of the disc and offer to extract just that main feature. It includes a variety of presets, allowing you to rip your disc for specific devices and destinations-Apple TV, iPhone/iPod touch, QuickTime, and iPod High- and Low-Resolution, for example. HandBrake is the most configurable of the bunch. What are the difference between the three programs?Ī.

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