MacTheRipper

I just ripped a DVD with mactheripper and I don't have Popcorn to burn it onto a DVD... ...

MacTheRipper to read DVDs to HD, DVD2oneX to compress, then a burn app (I use Toast).

I agree with Bob. And OWC support has a very informative video on how to install the drive in your Mac. And the 110 can do DL discs. I just experimented with backing up a commercial DVD onto a DL. After MacTheRipper did its thing, Toast7 wrote the 4.5X DVD in 11 minutes -- no hour of compression needed, and picture quality was magnificent. I was almost impressed enough to...

There are three steps to copying a commercial DVD: rip - to remove copy protection, compress as needed to bring the file to the capacity of your DVD-R, and burning. You missed step 1 and duplicated steps 2-3. Popcorn compresses and burns all by itself. DVD2OneX (v2) now has built-in burning in addition to compression. Ripping can be done via several programs, the...

I'm going to try using MPEG4 video instead of H.264. If that doesn't work, I'll rip it with MacTheRipper and use ffmpegX to convert it, although I'm reluctant to do that because ffmpegX frequently returns dead mp4s for me. ...

Thanks for the suggestion; sadly it didn't work. I even tried ripping the contents from the DVD to the hard disk (using MacTheRipper) and then using that source, and the same thing happened.

MacTheRipper rips the content of a DVD off of the DVD disk and onto your hard drive. There is no "encoding" or "translating" to a different format like AVI -- it's just a straight rip. Whatever format the DVD was in is the format the resulting files will be in when you use MTR. If you wish to watch the DVD once it's been ripped to your hard drive, simply open DVD player,...

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Thanks MisterMe! The DVD player does recognise the file and it will play. Does that mean there will be some way to edit it in other Mac software? Regarding MacTheRipper, it did copy the files successfully, but then they weren't playable on iMovie. I know the DVR has built-in editing, but I'd prefer to do it on the Mac.

DVR's are not designed to output editable data, but rather finalized DVDs. The DVR has editing functions built-in. Once finalized, the DVD that pops out of your DVR can be played on any DVD player. It is in MPEG-2 format. Perhaps, you are using incorrect settings in MacTheRipper, because it should work. You may also try Handbrake. However, the first thing that I would try is...