Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time for Hollywierd to develop a new business model! Why? the one they have is working very very well for them. VAST sums of cash can be laundered through a business that 'loses' so much money... -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Are there any options available for those of us still using OS9.2.2? -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:13 AM, Thoma Mattox wrote: Are there any options available for those of us still using OS9.2.2? Possibly Toast? Otherwise, not much, afaik. Certainly all the free apps won't work as they're all dependent on OSS unix libraries. -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if copy protection includes MacroVision? dan k [completely off-topic political rant] Isn't capitalism wonderful? Isn't the huge amount of money capitalism brings to bear on our political process wonderful? Isn't it nice to know how well we are taken care of by lawmakers largely beholden to powerful commercial interests? Money equals power and woe to anyone who tries to step between those interests and the profits to which those interests are apparently entitled. [/completely off-topic political rant] . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if copy protection includes MacroVision? AFAIK, it does. More and more, the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) [ * ] is being written to incorporate by reference certain proprietary standards as if these were Federal standards. The Feds are giving away the candy store to the owners of the proprietary software, without ever requiring the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) [ ** ] to do a sanity check on such software. In particular, I believe that CFR Part which refers to DCMA specifically states that Macrovision-encrypted data may not be altered to remove the Macrovision encryption. Hence, the rapid emergence of the usual Macrovision circumvention, the analog loophole, which I will not describe here for fear of persecution ;-) . I'm sure some already own DVD drives which are all-Region. I know I do. Came that way from Apple Computer as part of my WS-II/300. Later DVD drives which were provided with the very same computer were single-Region. Also, some DVD players may be made all-Region by simple manipulation of the remote control. This, even though the those players have affixed to their cases the Region 1 sticker, meaning the player is purportedly compatible ONLY with Region 1 DVDs. Finally, some DVD players may be made to output a Macrovision-free data stream. The precise techniques vary with the player, but these usually involve manipulation of the remote control, and alteration of the VIDEO menu of the player. Sometimes a hidden menu is involved. Some of the best DVD players are using a single-chip solution (plus a single FLASH chip and a single RAM chip) from a domestic source, which accomplishes all DVD player operations, including DVD drive control and data stream decoding. This chip has supposedly been blessed by the usual suspect intellectual property owners, hence its wide use in DVD players which feature progressive scan. Region and Macrovision hacks are well-known for players which use this chip. Lastly, some DVDs are being authored by intentionally including flawed sectors in order to foil one-to-one duplication, which should otherwise be completely legal, as this does NOT remove Macrovision encryption. A defective sector cannot be duplicated, right? But, one of the best known tools is capable of BOTH correcting those defective sectors, AND removing Macrovision encryption. Time for Hollywierd to develop a new business model! [ * ] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if copy protection includes MacroVision? AFAIK, it does. More and more, the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) [ * ] is being written to incorporate by reference certain proprietary standards as if these were Federal standards. The Feds are giving away the candy store to the owners of the proprietary software, without ever requiring the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) [ ** ] to do a sanity check on such software. But, one of the best known tools is capable of BOTH correcting those defective sectors, AND removing Macrovision encryption. Time for Hollywierd to develop a new business model! [ * ] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ Who remembers when hollywood condemned the vcr and urged Congress to burn it. They are using the same arguments now and it seems to be working this time. What has changed? Pete. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
PETE wrote: [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ Who remembers when hollywood condemned the vcr and urged Congress to burn it. They are using the same arguments now and it seems to be working this time. What has changed? Pete. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com What has changed? I'd answer that but this would instantly evolve into a more political discussion than it already is. Can we get back to PBs? The best information source for this whole discussion is probably afterdawn.com. Lots of downloads too. BM -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Hello, First off, to legally copy a copy-protected commercial DVD you'll have to move to a country where it's legal, currently it's not legal in the good ol' USA. That said: You are not allowed to make any copys ? Is it only for DVD or for just anything. I mean copys of old video tapes and mp3s of music cds one really owns isnt a bad thing. I mean video tapes get damaged easy and mp3 is much more convinient then the original CDs (outdoor for example) I am against piracy but a private copy is no piracy. And what happenes to someone who recorded a movie from tv to his VCR or a more modern DVD recorder ??? If i buy a DVD with a foreign country code, copy it and burn it again with country code 0 or 2 (europe) i guess i broke every copyright law availabe ;) I guess i should check german laws are about this :) About the problem having a number of movies on the notebook for travel... I do only have Macs with OS up to 8.6. But i am wondering if it is not possible to make a disc image of a DVD with OS X ?? One could easily mount them and play the movie from hard drive. -- +---+ | () Gruesse/regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | /\ Manfred Guentnerwww.serv.de.eu.org | +---+ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Saturday 02 July 2005 02:53, Manfred wrote: I do only have Macs with OS up to 8.6. But i am wondering if it is not possible to make a disc image of a DVD with OS X ?? One could easily mount them and play the movie from hard drive. Manfred, I may be wrong, since I haven't played around with OS X, much, but I think you can do that, actually. Or, at least, I have a good friend, whom I witnessed making a disc image within OS X, on his AlBook. Of course, I don't know how difficult it would be, or if any 3rd party apps are required. Caleb -- Rei: PowerBook 190, OS 7.5.2 Setsuna: HP Pavilion a520n, SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Manfred wrote: You are not allowed to make any copys ? Is it only for DVD or for just anything. I mean copys of old video tapes and mp3s of music cds one really owns isnt a bad thing. I mean video tapes get damaged easy and mp3 is much more convinient then the original CDs (outdoor for example) It isn't about what makes sense, it is about what the recording/movie industry wants. They don't want any copies made. I think they believe, if they yell and threaten enough, they will cut down on the number of legal copies and, when your DVD bites the dust, they can sell you another copy/license at full price. Whether back-up copies are legal is highly disputed. I - personally and I am not giving advice, I am just saying what I think, so don't sue me RIAA - a backup copy falls within fair use copying, DMCA be damned. I have noticed that, lately, some DVDs have something on them or in the packaging about registering your DVD on the web. Allegedly, if you lose or damage your DVD, they will send you another copy of the media. Broderbund used to do this a long time ago, (it would have to be, I guess), with their software, which was copy protected, (I mean Apple //e stuff). I am against piracy but a private copy is no piracy. And what happenes to someone who recorded a movie from tv to his VCR or a more modern DVD recorder ??? Recording off broadcast mediums - cable, on air, satellite - is allowed under the Betamax ruling of the US Supreme Court. The movie industry predicted the advent of VCRs would kill them, too. It never happened. A good indication of their level of objectivity about the the effect new technologies has on their business model. I doubt very seriously the movie industry would look on removing region codes any more favorably than any other modification of the product they are selling. They want you to have to buy a different DVD for each region. If i buy a DVD with a foreign country code, copy it and burn it again with country code 0 or 2 (europe) i guess i broke every copyright law availabe ;) Is this possible? I am looking at a very old film on DVD that is only available in the UK and Australia. I have found uncoded versions, but I haven't looked into whether I can get this to play on anything but my PC, which will play DVDs no matter what the region coding. I guess i should check german laws are about this :) Be interesting to see what is customary in EEC/Germany... -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
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On Jul 1, 2005, at 10:54 PM, Dan K wrote: First off, to legally copy a copy-protected commercial DVD you'll have to move to a country where it's legal, currently it's not legal in the good ol' USA. That said: I should have mentioned that I always waited for our day trips to Windsor. :) until Canada passed ther DMCA equivalent a few weeks ago B -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Mac the Ripper: http://www.ripdifferent.com/~mtr/ Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. That sounds entirely reasonable. Video is data intensive. Any specific recommendations as to authoring tools, to produce a DVD which will actually play? I've already encountered situations where a player would accept a +R but not a -R. I don't know about commercial players . My experience with projects is on darkside computers which, unless equipped with a DVD/R+- drive burn only R+ And, what to do about the 4.7 GB limitation for a single-layer +/-R? MPEG4 ? Or put the file through an NLE program or utility for trimming. My plan is to upgrade my Lombard with a UJ-845B, which does have double-layer write capability, but right now I am limited to single-layer. Make sure your stand-alone player ( if that is a target machine for replay) reads dual layer. I hope the ripper works well. Even the good one I have seen mangles the picture somewhat. The others make files that are unusable without a lot of experimentation and tweaking. I don't know if these programs decode or merely do a D-A-D conversion. But since you start with MPEG which is compressed and lossy already picture quality suffers in the process. Pixel dropout is common. -- Adrian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jun 30, 2005, at 11:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. Any specific recommendations as to authoring tools, to produce a DVD which will actually play? I've already encountered situations where a player would accept a +R but not a -R. And, what to do about the 4.7 GB limitation for a single-layer +/-R? You have to buy a commercial software that will let you remove extra audio modes, extras footage, languages, plus compress the video into a smaller space. there are no freebie tols for this. Popcorn (Roxio) and DVD2One (German) have great reviews. DVD2One is 80 Euros or so, so pretty expensive. It is much faster than Popcorn. Popcorn can be had from Roxio for $30 if you already own Toast or similar (even an old version). I bought Popcorn. It works well, 7 gig video_ts folder goes to a single layer DVD fine. You can use Popcorn to remove languages, unwanted materials but only if you chose the main feature only. On DVDs that have episodes, the only way to get every episode is to keep all the extra stuff and compress the video. The video compression works well and I can't really see much of a difference in output, which concurs with the reviews I read online. I've used DVD+R only for playable DVDs and had no compatibility issues or coasters so far. You can get reviews of both these softwares with a little googling. Hopefuly they will add some versatility to Popcorn, but if you feel wealthy the DVD2One is rated very well. HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jun 30, 2005, at 8:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac the Ripper: http://www.ripdifferent.com/~mtr/ Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Not for this person; I believe he intends on playing them off of his hard drive. Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. You have to re-compress or split the data, and I thought MTR did that; I may be thinking of some other program, though. I know I have a program that discussed this in the documentation, but if it's not Mac the Ripper, I can't remember what it is. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
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On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I know I have a program that discussed this in the documentation, but if it's not Mac the Ripper, I can't remember what it is. Mac the Ripper mentions DVD2One, Popcorn, and DVD Remaster. I read in a review of these utils that there is no freebie Mac equivalent for these tools, maybe there is one for Windows, I've not looked. You could extract just pieces using MTR but it seems a hit and miss affair. I am just making copies of some DVDs used in science labs, so that the teaching assistants can't lose the originals any longer. For ease of use and retention of all the navigational menus etc. I just rip the whole disk in MTR, which means perhaps 40% compression of the video via Popcorn. Still looks great. I'm pretty pleased. It works! :) Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Check out DVD Remaster. It's not free, but it ain't expensive either. Thanks, Kevin -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
First off, to legally copy a copy-protected commercial DVD you'll have to move to a country where it's legal, currently it's not legal in the good ol' USA. That said: I haven't found any Mac tools that can do what the freeware win32 app DVD Shrink can do, which is, in one step, copy an entire DVD (including all menus) so it fits completely on a DVD-R. It offers a host of options including variable compression, region choice (or no region), macrovision removal, removing P-UOPs, etc., it's super easy to use, it outputs very nice looking movies, and it's free. I _could_ use it regularly to make working copies of my 5 yr old daughter's DVDs. When she inevitably destroys a copy I _could_ just haul out the original and burn her another copy. Not that I _do_, just that I _could_, you see what I mean don't you? If you don't have access to a win32 PC, then spend $50 and buy one. I hate using a WinPC for anything, but it's little gems like DVD Shrink, unavailable on a Mac, what makes it well worthwhile to have a Wintel box around the joint. Not that I _do_ use it for such things, but I _could_, if only it was legal. Legal, legal, legal . . . such backups are apparently quite illegal here in the states. Man-o-man, having to _describe_ this like I just did _above_ seems quite _un-American_, somehow . . . dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Best way to legally copy DVD
Hey Everyone! I want to go on a trip and take a couple of my DVD¹s with me. Anybody know a free, good program to use? We are driving about 24 hours and will need something to do to pass the time. All help appreciated! Dave Powerbook G4, 1.67 ghz, 1.5 gig Ram, ruiiing Tiggrrr! -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jun 29, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Dave Foshee wrote: Hey Everyone! I want to go on a trip and take a couple of my DVD¹s with me. Anybody know a free, good program to use? We are driving about 24 hours and will need something to do to pass the time. All help appreciated! Dave Powerbook G4, 1.67 ghz, 1.5 gig Ram, ruiiing Tiggrrr! Mac the Ripper: http://www.ripdifferent.com/~mtr/ -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
On Jun 30, 2005, at 12:47 AM, Dave Foshee wrote: Hey Everyone! I want to go on a trip and take a couple of my DVD¹s with me. Anybody know a free, good program to use? We are driving about 24 hours and will need something to do to pass the time. My understanding is that there is no way to legally copy your DVD, even for home use/ backup copy// free speech/whatever rights we used to have. DMCA trumps them. See you in Guantanamo prison camp, you evildoer. That said, there is a great util, Mac the Ripper, which is perfect for taking DVD movie to your HD for playback on the airplane or driving or whatever. lots of people have positive things to say about it on macupdate.com www.ripdifferent.com HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Best way to legally copy DVD
Mac the Ripper: http://www.ripdifferent.com/~mtr/ Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. Any specific recommendations as to authoring tools, to produce a DVD which will actually play? I've already encountered situations where a player would accept a +R but not a -R. And, what to do about the 4.7 GB limitation for a single-layer +/-R? My plan is to upgrade my Lombard with a UJ-845B, which does have double-layer write capability, but right now I am limited to single-layer. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
