[electropura]

Hey all,
I just got my first Mac DVD player with the Mac I purchased this month. Is there a way to "rip" DVD's in the manner which one "rip's" CD's for storage on a Mac? I'd like to store my movies like I store my CD's on my Hard Drive (unless the file size is too much of a hinderance).

Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions/leads to information!
BoulderDash

[DeathToWindows]

Unless you have to measure storage space in TB (terabytes)... don't bother... a DVD is 4.7gb of data...

[bvdsluis]

Sure,

Just do a search for "DvdExtractor" on google. Do, however, note that DVDs take up a *lot* of space.

I'm not exactly sure of the legality of this tool either...

Josh

There's also a DVD imaging utility thatt was once available from http://homepage.mac.com/fairuse, but I can't get that page up right now. Also, the tool died under 9.2, but I did run it under 9.1 on m TiBook. Be prepared to invest a lot of drive space for DVD images- they'll get huge!

[SirCastor]

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
<STRONG>Unless you have to measure storage space in TB (terabytes)... don't bother... a DVD is 4.7gb of data...</STRONG>

At least, As I understand it, a double sided, double density disc is capable of holding more than 16 gig.

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by SirCastor:
<STRONG>

At least, As I understand it, a double sided, double density disc is capable of holding more than 16 gig.</STRONG>

Yeah, its like 18+... pretty awesome.

I always wondered though... double sided or double layered... why do double sided when you can double layer?

Unless you can double side with double layers (4 layers)... damn, that'd rock.

That'd mean the discs are a lot bigger than necessary (thickness) - for duarbility and compatibility with CD/DVD drives though I guess that's necessary... hmm.

So, any such thing as a double-sided, double-layered, double-density DVD?

Hehe.

[Demonhood]

As far as I know there are only two factors: side, layers.
Most of the discs that came out early on (like the Goodfellas DVD I have) are double side, single layer. Most of the discs that come out now are single sided, double layer. They put logos and stuff on the other side instead of data (and if there are extras, they use another disc).

There probably are double sided double layer discs out there, but I don't own any. And (as far as I know), there is a very easy way to tell if a disc is double or single layered. A cookie to the first to guess it. No cheating (no google, just go look at your dvds).

Double layered disks are goldish coloured, whilst single layered discs are silver. At least all the ones in my collection are

Region 1 Terminator 2: special editiona dn Aquaria are both double-sided, double- layered discs.

Double choc chip please...

[BoulderDash]

I can see how to do it with "DvdExtractor", but how does one get the files sizes smaller? I've seen where some movies which my friends have are like 650MB avi's or qt's? Now, I haven't sat and watched these things, but doesn't that mean that they compressed it even more? Or is the screen size they made so tiny that the files is so small?

Thanks again.

[J.W. Pepper]

You now need to convert to DIVX and burn back to CD. Sell them and go straight to prison, do not pass go and do not collect £200.

boulderdash:

what you're talking about is a compressed version of the original dvd content. here's a quick explanation:

an application reads the mpeg2 data (basically, the movie) from the dvd and compresses it, removing some of the quality in the process. it's kind of like how you take cd audio (redbook) and compress it into an mp3, only *far* more processor intensive. for example, it may take 10 or more hours on some processors to rip a movie with a decent result.

you lose a noticable amount of quality in this process, but you generally get a watchable, and still enjoyable, rendition of the film. it's also helpful for laptops.. no need to carry 15 dvds and less power consumption (no spinning dvd drive).

anyway, you'll want to search for 'divx' in this forum. divx is the name of the video codec (the means to encode and decode the data) that you're looking for. there is a *vast* wealth of related info available.. and quite a bit of it is mac friendly. be prepared, though.. divx players for mac os aren't as optimized as their x86 (windows, x86 linux, etc.) versions.. so your milage may vary. hope this bloated explanation helps..