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BeyondtheMacintosh · May 20, 2006, 08:55 AM

Someone help please. I need a DVD Decrypter for Mac that will let you copy retail DVD's onto other DVD-R's. This is urgent, and I can't use DVD2OneX because it only lasts 30 days, I need a free one! Any suggestions?

icruise · May 20, 2006, 09:23 AM

You can try Mac The Ripper. DVD2OneX isn't actually a ripper, if I recall. It doesn't decode DVDs, so you need a ripping program to use it anyway. Of course, most commercial DVDs these days are dual-layer, so they won't fit on a normal DVD-R even if you rip them. That's where DVD2OneX comes in -- it shrinks them down to the size of one DVD-R.

BeyondtheMacintosh · May 20, 2006, 09:33 AM

I need a software that lets my create copies of retail discs, which are copy protected. I know DVD2OneX works, but it costs money

Does anybody know one thats free?

Thinine · May 20, 2006, 11:28 AM

MacTheRipper will rip DVDs for you, it just won't reencode them.

icruise · May 20, 2006, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by BeyondtheMacintosh

I need a software that lets my create copies of retail discs, which are copy protected. I know DVD2OneX works, but it costs money

Does anybody know one thats free?

Thanks so much for reading my post!

BeyondtheMacintosh · May 21, 2006, 05:15 PM

I JUST BOUGHT DVD2ONEX AND TRIED TO COPY MY RETAIL DISCS AND IT SAID "ERROR: DVD2ONEX CAN NOT DECRYPT COPY-PROTECTED DISCS" I JUST SPENT 30 DOLLARS FOR NOTHING!!! HOW DO YOU MAKE COPIES OF COPY-PROTECTED DISCS????????????????????

Yakov · May 21, 2006, 05:37 PM

did you read what ICruise wrote above? Calm down, you have a useful program, but it's only one part of the puzzle!

BeyondtheMacintosh · May 21, 2006, 05:49 PM

But how do I make copies of these discs??

rjenkinson · May 21, 2006, 07:03 PM

1. use mactheripper to copy the movies to your hard drive.
2. use DVD2oneX to compress the movies so they fit on a DVD-R.

-r.

tooki · May 22, 2006, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by BeyondtheMacintosh

I JUST BOUGHT DVD2ONEX AND TRIED TO COPY MY RETAIL DISCS AND IT SAID "ERROR: DVD2ONEX CAN NOT DECRYPT COPY-PROTECTED DISCS" I JUST SPENT 30 DOLLARS FOR NOTHING!!! HOW DO YOU MAKE COPIES OF COPY-PROTECTED DISCS????????????????????

1. Calm down.
2. Don't be a newbie troll. READ what others have told you. TWO PEOPLE have already COMPLETELY answered your question.
3. Standard disclaimer: copying copyrighted material is permissible in some circumstances ("fair use") but is generally prohibited. Please don't break the law.

tooki

BeyondtheMacintosh · May 22, 2006, 05:53 PM

I tried MacTheRipper and thats not decrypting it either, it'll decrypt the first 2 .VOB's, than when it gets to the 3rd one it stops and says "ERROR: MacTheRipper can not decrypt the rest of the disk"

Person Man · May 22, 2006, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by BeyondtheMacintosh

I tried MacTheRipper and thats not decrypting it either, it'll decrypt the first 2 .VOB's, than when it gets to the 3rd one it stops and says "ERROR: MacTheRipper can not decrypt the rest of the disk"

You may have a newer disc that has special copy protection on it. You may have to get the latest beta version (available only by donating to the developer) from the forums at RipDifferent.

tooki · May 22, 2006, 07:51 PM

"Special copy protection"?!? Yeah, uh, and how, pray tell, is it then compatible with all existing DVD players? The DVD encryption hasn't changed, and the physical format hasn't changed either.

tooki

onlykaria · May 23, 2006, 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by BeyondtheMacintosh

I JUST BOUGHT DVD2ONEX AND TRIED TO COPY MY RETAIL DISCS AND IT SAID "ERROR: DVD2ONEX CAN NOT DECRYPT COPY-PROTECTED DISCS" I JUST SPENT 30 DOLLARS FOR NOTHING!!! HOW DO YOU MAKE COPIES OF COPY-PROTECTED DISCS????????????????????

relax. read what has been posted.

question, if its that urgent to get a copy of the dvd, why didnt you just buy a second copy it would have been cheaper than paying $30 to copy one dvd. unless you are planning on copying more than one dvd

or you are copying a rare and expensive dvd?

Person Man · May 23, 2006, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by tooki

"Special copy protection"?!? Yeah, uh, and how, pray tell, is it then compatible with all existing DVD players? The DVD encryption hasn't changed, and the physical format hasn't changed either.

tooki

I meant new copy protection methods such as RipGuard. The older version of MacTheRipper can't deal with them.

tooki · May 23, 2006, 09:03 AM

Hm, I hadn't heard of that. I'm not quite sure how one would implement new copy protection on "closed" systems like DVD.

tooki

Person Man · May 23, 2006, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by tooki

Hm, I hadn't heard of that. I'm not quite sure how one would implement new copy protection on "closed" systems like DVD.

tooki

They are basically distortions of the spec that are legal DVDs, but they do things that confuse rippers and still play in DVD players.

See the MacTheRipper forums for more info. Basically, if there weren't any new copy protection methods, version 3.0 of MTR would be out by now.

BeyondtheMacintosh · Jul 24, 2006, 05:28 PM

I finally fouund out how to do it!!

MacTheRipper DOES work, there were just some prefrences I had to fix. Than after that, I used "DVD Remaster" to convert it from 7GB to 4GB. And than I just used "Burn folder" to burn the folder to a disk

Thanks to all who helped me. And I am glad I finally found a program that works: DVD Remaster! Does anyone else know this program? It's a GREAT program!

clevin · 03:53 PM

well, I thought DVD Remaster is not free neither?

threestain · Jul 26, 2006, 04:42 AM

I'm pretty sure DVD Remaster is in fact just like DVD2oneX! Ah well! Infact there would have been no need for DVD remaster - Dvd2onex would have worked, but obviously he wasn't interested in using the program he bought!

Velocity211 · Jul 26, 2006, 08:29 AM

Use Mactheripper to make a VIDEO_TS folder, then use Toast to burn the disc.

nickw311 · Jul 26, 2006, 10:54 AM

Get the MacTheRipper Version 3. It is in beta but it works perfect to decrypt them. You can then use a program like Roxio Toast or Popcorn to compress and burn them to a disk. Since you have DVD2One you can compress it to 4.7gb and then use the disk utility in Mac OS to burn it to a disk.

I myself use MacTheRipper 3.0b and then burn and compress using Toast 7. Great combination!

Uncle Skeleton · Jul 26, 2006, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by BeyondtheMacintosh

And than I just used "Burn folder" to burn the folder to a disk

You should know that this will not create a valid DVD Video disc, because it doesn't use the UDF file system. Some DVD players will play it anyway (apparently yours is one), but it's not guaranteed to play on any other set top player because it is out of spec.

BeyondtheMacintosh · Aug 1, 2006, 12:55 AM

than which should I use to burn the folder? i cant use disk utility, because that only burns dmg files it doesnt burn folders

Uncle Skeleton · Aug 1, 2006, 01:41 AM

Toast, or maybe something based on the open-source util cdrtools

BeyondtheMacintosh · Aug 28, 2006, 07:12 PM

Can someone give me a download link for the FREE toast.

Uncle Skeleton · Aug 29, 2006, 01:37 PM

It seems that ffmpegX can author you a disk image, which you should be able to burn with Disk Utility. But if your DVD player plays what you have, what is the problem? If you're trying to duplicate commercial DVDs for sale or something, you're in the wrong forum, and the least you could do is be less demanding and petulant.

Toast comes for free with many burners as an OEM version, but as I recall (from around version 4 or so when I got that version) it didn't include advance features, of which burning UDF format is one.

Amorya · Aug 30, 2006, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by BeyondtheMacintosh

Can someone give me a download link for the FREE toast.

No. Toast is not free. Therefore there is no such thing as "the FREE toast".

Big Mac · Aug 30, 2006, 11:31 AM

Free Toast, haha.

Cadaver · Aug 31, 2006, 02:17 AM

This thread was started three months ago. Three months and you're still having trouble making a dup of a DVD?

Bottom line: Download a copy of MacTheRipper (which you've done) and buy Roxio's Toast 7. Its almost all you'll need. For certain newer Sony studio DVDs, you may need to use DVD2OneX (which you've already bought) to remove any zero-length cells that come up. Details can be found at the forums at RipDifferent.com.

And don't break the law.

I suggest you follow the advice given by many users here and read a bit before any more all-caps ranting and raving posts.

Nodnarb · Aug 31, 2006, 04:49 PM

I know this is rarely ever mentioned because of price, but FastDVDCopy is a great program that works with the click of one button. You pop in a dvd, press the button, it rips it, shrinks it, and as soon as you put another disc in it burns it for you. Simple as that.
However, it does cost $100, but I've had this program for about 2 and a half years now, it's worked great and followed me from machine to machine. I think it was worth it.

BeyondtheMacintosh · Sep 14, 2006, 05:57 PM

no its okay, i took care of it, i'll just use burn folder, its easier and it does play in my player, in the meantime i will use what i got and maybe someday i'll have the desire to buy toast

meaglin · Sep 21, 2006, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

This thread was started three months ago. Three months and you're still having trouble making a dup of a DVD?

Bottom line: Download a copy of MacTheRipper (which you've done) and buy Roxio's Toast 7. Its almost all you'll need. For certain newer Sony studio DVDs, you may need to use DVD2OneX (which you've already bought) to remove any zero-length cells that come up. Details can be found at the forums at RipDifferent.com.

And don't break the law.

I suggest you follow the advice given by many users here and read a bit before any more all-caps ranting and raving posts.

Where can I get the Mac The Ripper Beta

Person Man · Sep 21, 2006, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by meaglin

Where can I get the Mac The Ripper Beta

Follow the instructions at the MacTheRipper Forums. Only people who donate get access to the beta. When it's no longer beta, it will be released to the general public.

emvogia · Oct 21, 2006, 07:10 AM

why don't you check it out with the HandBrake..?

wysematt · Oct 27, 2006, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Nodnarb

I know this is rarely ever mentioned because of price, but FastDVDCopy is a great program that works with the click of one button. You pop in a dvd, press the button, it rips it, shrinks it, and as soon as you put another disc in it burns it for you. Simple as that.
However, it does cost $100, but I've had this program for about 2 and a half years now, it's worked great and followed me from machine to machine. I think it was worth it.

Their Ad for this program says "Copy your DVD videos with one click". But it doesn't mention copying encrypted DVD movies. Does it? Does it decrypt them?

Cadaver · Oct 27, 2006, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by wysematt

Their Ad for this program says "Copy your DVD videos with one click". But it doesn't mention copying encrypted DVD movies. Does it? Does it decrypt them?

No. That would be illegal.

ghporter · Oct 28, 2006, 07:09 AM

See tooki's disclaimer above-there are few LEGAL reasons to copy copy-protected DVDs, and the official stance of MacNN and these forums is that, beyond fair use, we will not support, enable, or condone copying copyrighted material. Piracy is bad and we don't help anyone do it.

Now for the flip side-I bought a DVD recorder to convert home movies on VHS to DVD. Problem: the DVD recorder produces typical DVDs, including the encryption. At least they're region 0! So in my case, if I want to reproduce the video of my son's high school graduation for relatives all over the U.S., I need to either use a DVD ripper that copies encrypted discs, or use a tool to create an unencrypted version and burn that version. THIS is the best example of the ambiguity of current U.S. law on this issue-using available equipment, I CANNOT produce an unencrypted version of MY OWN WORK, so I MUST use a tool like MactheRipper to allow me to make MY OWN COPIES OF MY OWN WORK. See the BIG difference between copying commercial DVDs and copying DVDs of your own creation?