I read some of the earlier threads but still need some help.

I am having the Devils' own time making Handbrake work on Windows. I can rip the movie from the DVD to an MP4 file (about 1/4 the size of the sum of the vob files). User's guides and FAQ's on Handbrake site are...uh...challenging.

What I cannot do is get the MP4 file into itunes and thence on to Apple TV and ipod.

I read on here about DVD Fab, am perfectly willing to buy it but it is for Windows only. Did I mention I am awaiting delivery of a Mac?

Approaching it from another way, I ripped the dvd using DVD Decrypter but those vob files will not open with itunes either.

Hope my questions were clear:
1. Is there any reliable solution that will work on both platforms?
2. Anyone had luck with Handbrake on Windows and if so, what am I doing wrong.

Many thanks,

BBK,

First, congrats on the Mac purchase - you'll be quite happy with it

Now the fun part, thanks to the DMCA its illegal for me to tell you about solutions like MacTheRipper. Its illegal for me to say that MTR works (from what I hear), and the new 3.0b is even better (again, rumors)... The problem, from what I'm told, is that they charge for access to the site where you download the 3.0b which many people find intrinsically rude and some might even turn to other sites to find it.

But, like I said, thanks to the DMCA its illegal for me as a US citizen to tell you how to circumvent the copy protection on DVDs....which is a bummer because it also means I cannot share with you the program VisualHub ($20) which has a "rip to iTunes" feature ...

Of course, on the windows side, its been illegal for quite a while to discuss DVDShrink, so I guess we can't talk about DVDShrink either.

You mentioned that you had some MP4 files that you were trying to add to iTunes, assuming those are video files of legal content then this link might be helpful:
http://www.podcastingnews.com/articl..._for_iPod.html

Nice CYA spacebass,
the other point to note of course, is not just the transfer of knowledge (which I do not think is illegal) but the actual act of circumavigating the copy protection by whomever.

I use a program called CloneDVD Mobile to convert my DVD home movies and surgery videos to Ipod format. Works great. It's available at http://slysoft.com It won't copy "ANYDVD" by itself, but if you want to copy "ANYDVD" with copy protections, I think they sell a program for that, too. I just can't remember what that program is called that will let you copy "ANYDVD".

You are wrong about transfer of knowledge being allowed - it is not. The DMCA even creates a "thought crime" - it is a felony to "conceive of a method" of circumventing copy protection.

Doubtless much of the DMCA will eventaully be overturned by the high court, but that would not be much comfort if you had been imprisoned in the mean time...

The DOOM9 forum is a non-USA resource on which there is discussion of open source DVD ripping resources...

from a mac standpoint, i use "mac the ripper" (http://www.mactheripper.org/) and all i will say is that it rocks ^^^ and "does what it is supposed to do . it runs fine under osx, the instructions are simple and very easy to follow and imho, much easier to use than handbrake

Dude! These guys are then in serious trouble.

http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak97

By the way - doesn't "freedom of speech" cancel the transfer of knowledge?

I don't mean to sound argumentative, but the act of trying to CREATE A SOLUTION for hacking, and the act of TELLING someone about it are two different things? Is there any data anywhere that says anything about telling someone about what programs, might could be used, is a crime?

MANY thanks to all of you who replied with advice. I have the trail version of DVD Fab and will try MTR and Handbrake when the Mac arrives.

I certainly didn't mean to start an argument about what is and isn't legal/moral. I can deal with the immoral part and will take my chances with the illegal part. I actually wish someone would push that issue wherever it leads (I have neither the time nor resources). For me not to be able to copy MY dvd onto MY computer for MY use is insane. Enough said.


Anyone using an Apple TV with success?

I have a general interest in this as well. I would like to transfer DVD's that I have purchased onto my iPod for viewing on travel. I'm a computer neophyte and really haven't looked into this very much, but it seems much more difficult than audio CDs.

People pushed it a few years ago, DVD123, or 123DVD or some other name. Went the way of the dodo, and all monies went to legal fees and shutdown. the SW is still available on the torrents though, but, uh, you didn't hear it from me!

I think it was my fault I was trying to be funny and it may have provoked the issue

I'm not using the ATV, but I have Mac Minis attached to a few TVs around the house and use them as media centers ... very very cool!

If you have a mac, I cannot recommend VisualHub enough! One click transfer of nearly any video source to an iPod/iPhone with a nice interface ... iSquint is the free little brother that is also worth checking out.

www.slysoft.com
AnyDVD and CloneDVD work like a charm !

Wonder if you are talking about DVD X COPY from 321 Studios. The Federal court system shut them down.

The program DVDXCOPY Platinum Ver. 4.0.3.8 amazingly is being sold by many vendors. Search on Google .