Handbrake

I know many teachers, e.g., who want to be able to snip out small, exact clips from films and insert then into academic presentations. Occasionally, I want to compile and burn a series of such clips onto a single disc for classroom use.

Any recommendations for an application that allows for this level of video editing/extraction? It seems that MacTheRipper and Handbrake only allow one to select by “chapters,” not time signatures.

All I wanna do is: Make a straightforward copy of my DVDs (which I bought legitimately) onto my hard disk, circumventing the DVD region codes. Why? Because I bought the DVDs when living abroad, but Macs let you switch regions only a few times before making you commit.

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

The forum on mactheripper.org is dead. Is the software itself dead/unsupported?

(FYI if anyone cares: Mactheripper goes thru the process, but at the end shows a red “bad sectors” warning panel. The ripped file won’t play in DVD Player, Front Row or VLC. I’ve tried all major settings in MTR: “full disc extraction,” “full disc extraction ARccOS,” “main feature extraction,” etc.)

Only intel based macs will recognize this format.

frustrating!

Is there a solution?

Thank you for the thorough reply. Sounds like MTR is the answer to my issue since I simply wanna watch the movie on the iMac unhindered. (And don’t care whether or not it’s still on a disk.)

From the drop down select: TV Show, Movie, or Music Video

My standard nitpick: That’s a popup menu and has been called that since they first appeared on a Mac.

Region locking comes in 2 forms. Firstly the DVD drive is usually locked in the hardware (AFAIK it always is on Macs), and also the DVD player software is locked. To get around the 2nd is easy, just use VLC instead of Apples DVD player. To get around the first one is possible but a bit more tricky. You can do a google for ‘region free RPC1 firmware’ for your drive model and if it exists, flash the drive with this new firmware. This will region-free your drive. You may have to do this with windows and use normal (non-apple) firmware (you didnt say if you are on intel imac) but there ARE some Mac firmwares available. TBH it doesn’t matter if you are on Tiger or above because PC DVD drives are supported anyway (I use one).

There is a second method which is easier for you but less of a complete solution IMO: Just use Mactheripper to copy the protected DVD to your hard drive. Then you can use VLC, DVD Player, or even Front Row to open the Video_TS folder.

So here’s my question: What’s the simplest workaround to watch these movies on my iMac. FYI I’m particularly confused by the formats (mp4? avi?) and their relevance to my goal. That should give you an idea of my level of expertise. Thanks!

(Please note I’m talking legal DVDs bought for personal viewing. I understand the copyright issues. I just want access to flicks that I bought.)

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I have a wealth of video created with Handbrake for the AppleTV. I want to reduce these files for iPhone playback, but when I use VisualHub, the chapter markers are lost.

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Any ideas? I can, of course, re-create the files from DVD source with Handbrake, but I’d rather just be able to batch convert a bunch of MP4s, like I can with VisualHub…

@#13: You mean in Handbrake? If so, there is an option under the Video tab. Click picture settings and click ‘keep aspect ratio’. I recommend not letting it do the auto crop feature. Also - don’t click anamorphic, because last time I tried this it turned an anamorphic DVD format into a 4:3 letterbox

For those who want a free CD/DVD burner tool, apart from Burn, there is also LiquidCD. That’s if Disk Utility doesn’t work for you…

And don’t forget about Lostify to tag TV shows.

Thanks