DVD back-up using mac ?? help....

[monaco]

Hi

I’ve recently made the jump from windows to mac OSX ( which I love so far ) but I’m struggling to find alternatives to some windows programs that I have used in the passed. I would like to stick to native OSX stuff rather than run bootcamp etc.

As I have a 4 year old that likes to use his original dvd’s as coasters ! I’m looking for an easy program to back-up/copy our dvd collection to keep the originals safe.

Can anyone recommend an alternative to xcopy or dvdshrink ?

Preferably free ?

Can you back-up dvd’s using ‘Handbrake’ then make a copy using ‘Toast’ ??

Or would it be feasibly to download a program from a torrent site ? in which case could anyone also recommend a good torrent site for mac stuff ???

It’s a steep learning curve…

Cheers

[cjs]

Mac the Ripper is a free download..excellent for ripping DVD's, it will take off the region Code and Macrovision.

Toast is the Dogs Danglies and you can use it to burn after MTR or just use it for copying your generic discs, its not free but worth the money....I think there is a version 8 out now??

[Buffalo]

Is there a way you can store DVDs on the hard drive for watching later..? I was just thinking as i have to take my machine away sometimes that it might be nice to watch a movie on the bus/train. I assume there must be a piece of software that can do this, although i expect it to be a bit murky in terms of copyright laws..!?

[CommanderJameson]

Toast 8 Titanium is the mutt's for all things burning-related.

Costs money, but well worth the spend.

[esuuv]

Buffalo said:

Is there a way you can store DVDs on the hard drive for watching later..? I was just thinking as i have to take my machine away sometimes that it might be nice to watch a movie on the bus/train. I assume there must be a piece of software that can do this, although i expect it to be a bit murky in terms of copyright laws..!?

Mac the ripper as quoted above will transfer onto the HD and allow you to watch from there.......saves the battery running the DVD drive......

[jmorgan]

I use this for CD's, think it does DVD as well. Quicker than the Mac OS. I assume its still available. I have had it a while.
www.charismac.com/discribe/

A few good places for Mac stuff
http://versiontracker.com/
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/
www.macupdate.com/

And for the fun stuff
www.macgamefiles.com/

Edited by jmorgan on Monday 2nd April 13:41

[cjs]

Also VLC is a good 'Free' Media Player for watching your HD movies once you have Mac the Rippered them

[bigmanszetec]

This one seems to work on a MAC: www.dvd2one.com/