Best way to rip a DVD

[jwa898]

Hey everyone,
What is the best free program to rip a DVD to a mac....one that will remove DRM and copy it all in one. thanks in advance for the help.

[scottyneox38]

http://handbrake.m0k.org/

I don't have a mac so I am not sure about a DRM remover.

[alexsk8ca]

I will have to try these out. The only thing I dislike about my mac is finding software to replace things I used on windows, but most the time its easy. But...IMO there isnt a good MSN messenger replacement.

[scottyneox38]

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

[casework]

Handbrake is what I've used and I've only ever had a problem with one movie. Not sure if it was DRM or what, but other than that, it's work great. It also has options such as "Rip to iPod".

[modestjesse]

Depends on what you plan on doing with the file. If you plan on burning it to another DVD I suggest MactheRipper. You'll get the larger files and the quality will be nice. This will produce the VOB files.

What I mostly use is HandBrake which most of the time will remove the DRM. I have run into a few DVD's that will not work and I'm up a creek with those.

[gp_aaron]

I use Handbrake to rip a DVD to xvid to watch on the computer later.

If I want to backup my original DVD to a single layer DVD. I use Mac The Ripper to rip the DRM'd DVD to the hard drive, I then use the commercial application DVD2OneX to compress the VIDEO_TS folder down small enough to burn onto a single layer DVD.

I wish there was a tool like Slysofts AnyDVD available for OS X to decrypt the dvd on the fly.