[Frameworks] Any DVD

[Gene Youngblood]

Thanks David. Valuable advice as always. I was talking about CD compilation, not DVD. FYI, here’s an excellent DVD ripper for Mac that let’s you rip short clips: http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac/ <http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac/>  And here’s a Blu-ray ripper that does the same: http://www.leawo.net/blu-ray-ripper/adpro.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwy92wBRCl7trx4PaIo8EBEiQASPhtCxl6UWk1H8i2oWeTphajQ4UUCuahx8S0oJqQDI6OjisaAg4b8P8HAQ <http://www.leawo.net/blu-ray-ripper/adpro.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwy92wBRCl7trx4PaIo8EBEiQASPhtCxl6UWk1H8i2oWeTphajQ4UUCuahx8S0oJqQDI6OjisaAg4b8P8HAQ> 

Those are rippers. For copying only, this one copies any DVD: http://www.dvd-cloner.com/dvd-copy-for-mac.html <http://www.dvd-cloner.com/dvd-copy-for-mac.html> And this one copies any Blu-ray: http://www.leawo.net/blu-ray-copy/adpro.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwy92wBRCl7trx4PaIo8EBEiQASPhtCx_HQ9ndF5Z4y2NtB8TwvqZQYMPCyjxXqMtxzyXNtK0aAuwq8P8HAQ <http://www.leawo.net/blu-ray-copy/adpro.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwy92wBRCl7trx4PaIo8EBEiQASPhtCx_HQ9ndF5Z4y2NtB8TwvqZQYMPCyjxXqMtxzyXNtK0aAuwq8P8HAQ> 


> On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Dave Tetzlaff <djtet53 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 1. Is there a Mac equivalent of Any DVD?
> 
> Yes. It's called Fairmount. It was once available as a standalone, but is now incorporated into Mac DVD Ripper Pro:
> http://www.macdvdripperpro.com/ (not to be confused with MacX DVD Ripper Pro...)
> 
>> which allows you, for example, to play PAL DVDs without restriction
> 
> I'm not sure if the software does that. That's "four times before it switches" isn't a PAL/NTSC thing, it's a region-code thing, built into the firmware of the optical drive. For some optical drives, you can find firmware patches online to defeat that function, or to reset the counter. But if you have lots of non-region-1 discs to deal with, it's probably easier to get another external drive, connected via USB, that's either region-free or you can leave set on region 2 or whatever, rather than monkeying with the internal drive in the iMac.
> 
>> 2. I want to make a compilation CD, but Toast doesn’t copy copy-protected discs. Is there copying software for Mac which will allow that?
> 
> Do you mean CD or DVD? Audio or video? Regardless, making a compilation disc of protected video was never easy, but it's gotten a lot harder as most of the key tools were broken by OSes past Snow Leopard. The problem with the aforementioned Mac DVD Ripper Pro is it only rips whole titles, not short clips. You can have it just mount the disc w. Fairmount, but the go-to freeware program for exporting short clips -- MPEG Streamclip -- is kaput past 10.6.
> 
> There are other programs -- the Mac version of DVD Fab, MacTheRipper... all of them hinky in operation and/or sales methods. 
> 
> Another tactic is to set-up a virtual machine to run old PC software like DVD Shrink, but like all the other options, it's a pain in the butt.
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