From DVD Player’s Go menu choose Title and look for the checked title number. Launch DVD Player (found in the Applications folder), play it, walk your way through the junk that appears before the movie, and finally play the main feature. But that disc contains loads of titles, so how are you supposed to learn which is the correct one?Įasy enough. One way around this is to tell HandBrake exactly which title you’d like it to rip rather than having it scan the entire disc (which is its default behavior) and crash in the process. It sounds to me like you’ve encountered one such scheme that causes HandBrake to blow up when it scans discs for their main titles. (I’m looking at you, Netflix rip-it-and-keep-it-forever subscribers.) And so they devote some resources to undermining tools such as HandBrake by developing new copy protection schemes. As you might imagine, those responsible for making and selling movies packaged on DVD and Blu-ray are not happy that some loathsome individuals enjoy their content without paying for it. And, of course, there are lots of DVDs and Blu-ray discs sold that don’t offer digital copies. If you don’t act before the expiration date to get yours, you’re out of luck and must use other means, such as ripping the DVD copy that’s often included in the Blu-ray package. Problem is, some of these digital copies expire after awhile. With a clean conscience you get the copy that you believe is yours to own. VERDICT: If you're only ripping your movies to watch on portable devices than HandBrake is the better choice, but if you're looking for bit-perfect copies to watch on a big television then AnyDVD (or AnyDVD HD) is a the wiser investment.I’ll add this little bit to the boilerplate: Many of us now own Blu-ray players and many Blu-ray discs come with digital copies of the movies contained on those discs for exactly this purpose. HandBrake is designed with DVDs in mind but it can handle Blu-rays if you've already used other software, such as AnyDVD HD, to bypass the copyright protection. The resulting file only contains the movie, not the menus and extras, although you can include subtitles and surround sound. You can dial down the picture and sound quality for small devices, or stick close to the original quality for large screens – there are presets for different devices. Rather than making a bit-perfect copy, HandBrake compresses your movies into MP4 or MKV video files which will play on your computer and just about any portable device. HandBrake also copies movies, although you need VLC installed to help it read the disc. The subscription fee entitles you to software updates to deal with new copy protection methods. AnyDVD HD ($120 for two years) will also rip your Blu-ray movies, although they weigh in at about 25GB. The picture and sound quality are identical to the original disc. You can play back these ripped files in the VLC media player and with most other DVD playback software. AnyDVD makes a perfect copy of your DVD, complete with menus and special features – although the files take up about 4GB. If you were ripping CDs to your MP3 player long before it was legal then you might not have any qualms about doing the same with your movie library – especially if it means you can put away the original disc for safe-keeping to avoid scratches and grubby fingerprints. Current copyright law lets Australians rip their music CDs to their computers but not their DVD and Blu-ray movies. It's easy to make backups of your favourite movies and copy them to your portable gadgets, although the law is not on your side when you do so. AnyDVD: Better if you need perfect recreations of your disc-based movies for the big screen.
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