Copy DVDs to iPad
Sally Thompson
iPad, and there seem to be a lot of choices out there. Cucusoft and
Wondershare are two that look good. Does anyone have any recommendations for
software, and (being an honest kind of soul) is it legal?
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Sally in Shropshire, UK
Jon Ribbens
Handbrake is quite good, and free.
And no, copying your DVDs to your iPad is not legal in the UK.
However the chances of your being sued for it are miniscule.
Sally Thompson
(in article <slrnieqdav.g...@snowy.squish.net>):
> On 2010-11-24, Sally Thompson <s...@mac.hush.com.invalid> wrote:
>> I've been looking into putting one or two of my (legally-held) DVDs onto my
>> iPad, and there seem to be a lot of choices out there. Cucusoft and
>> Wondershare are two that look good. Does anyone have any recommendations
>> for
>> software, and (being an honest kind of soul) is it legal?
>
> Handbrake is quite good, and free.
Thanks. Will go and look.
> And no, copying your DVDs to your iPad is not legal in the UK.
> However the chances of your being sued for it are miniscule.
Noted :-)
Jim Gibson
Thompson <s...@mac.hush.com.invalid> wrote:
See the FAQ from Macworld here:
<http://www.macworld.com/article/138674/2009/02/dvdripfaq.html>
They had an article this year recommending Ripit to do the ripping, and
Handbrake to do the conversion to iPad format (using "Universal"). I
tried their procedure and it worked great. Ripit works out of the box
(Handbrake needs VLC installed to do the ripping), and you can rip 10
DVDs for free before paying the $19.
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Jim Gibson
Jim Gibson
<g.k...@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <291120101703391335%jimsg...@gmail.com>
> Why would you pay $19 for RipIt when HandBrake and VLC are free and do
> the exact same thing?
The article claimed that RipIt would rip more DVDs successfully than
the Handbrake/VLC combination. The implication was that they don't
always do the same thing. I personally have little experience, only
having ripped three DVDs so far, but those went well using RipIt and
Handbrake.
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Jim Gibson
JEDIDIAH
> In message <291120101703391335%jimsg...@gmail.com>
> Jim Gibson <jimsg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the exact same thing?
Not only that, but Handbrake was the recommended transcoding app for
the last generation of AppleTV. It was right there in the manual and every
thing. Dunno about the iPad docs though...
Still. Handbrake is clearly a very well publicized tool.
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Sally Thompson
(in article <291120101703391335%jimsg...@gmail.com>):
Thanks for the link, Jim, only just seen your post.
JEDIDIAH
> In article <slrnif988p....@ibook-g4.local>, Lewis
><g.k...@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>> In message <291120101703391335%jimsg...@gmail.com>
>> Jim Gibson <jimsg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > In article <0001HW.C912DD29...@news.individual.net>, Sally
>> > Thompson <s...@mac.hush.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >> I've been looking into putting one or two of my (legally-held) DVDs onto
>> >> my
>> >> iPad, and there seem to be a lot of choices out there. Cucusoft and
>> >> Wondershare are two that look good. Does anyone have any recommendations
>> >> for
>> >> software, and (being an honest kind of soul) is it legal?
>>
>> > See the FAQ from Macworld here:
>>
>> > <http://www.macworld.com/article/138674/2009/02/dvdripfaq.html>
>>
>> > They had an article this year recommending Ripit to do the ripping, and
>> > Handbrake to do the conversion to iPad format (using "Universal"). I
>> > tried their procedure and it worked great. Ripit works out of the box
>> > (Handbrake needs VLC installed to do the ripping), and you can rip 10
>> > DVDs for free before paying the $19.
>>
>> Why would you pay $19 for RipIt when HandBrake and VLC are free and do
>> the exact same thing?
>
> The article claimed that RipIt would rip more DVDs successfully than
> the Handbrake/VLC combination. The implication was that they don't
Being able to rip every DVD in existence is a dark art. There's more
than just the low level encryption to worry about. Publishers put on extra
layers of misdirection and broken sectors in a manner very reminiscent of
old school Atari and Commodore floppy copy protection.
Dealing with all of these methods as they come up and evolve is an
nongoing thing. The ripper in Handbrake might not be up for it.
However, rip in one app and transcode with another.
Handbrake can deal with files generated by other rippers.
AnyDVD is my personal favorite. It's being constantly updated.
> always do the same thing. I personally have little experience, only
> having ripped three DVDs so far, but those went well using RipIt and
> Handbrake.
>
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Sally Thompson
(in article <slrnifq06...@nomad.mishnet>):
That seems to be Windows only.
JEDIDIAH
Proprietary applications can be rather annoying that way.
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