Ripping and Burning - Not easy

[MrPink1213]

Hi,
I have a Power Mac G5 and a Macbook Pro. I downloaded Mac The Ripper to rip some DVD's I have (store bought, not homemade). The first one I ripped to try all this out is a DVD from England (PAL). I was able to rip it fine, but trying to burn it has been a huge pain. For the longest time I was trying to figure out DVD2One until I finally realized it DOESN'T burn, which then led me to wonder what the hell it does. So I read hear that you can use toast to compress and burn, but only Toast7, I have 6. I also saw Popcorn compresses and burns and I have that. So I finally open that and bring the Video TS folder in and it says "An error has occurred recompressing the video." I am so annoyed it's unbelievable. What do I do now? Why is there a problem? Is it because it is PAL? I thought once you ripped it, that doesn't matter. Someone please help because this is driving me crazy! Thanks so much.

[Super Warrior]

First off, Ripping and burning IS pretty easy IMO(unless the disc you're trying has some new&tough protection on it, or a part of the disc itself is too screwed up to be properly read by the drive).

Second: DVD2One is a resizing program, to size dvd-9 down to DVD-5. It does not handle burning. I like it alot for the final resize but for prior editing, i use other programs like dvdshrink or dvdremakepro. Most members don't prefer it, as it costs money compared to programs with more features like dvdshrink.

Wish i could help more, but you're on a mac(an O.S type i've never used) and then talk of PAL video....

Good luck.

[redwudz]

MrPink1213, you would likely get more answers to Mac specific questions in our Mac Forum. Moving you.

And welcome to our forums.

[MrPink1213]

Just as an extra side question, once the dvd is ripped and a Video TS folder is created, how can I create a Quicktime or MPEG of the movie if I don't want to burn it but use it for editing. Thanks again!

[From a Buick 8]

Hi,
I have a Power Mac G5 and a Macbook Pro. I downloaded Mac The Ripper to rip some DVD's I have (store bought, not homemade). The first one I ripped to try all this out is a DVD from England (PAL). I was able to rip it fine, but trying to burn it has been a huge pain. For the longest time I was trying to figure out DVD2One until I finally realized it DOESN'T burn, which then led me to wonder what the hell it does. So I read hear that you can use toast to compress and burn, but only Toast7, I have 6. I also saw Popcorn compresses and burns and I have that. So I finally open that and bring the Video TS folder in and it says "An error has occurred recompressing the video." I am so annoyed it's unbelievable. What do I do now? Why is there a problem? Is it because it is PAL? I thought once you ripped it, that doesn't matter. Someone please help because this is driving me crazy! Thanks so much.

If you have the most current version of DVD2OneX , it does burn as well as compress. Also what version of MTR are you using, there are some DVD's that require you to use the new beta of MTR