MacTheRipper 1.5.6: New Version, RCE & Region Removal

[WiseWeasel]

The whole EU is about to pass the same BS DMCA-equivalent laws. Why do you think we're hosted in Greenland?

[geezerbuttz]

Switzerland's not part of the EU... so 'FARTTTTT!!!!!!!!!' to all of the rat bastards....

[alternate_bit]

since the 1.5.5a release, i haven't successfully ripped any dvds.
i'm getting the following error, no matter what DVD i try:
Error writing TITLE VOB
Mirror of Title set 1 faild [sic]
Mirror of DVD faild [sic]

i haven't tried a backup (RCE and region protection removed).

if you need any more info, let me know.

[WiseWeasel]

Yeah, we're working on that one. It should be fixed by the time MacTheRipper 2.0 comes along, with a completely reworked codebase. It's going to be a little while before it gets released, however, as it's in its early development stages at this point. We will probably have an interim release (that doesn't address that problem) in the meantime. Those DVDs are from a different region than the drive, right? And you did set your drive to a region (by playing at least one commercial DVD from your region with DVD Player), right? If you're getting that error with DVDs from your own region, please contact us by email at mtr@wormintheapple.gr and we'll try to get your problem resolved.

[WiseWeasel]

MacTheRipper 1.5.6 has been released. Here are the new features:
• Added Macrovision removal
• Added an 'eject' button
• Added CSS key recovery method selection
• Redesigned interface
You can grab your copy of MacTheRipper 1.5.6 at the usual location:
http://homepage.mac.com/wiseweasel/mactherippercurrent.dmg

[Bugbasher]

WiseWeasel/Geezerbuttz,

Thanks for such an excellent utility! And it is the only one with which I can rip two DVD's at once on my G4/450 DP and still have plenty of CPU time free

Anyway, can MTR be adapted to cope with illegal characters like / and ' in disk names? Walt Disney's Atlantis: Milo's Return won't be ripped by MTR, since the disk is titled (enclosed in double quotes):

"Atlantis / Milo's Return"

(Luckily, 0SEx did the job)

Regards,
Bugbasher

[WiseWeasel]

Damn, the apostrophe is not the problem, it's the slash symbol. I'll forward the request to Geezerbuttz, and see if he can find a solution to this problem. Thanks for the feedback.

[willrob]

Try making a disk image of he DVD and changing the name before running MTR. I'm not sure MTR will see a disk image as a real DVD however.

william

[WiseWeasel]

That won't work. Don't do that. If you can make a valid disc image, then there is no need for MTR.

[AntnyMD]

You can make a quick and dirty disc image in Toast, its pretty fast. And it will mount as a proper disc. And it will still be encrypted, so MTR is still needed!

[WiseWeasel]

I don't think MTR would be able to crack the encryption on the disc image, since it's missing the disc key from the original DVD. I'd be interested in being proven wrong, though.

[deadsierra]

I don't think MTR would be able to crack the encryption on the disc image, since it's missing the disc key from the original DVD. I'd be interested in being proven wrong, though.

I thought MtR brute forced the key, not retrieved it...

[WiseWeasel]

I'm pretty sure it brute forces the drive key, but still requires the disk key. I don't think it would work if you used Toast to make an image of an encrypted DVD and then tried to use MTR to rip it unprotected. I'm not going to bother finding out, but I'm pretty damned sure. If someone wants to experiment, I'd be interested in knowing the result.

[bendermac]

are there any news for the including of the following features in a future release of mtr:

displaying the filesize of the selected disc, title, chapter
displaying the length of the selected title, chapter
deselecting of audio-, video- or subtitletracks
when deselecting a track (audio, video or subs) an auto filesize adjustment would be cool
when selecting "extract main feature" you can deselect chapters

those features are inclduded in osex (exept auto filesize adjustment) but i really miss those in mtr. i hope the developer team, which has done so far a very good job, can include those features since they're very useful.

[WiseWeasel]

maybe
no
no
no
no

[bendermac]

maybe
no
no
no
no

that means i still have to keep osex

[galactica]

that means i still have to keep osex

Wouldnt you keep it anway? OH MY GOSH! down a whole 576kb

[bendermac]

that means i still have to keep osex

Wouldnt you keep it anway? OH MY GOSH! down a whole 576kb

it has more to with using only one app insted of 2 or more

[geezerbuttz]

Hello.....bendermac.....,
Firstly, nothing is impos , it just takes time.
Secondly , have you supported MTR , by supporting the developer?

You are asking for a lot of work , for no goin on my part . I might suggest that if you realy want a function to make it to the release that you 'support' the developer. If not like the others have said, stick to OSEX.

contact WW for info on how to support.

[Badge]

Apologies if I'm going over old ground here - I'd like to clarify something discussed above and in some other threads.

I was running a Powerbook G4 (Matshita 816) set to Region 3. Is it possible to rip Region 1 DVDs with MTR 1.5.6 without changing my region setting from Region 3 to Region 1? I tried this (and did not run DVD Player, the DVD was 'ignored') with a Region 1 DVD, but the rip failed (very quickly) and I got error messages in the MTR log. There was no RCE on the DVD.

When I changed my setting to Region 1 (exhausting one of my 5 lives...) MTR seemed to complete the task properly, but on viewing the VIDEO files from my harddrive with DVD Player and VLC (I did not compress or burn these files, pending seeing if the rip was successful) the images were very pixilated (is that the right term?) and unwatchable. I then ripped the same DVD with DVDBackup and it played with DVD Player from my harddrive without a problem. The DVD contained a serial (I've read on this site that DVDBackup is better for serials than MTR?).

I'd be grateful for your input on the above. I'm new to this game (and this site) so thanks for your patience.

[deadsierra]

I can rip R2 discs on an R1 drive, so I assume yes.

[alphadyte]

I have a question (sorry if I bother you, but I'm new). I have a DVD from Europe and when I insert and open MacTheRipper it says DISC REGION 1 2 3 4 5 6 8. Doesn't that mean I can play it with a dvd player that reads region 1? However, when I put it in my philips DVD 750 NR it says DISC ERROR, NO DATA AVAILABLE. But I can perfectly play it in my powerbook.

Any ideas on what is wrong?

[ricephoto]

That's because even though it is region free, it is in PAL format and your NTSC player can't play it. Any computer can play PAL discs, so the computer can play it, since it is region free.

[thoughton]

I just tried out MTR1.5.6 again (had to check 'About' to get the version number, nice angels btw ) and I didn't realise I didn't have enough disc space. The DVD was 7.2 gig. After ripping in the background I heard a beep and when I brought MTR to the front it looked like it had finished. However when I looked at my HD I noticed it said 0kb space left. Sure enough the video_ts folder is only 6.6 gig. Just lettin' ya know

PS The way OSX keeps track of disc space and folder size sucks!

[casstk]

I have also disabled the DVD player so it does not launch and run into the same error. I am using an Emac, not a Powerbook.

[ansberry]

I've been trying for some time to get a copy of MTR. I downloaded it from a different source a couple of weeks ago, but it came in as text. I tried to save it as a .dmg, but it just opens as text. Is there a way to convert it to an application, of which I am just ignorant?

I tried the address given above, but it is no longer viable. Is there someplace else it is available?

Mike

[pixeljammedia]

The MTR Site

Option click this link Or right click from a 2-button mouse and select "Save As" to force a proper download.

[ansberry]

Got MTR. haven't had time to work with it yet, but it is an application and looks like it should work. thanks a bunch.

Mike

[galactica]

ohhh it will