Help! Some bizarre DVD-ripping problems

[llowell]

As I like to back up my DVD collection, I like to rip them and burn them using my Mac. Up until recently, however, it was just fine, but now I'm having some strange problems. At first I thought it was a problem with DVD2oneX, but after using Popcorn, I realized it was an issue with the ripping. For ripping I usually use Mactheripper. Here is what my problem entails: After burning the DVD, there are times when the picture gets heavily pixilated, or just small parts. Sometimes there'll be an audio glitch.

So I tried to re-install Mactheripper several times (luckily I have some DVD-RWs laying around), but with no success. So I decided to give DVDBackup a go (I used it back before I knew MtR existed). And oddly enough, whenever I add the files for Backup to process, it'll say the files are significanty smaller than they really are.

So I'm really at a loss for what I should do. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

P.S. I also have the latest versions of MtR and DVDBackup. And I am also running OS 10.4.2

[terryj]

What type of media (DVD-Rs) are you using?
Have you verified that the Heavy Pixelation/
Audio Glitches exist BEFORE burning them to disc,
by playing the ripped folder with DVD Player?

post back.

[llowell]

I am using Taiyo Yuden, but I have also tried Sony. And yes, I get these glitches when played from the ripped video_ts folders.

[rumplestiltskin]

Are you running any extra services (sharing, virex, etc.)? Check your StartupItems.

Also noticed you're running 10.4.2. Did the problems start after you updated to Tiger?

[llowell]

No, no extra services. I don't think it started before I updated, but it is a possibility. Later today, if I have time, I'll make a partition and try with 10.4.1. But if that is the case, what should I do? It's not very convienient to have a partition, for a few reasons.

Thanks.

[terryj]

Quicktime 7 or 7.01?

[llowell]

QT 7.01

[rumplestiltskin]

re: updating. I was referring to coming from Panther to Tiger. Perhaps you should return to 10.3.9.

[llowell]

No, this problem has only occured recently, it was fine with 10.4, but it recently started doing this. I don't think it has anything to do with the OS updates.

[terryj]

Last time you ran Disc Utility and repaired permisssions?
Do you have a copy of Cocktail or Onyx?
Do you own a copy of Disc Warrior 3.02?

And please explain why you can't partition?
No way to clone off data?
You just have everything on a lump 300GB drive
and that's it? ( SOUIUD)

[sjk]

Btw, the current version of DiskWarrior is 3.0.3, which you want if you're running Tiger.

[llowell]

Last time you ran Disc Utility and repaired permisssions?

I do that weekly.

Do you have a copy of Cocktail or Onyx?

No.

Do you own a copy of Disc Warrior 3.02?

No I don't.

And please explain why you can't partition?
No way to clone off data?
You just have everything on a lump 300GB drive
and that's it? ( SOUIUD)

No, I have two harddrives. I say I don't want to partition, because that would be a pain in the ass booting from a partition just so I can rip a DVD. I don't think I should have to resort to that.

[terryj]

Well at this point, THEN, I would suggest installing 10.39
on your OTHER hard drive
( since you don't like partitions) and
boot from it, and test to see if everything works.
Something DEFINITELY got hosed in your user account.
Without a GOOD disc utility,
your only other options are to
boot from a (lower) version OS to test if this is a problem,
( 10.39, or a clean install of 10.4)
or try creating a new user account and testing.

But if you were the only
account on your mac, I'd say pretty
much, it looks to be a re-install of Tiger at this point.

[thoughton]

I would second the idea of creating a new user account prior to re-installing OS X. It's a lot quicker than any kind of re-install and would rule out issues with your current user account.