Copy DVD to hard drive

[Tan]

Hi

Sorry if this is a really daft question, I have a few of movies that I want to copy to my Mac for an up coming trip, what is the easies way to do it so I don't have the hassle of having to carry the disks with me too.

Thanks

Tan

 

[LTD]

Use Toast to make an image file of it and replay it in VLC Player

 

[markjay]

As above.

VLC player is free download from VideoLAN - VLC: Free streaming and multimedia solutions for all OS!, and will pretty much play anything you throw at it.

 

[seymansey]

Actually, what you really need for the mac is handbrake - take a look at HandBrake

 

[LTD]

Handbrake is really good bit a bit OTT for the purpose intended.

Toast / VLC is the simplest option IMO.

MacTheRipper might also be a decent option to circumvent any copy-protection issues if encountered.

 

[spinaltap]

On my Mac, I rip all my movies using RipIt - either uncompressed, or compressed for storing on iTunes.

 

[Tan]

HI

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, tried Handbrake and couldn't get it to work, so I am have now downloaded a trial of RipIt and it working just fine. Have 8 more DVD's to go before I have to decide if to buy it or not.

Thanks

Tan