DVD decrypting slow/failing on new iMac...?

[Bigdeetee]

I have just bought an 27inch iMac and am having the exact same problems... Using handbrake and VLC absolute waste of time.

I have found another work around. Use "ripit" to rip the dvd to the mac then use handbrake to convert it to an mp4. takes about 20 mins to rip the dvd then about 8 mins with handbrake to copy to be able to use on my iPod/pad.

Hopefully this will help...

Morning all... I hope somebody can help as all my Googling has been somewhat fruitless.

Yesterday I bought a lovely new 27" iMac - 2.7GHz i5..

One of the main reasons I got this mac was to be able to rapidly rip my vast DVD collection for use with my ATV2 and therefore reclaim some shelf space.

As a switcher, I previously used AnyDVD and CloneDVD or Handbrake on PC, and I have previously used Handbrake with no problems on my girlfriend's 2006 MacBook too. Both worked reliably, but were slow.

I installed Handbrake and VLC on the new iMac, popped in a DVD (tried The Hangover, Toy Story 3 etc), selected the source as the DVD... I can hear the drive spinning away and the activity windows shows it is doing "something"... but it is taking forever to decrypt the disk - this was near instant on my old PC and on the MacBook. I eventually have to force quit the application. Also tried Mactheripper, and this seems to take forever and does not work..

Because I've been unable to get beyond stripping the disc protection this is very frustrating.

Any suggestions??

Many thanks

 

[xraydoc]

1) RipIt + Handbrake. RipIt is way better, IMHO, than MacTheRipper.

2) On the newer Macs, Handbrake takes a long time to scan the disc, depending on the protection scheme used on it. Just letting Handbrake scan the disc for a while (10 min or more sometimes) and it'll finally let you rip.

 

[CWallace]

I have a new MBP 13" and ripping a DVD to my HDD with RipIt or MactheRipper is fine. What I am seeing is significantly slower Handbrake conversion speeds since upgrading to OS X 10.7, but this seems to be a known issue with OS X 10.7.

RipIt is way better, IMHO, than MacTheRipper.

It has been my experience that RipIt is more sensitive to the physical condition of the DVD. I would say about 5% of the time RipIt will fail whereas MactheRipper (on normal - not Full Disc Rebuild) has no problem.