Ripping DVDs

[cberry240]

Just got an AppleTV for Christmas and am looking at my pile of DVDs and wondering how long it takes to rip a DVD.

I have iSkySoft DVD Ripper for Mac. I'm looking at ripping to M4V at 1280x720 Xvid codec medium quality. I'll grab the artwork from Amazon.

I have an older Macbook Pro laptop...early 2008 release. Any suggestions on how to tackle this?

I have a 2TB drive coming for storage.

 

[r.j.s]

Probably about an hour each ... but why ripping at 720p? DVDs are not capable of that.

 

[blueroom]

Just use Handbrake + VLC on the ATV2 setting. Stay away from DiVX or XViD.

 

[b-rad g]

If you have a big pile of DVD's then it's best to use the 3 program workflow unless you want to automate the process.

I use RipIt + Handbrake + Identify.

I use RipIt because it does a really good job and can set it up to automatically start ripping as soon as you insert a disc. It will rip the dvd into a folder of your choosing and eject the disc when it's done. Just keep feeding the machine discs as soon as you see it eject one.

Once you get a "batch" done with RipIt, then use Handbrake to encode them for iTunes and reduce the ripped file size. The reason to do a batch at a time is because you can put as many as you want into Handbrake's queue and let it run by itself.

After encoding then use a program like Identify to tag all your movies with artwork and all the movie info. Plus it will then automatically add them to iTunes when done tagging.

 

[N0ddie]

If you have a big pile of DVD's then it's best to use the 3 program workflow unless you want to automate the process.

I use RipIt + Handbrake + Identify.

I use RipIt because it does a really good job and can set it up to automatically start ripping as soon as you insert a disc. It will rip the dvd into a folder of your choosing and eject the disc when it's done. Just keep feeding the machine discs as soon as you see it eject one.

Once you get a "batch" done with RipIt, then use Handbrake to encode them for iTunes and reduce the ripped file size. The reason to do a batch at a time is because you can put as many as you want into Handbrake's queue and let it run by itself.

After encoding then use a program like Identify to tag all your movies with artwork and all the movie info. Plus it will then automatically add them to iTunes when done tagging.

I use RipIt + Handbrake as above. Will give Identify a god though.

My 2008 MBP took ages (hours) to rip 1 DVD, my 27" iMac now does them in about 20 mins.