![]() ![]() Or did it somehow just know I was drinking as I tested it out? ** quickly places post it note over webcam camera just in case** Gotta love the sense of whimsy about it too. where's the elapsed time? could that STOP button be bigger? HandBrake's "i'm finished" notification ![]() I like HandBrake’s, it has to be clicked to clear it, so that way you know its done and completed properly and didn’t just fail before finishing. It just stops encoding/ripping and doesn’t give you a “finished” dialogue box, or at least not one I noticed. One thing that is missing from MDR is the notification that the job is complete. That’s not to say HandBrake is a big winner in looks either, it is a bit too simple and could use a bit of style, not to mention the slide out drawer on the side always made me think it is another program in the background on the screen. I prefer a cleaner look without all the soft faded styling that makes everything look like its in the background. The rounded corners on the radio buttons across the top just seems a bit old to me. I wasn’t crazy about the look of MacX DVD Ripper (MDR), but thats mostly because i thought it looked a bit dated. (and yeah it may just be an excuse for me to stare at her face, but seriously who wouldn’t want to?) MacX DVD Ripper on top, Handbrake below MacX DVD Ripper on top, HandBrake belowĮase of use: Both are very easy to understand and have nice GUIs. It subtle, but its kinda noticeable on Susan Sarandon’s face in the screen caps below. There was a slightly warmer look to the MacX DVD Ripper version over HandBrake’s. but hey, its good to know that difference as well.) ( I made the mistake of not checking the codec and bitrate prior to starting and ended up waiting quite some time for it to finish. ![]() Substantially less if using mpeg-4 codec, only took 15 mins as a matter of fact and 900 mb file. ![]() HandBrake, latest version 0.9.5, 32 bit version ( as it turns out I hadn’t used it in a while, but its only a 6.6 meg download): 90 mins to do h.264, 700 mb. MacX DVD Ripper Free Edition HandBrake 0.9.5 As for the programs, both are free, both are easy to use and can be as complicated and advanced as you want to get with respect to codecs and formats, file size, bitrate, which parts of the DVD you want to include, etc. I chose a movie classic “The Hunger”, mainly because it was handy, but also because its just such an amazing movie for its time and even now holds up well. “Why this one over HandBrake?” I wondered the same thing so I decided to do a little testing and find out how each compared doing a simple DVD rip. We were forever finding them laying all over tables and the floor or maybe in a case but never the right one) or just want to make the movies more portable, for instance by putting them on iPods or NetBooks. So who needs it and why? If you have DVDs and want to make a copy for your kids to use and abuse ( it seems all kids are terrible at looking after DVDs. The simple drag of the app to your Applications Folder, which conveniently comes as a shortcut in the installer window.įrom their website… “ MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition is a free DVD ripper software for Mac users to backup and rip DVD movies (including commercial DVDs) to MOV, MP4, MPEG, FLV, iTunes video for free, minus all the copy protections that widely used in recently DVD movies, such as CSS encryption, Sony ARccOS, region protection, UOPs, APS, even the Disney DVD movies copy protection.” Pretty impressive, but one thing does jump out at me, a few of the formats I would typically expect to see are missing. I like the latest movement in installers too, which this one has. Bloatware apps really get my goat, but thats a rant for another time. dmg for the Mac so its a quickie to grab, which is nice when you are worried about data usage. its called MacX DVD Ripper for Windows and is available here )įirst go to and grab the download. (In case the name was a bit confusing, this is just a Mac product, it doesn’t do Windows although the Pro version does. The promise of converting and ripping any DVD is also a good way to draw people in. Its always a good word to draw people in with. ![]()
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