[jldinsdale]

From what I've seen, even though Mac The Ripper reports bad blocks (and it takes three times as long to process a disc), the resulting VIDEO_TS file still seems to work fine in Handbrake.

[ddanckaert]

you would have to specify a movie for me to let you know.
Remember, AnyDVD has never failed for me (I update whenever new versions are released--usually everytime I run it).
Disney, Pixar, and the like are my primary focus since the Apple TV is for my daughter.

[garyi]

I have given up with handbrake I just don't know what the fuss is about. Of the 6 dvds I have tried tonight only 2 have worked, the others have either taken an hour and a half to give you 4 minutes of green mess or you get the company name then nothing.
What on XP does this better, there must be something.

[ddanckaert]

Handbrake has never failed to work for me IF I am running it against a hard drive based DVD rip performed by AnyDVD.

I never use Handbrake to rip a DVD directly because it's only going to work a small percentage of the time (when ripping current DVDs).

So use AnyDVD (PC) to rip, then use Handbrake (Mac) to encode.

As a side note, I tried the PC version of Handbrake, but it was not very impressive.

[Nayhem]

It's a trick! I downloaded the new update to my Mac pro and it wouldn"t rip "protected" DVDs anymore. luckily I have Time Machine so i just went back to the old version and it works just great, no upgrade required and certainly no upgrade accepted. EVER.

[ddanckaert]

With all due respect--you're crazy.

Every day, new DVDs add more and more tweaks to their protection schemes. The old AnyDVD dealt with the old schemes so-so, and it certainly won't be able to rip the new ones. Unless your intention is to rip movies from the 1990s, you need AnyDVD.

I just ripped a bunch of new movies--and they all worked perfectly in the new Handbrake using the Apple TV preset.