DVD Ripping Software Recommendation?

[Alexis Hanawalt]

I've been a longtime user of a MacTheRipper / MPEG Streamclip process for ripping DVDs to editable DV video. Every once in a while, however, I encounter a DVD that gives me interlace, audio sync, or other issues... Right now I've got a DVD that has a chunk of video that has the same time code as the main feature, and MPEG Streamclip can't tell them apart, so it tries to encode both end to end, which screws up the audio.

It looks like Cinematize is the standard bearer for a pro solution, but I'm not going to spend money if I don't have to.

Is there a program out there (hopefully free) that can rip a DVD in a manner that fully emulates that quality I would get by just recording out from a DVD player to a mini DV deck?

Any recommendations?

[sergio arguello]

try Handbrake...www.handbrake.com free and works

[Ivan G]

DVDxDV does it, but it's not free.

[Alexis Hanawalt]

I tried DVDxDV as a demo, but not of the settings were able to clear up the interlacing. I'm trying Handbrake right now with the decomb filter on to see how that stacks up.

[Chuck Z]

If you can boot into Windows, use any of the following:

DVD Decrypter (outdated now but still has the best ripping tools; you can target individual CELLS for extraction!)
DVDFab HD Decrypter (just use the trial; they are up to date with the latest DVD DRM schemes like ARccOS)
RipIt4Me (outdated like option 1, but easier to use)

I prefer the second option if I'm to directly copy the entire movie or the first option if I only want to extract certain scenes. The best part is that you are not redubbing, but grabbing the direct video objects.

[Alexis Hanawalt]

Handbrake did a nice job, but still couldn't handle the beginning where both sets of timecode are overlapped.

Surprising that something any consumer DVD player would just ignore totally f's up all these software solutions.

[JoshBertrand]

Try Visual Hub. You can convert straight from a decrypted VIDEO_TS folder if you want. I don't know if it will see through the timecode problems though, but I've never had a problem with it.