MacTheRipper 4

Manual and General Guide to Mac DVD Ripping Forum: http://www.ripdifferent.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=26

Foreword:
It is our belief that the media we purchase is ours to do with what we will, as long as it is for personal, private use. Recent techniques have allowed content distributors to dictate very intrusive restrictions on our use of the media we buy, to the detriment of the fair use exceptions to copyright restrictions granted us by US copyright law, as well as that of most civilized nations. The MacTheRipper project was created to remove the restrictions imposed on the DVD Video standard format for movie distribution, so that content purchasers may excercise their right to make backup copies or convert to different media formats. MacTheRipper is intended for legal use by DVD owners, and we in no way endorse copyright infringement or intellectual property theft. Due to the repressive nature of the restrictions imposed by DVD distributors, as well as the sums of money being spent on content protection, it is a constant battle against both their new technical developments, as well as their lawyers shutting down our web hosts and chasing us around. Yet we are convinced that this is a noble fight, and will persist as long as possible, in order to preserve our rights through technical means, since our supposedly representative governments have so severely failed us in this regard. MacTheRipper (MTR) is a free DVD ripper (extractor) for MacOS X. It is capable of copying your DVD to your hard drive without all the copy and region restrictions, with all quality intact. This is ideal for saving your kids

favorite movies from rough handling, or making copies for the car, or for a trip. It can also be used to make the content accessible to programs that will convert the movie to another format, like an iPod or other media players. With a few caveats, MacTheRipper is also useful in removing region control, allowing you to watch movies from other parts of the World. These features, combined with an easy-to-use interface make MTR an indespensible part of your media tool chest. Join our millions of users in discovering the best way to backup your DVDs on the Mac. If you enjoy MTR, and would like to help support continued development, we are glad to accept gifted donations; info available via email (chaoskitties@bluewin.ch) or on our forum: http://www.ripdifferent.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7015

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Using MacTheRipper to get the DVD content onto your hard drive 1.1: Installing MacTheRipper 1.2: Feature overview 1.3: Extracting the Full Disc, making an exact copy (typically ready to burn) 1.4: Extracting the Full Disc ISO, making a cloned disk image of the original DVD (ready to burn) 1.5: Extracting a Full Disc in Rip And Rebuild mode (ready to burn, may be needed for certain recent releases with advanced copy protection schemes) Section 2: What to do once you have the content extracted 2.1: How to play the MTR output with Apple DVD Player 2.2: How to burn the MTR output to DVD-/+R 2.3: How to convert the MTR output for the iPod, AppleTV, PS3, digital media adapters, portable devices, etc. Section 3: General information 3.1: DVD regions, color formats (PAL vs. NTSC), and region coding 3.2: DVD drives, firmware, rip speed, etc. 3.3: DVD-/+R media (often overlooked, but a crucial part of your success) Section 4: Troubleshooting / Frequently-Asked Questions / Resources Section 5: Uninstalling MacTheRipper Section 6: Acknowledgments Section 7: Version history

Section 1: Using MacTheRipper to get the DVD content onto your hard drive
1.1: Installing MacTheRipper To install MacTheRipper, simply mount the .dmg (disk image) archive by double-clicking it, and then launch the MTR 4.0 Installer.mpkg by double-clicking on it. Follow the installations instructions as prompted, and the MTR 4.0 application will be installed in your Applications folder. The disk image can then be ejected, and the .dmg file can be deleted or archived for backup. 1.2: Feature Overview 1.2.1: Extraction modes MacTheRipper has five different extraction modes: Auto Full Disc Extraction mode makes a copy of the whole DVD as a folder on your computers hard drive, minus the restrictions and encryption. This is the most common use for MTR, and should work with most discs. DVDs extracted in this mode are typically ready to be played from the hard drive with DVD Player, burned to DVDR to use on DVD players, or converted to other formats with other applications. Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction mode creates an ISO disk image copy of the original DVD on your hard drive. This mode should be compatible with the widest variety of DVDs. ISO disk images can be burned directly to DVDR to use on DVD players, or used with certain software to convert to other formats. *** Note that Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction mode does not remove RCE region protection (RCE is one of the two types of region control, found only on a portion of DVD movies the other, more common region control is removed), and so discs extracted in this mode may not play in regions outside the region in which the original DVD was purchased. Auto Full Disc Extraction and Full Disc Rip And Rebuild modes do remove this region control, and so they should be used if you are trying to make a truly region-free backup that can play anywhere in the world. *** Full Disc Rip And Rebuild mode is useful in cases where the output from Auto Full Disc Extraction mode is larger than the size of a dual-layer DVD-R disc, as can happen with certain newer DVD releases with more advanced copy protection schemes. This mode is also useful if you would like to eliminate special features and retain just the DVD menu and main feature, so that you might compress with DVD2OneX in Full Disc mode and minimize the quality loss from compression thanks to the space saved from the secondary features. This mode requires a bit more effort to use, but it will allow you to obtain a perfect DVD folder small enough to be burned to

dual-layer DVD-R disc for those cases when the default Auto Full Disc Extraction mode creates oversized DVD folders, or to make a backup without all the useless bonus features, so that you can compress the DVD folder to fit on a single-layer DVD-R with as little quality loss on the main feature as possible.

1.2.2: Preferences There are several options presented in the MTR preferences that apply when you make a backup using MTR. To get to the preferences, you can click the Prefs button in the main MTR window, or select Preferences in the MacTheRipper menu. There, youll see the following options: Enable CSS Key Cache - This option, set to On by default, stores the CSS keys used to unlock each DVD MacTheRipper processes, in order to accelerate any future extractions of those particular DVDs. These keys are stored in the /Users/Shared/MTR_Key_Cache folder. If you would prefer not to have this information stored on your computer, you can set this option to Off, and the key information will be discarded. Eject Upon Completion - This option (Off by default), will automatically eject the DVD once the extraction has completed. Unmount During Rip, and Acquire Exclusive Drive Access - These two options (Off by default), when both toggled to On, ensure that no other applications can interrupt the extraction by un-mounting the DVD during the extraction, and then mounting it again once it is complete. Auto Update - This option (Off by default), performs a check for updated versions each time the MTR application is launched, and then prompts you to update if any new versions are found. Enable Playback In The Following Regions - This is the setting for the disc region(s) you wish to have your backed up DVD able to play in.

Region playback should usually be left on its default setting with all regions (except region 7, which is unused) selected, as shown above, unless you wish to restrict the playback of the DVD to certain regions. If you wish to limit the playback of the MTR output to certain regions (for whatever reason), de-select the regions you want to limit playback with.

In the above example, the DVD would play in regions 1-6, but not in 7 or 8. Extraction Engine - These are the extraction engines that can be used in Auto Full Disc Extraction and Full Disc Rip And Rebuild modes. The default extraction engine is Cell Rip, and other engines available include Vobu Rip, Deep Rip, Scratch Rip, and Cell Rip BT. Cell Rip: This default engine uses the DVDs cell sector information to rip the full disc. This mode is faster to use, but its possible that some strange discs may cause some issues, and so other engines may come in handy in case of errors with the output. We would recommend setting the engine back to Cell Rip after using other rip engines. Vobu Rip: Uses the vobu table in the IFOs in the DVDs VIDEO_TS folder to provide the address of the next logical vobu closest to the current sector when a protected sector is found. This option can be used if the extraction fails with the Cell Rip engine. Deep Rip: With this engine, every time a redundant sector is found, we use error correction to probe 16 sectors forward, and try to read again. This goes on until we can successfully read a logical block of data. This engine may take significantly longer to complete an extraction, but may be successful where other engines have failed. Note that if MTR fails to scan a DVDs IFO/BUPs in Cell Rip mode, it will switch to Deep Rip mode by itself, which should allow it to scan and extract the DVD. Scratch Rip: This mode is designed for extracting damaged discs with the least amount of lost information possible. When it encounters a scratch (or a redundant sector) it reads right up to the start of the scratch, then probes the disk to get the complete last sector after the end of the scratch, therefore minimizing the loss of data. Blank frame data is inserted in the scratched area of the rip to replace the missing data and allow smooth playback. Cell Rip BT: This engine is the same as the Cell Rip engine with a back trace added, which can be used to probe backwards from the next logical cell address, if you notice that youre missing a small chunk of the film. Though weve never had a need for it yet, this engine was added as an emergency method in case everything else fails. ISO Extraction Engine - This setting selects the engine used in Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction mode. Available ISO Extraction Engines include the default Sector 1024 Rip, along with Sector 512 Rip and Sector 16 Rip

engines. Sector 1024 Rip is the fastest mode, and should work with most discs. Sector 512 Rip, and especially Sector 16 Rip engines take longer, though they may be useful on discs with CSS keys spread across the disc.

1.2.3: Miscellaneous

Setting the Save To Location: If you set a Save To location, MTR will automatically save the extraction to when you click the Extract button without prompting you each time. To choose this location, select Save To from the File menu (command-shift-S), navigate to and select the location where you would like to have the MTR output saved, and click Open to set the Save location. Which Extraction Mode To Use? In order to decide which mode to use, there are several considerations. If a DVD is from another region, and youre trying to make a region-free DVD backup, you will need to run it through either Auto Full Disc Extraction or Full Disc Rip And Rebuild mode in order to remove RCE region control. These modes will produce a DVD folder on your hard drive, which can be burned to either single or dual-layer DVD-R, as needed (depending on whether the DVD is less than or greater than 4.37GB), using software like Roxio Toast to burn them in the proper DVD-ROM UDF format, or processed with applications like DVD2OneX (to rapidly compress a dual-layer DVD to fit on a single layer DVD-R with some quality loss) or Handbrake, to convert to MP4/H.264 for use with digital media adapters (such as the AppleTV) or portable devices (such as the iPod/iPhone). In all other cases, a simple Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction will suffice, producing an easy-to-use ISO disk image which can either be burned directly with Disk Utility (free, located in your Applications/Utilities folder) to DVD-R, used directly with programs such as Handbrake, or simply mounted with Roxio Toast (a handy piece of commercial CD/DVD/BluRay burning software which can mount disk images in a way that makes the Mac OS think that the actual DVD is inserted), and used as you would the original DVD. If you plan on ripping a single DVD in multiple ways, instead of ripping the original DVD disc several times and needlessly wearing down your DVD drive, you can simply rip it the first time in Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction mode, then mount the .ISO disk image with Toast, and then process the mounted disk image in various ways (like to use with DVD2OneX). This will be much faster than working on the DVD disc, as the ISO data is located on your significantly faster hard drive, and will spare your DVD drive some wear-and-tear.

Note that Full Disc Rip And Rebuild extraction mode can be used in the case that the default Auto Full Disc Extraction mode produces a DVD folder larger than 7.88GB, the maximum amount that will fit on a dual-layer DVD-R disc. This can happen on some of the more recent releases which have relatively advanced copy protection schemes, in which ghost vob title sets (think of these as like tracks on a CD) are planted on the DVD, causing its size to balloon to impossible levels. This mode is also useful if you would like to eliminate special features and retain just the DVD menu and main feature, so that you might compress with DVD2OneX in Full Disc mode and minimize the quality loss from compression thanks to the space saved from the secondary features.

1.3: Extracting the Full Disc 1) Launch MTR, and set the extraction type to Auto Full Disc Extraction (the default extraction type). 2) Insert the DVD you wish to backup, making sure it shows up and scans in MTR. 3) Click Extract. 4) If you dont have a save location set, you will need to choose one when prompted; otherwise, the extraction will start. The DVD will be saved as a folder (with the same name as the original DVD) into the save location you chose. 5) If RCE Region Protection was detected, you will be prompted to select the RCE Region number for the original DVD in order to remove this region control and make a truly region-free backup. This should be set to the region the DVD was purchased in. Refer to section 3 for additional information on determining the proper region number. 1.4: Extracting the Full Disc ISO Disk Image 1) Launch MTR, and set the extraction type to Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction. 2) Insert the DVD you wish to backup, making sure it shows up and scans in MTR. 3) Click Extract. 4) If you dont have a save location set, you will need to choose one when prompted; otherwise, the extraction will start. The DVD will be saved as a .ISO disk image file (with the same name as the original DVD) into the save location you chose.

1.5: Performing a Full Disc Rip And Rebuild Extraction Note that Full Disc Rip And Rebuild extraction mode can be used in the case that the default Auto Full Disc Extraction mode produces a DVD folder larger than 7.88GB, the maximum amount that will fit on a dual-layer DVD-R disc. This can happen on some of the more recent releases that have relatively advanced copy protection schemes, in which ghost vob title sets (think of these as like tracks on a CD) are planted on the DVD, causing its apparent size to balloon to impossible levels. This mode is also useful if you would like to eliminate special features and retain just the DVD menu and main feature, so that you might compress with DVD2OneX in Full Disc mode and minimize the quality loss from compression thanks to the space saved from the secondary features. In order to use Rip And Rebuild mode on DVDs with ghost vob sets, we must first identify the vob title set that contains the real movie, by finding the vob title set that contains the title number for the main feature. In order to obtain the title number for the main feature, you can use DVD Player. We have bundled a simple script with MTR 4.0 named Get Title Number for Rip & Rebuild, which will guide you through the process of obtaining the main features title number. Alternatively, you can launch the DVD Player application, start playing the DVD youre trying to rip, then once youre in the middle of the main feature, pause DVD Player playback, then look in the Go menu, Title submenu, and note the title number that is currently checked. This is the title number of the main feature. Once you have this title number information, you can proceed with the Rip And Rebuild extraction. 1) Launch MTR, and set the extraction type to Full Disc Rip And Rebuild. 2) Insert the DVD you wish to backup, making sure it shows up and scans in MTR. 3) Once the scan is complete, you will see a second window appear, with the Size Of Selected Data indicated at the top, and a listing of the vob title sets on the DVD.

4) On DVDs that are larger than 7.88GB, there are typically several vob title sets of the same size, one of which contains the title number we noted as the main features title number in its Titles pull-down menu, and others which simply contain junk ghost data (along with several vob title sets of different sizes, which contain other features like previews, documentaries, making-of promotional videos, etc.). In the example above, if the title number for the main feature in DVD Player was #31, located in title set #17, we leave title set #17 active, which measures 5.24GB in size, while we de-select all the other 5.24GB title sets (15, 18, 19 and 20), which contain junk ghost data. What we need to do is de-select the vob title sets that are the same size as the one that contains the main feature title number, and you can leave the differently sized ones selected (or de-select them if you wish to get rid of any bonus content on the original DVD). Hopefully, when youre done de-selecting the ghost vob title sets, the Size Of Selected Data at the top should be less than 7.88GB. We would suggest leaving the Retain Menus in TitleSets option set to On as it is by default, in order to preserve the original DVD navigation menu and ensure a working copy. 5) If you would like to discard other secondary features (featurettes, previews, etc.), in order to make a compressed backup with only menus and the main feature, and the maximum level of picture quality possible, you can deselect all other title sets besides the one containing the main feature as well. 6) Once you have the title sets you want selected, click the Close button to return to the main MTR window. 7) Click Extract.

8) If you dont have a save location set, you will need to choose one when prompted; otherwise, the extraction will start. The DVD will be saved as a folder (with the same name as the original DVD followed by the text Rip and Rebuild appended to the end) into the save location you chose. 9) If RCE Region Protection was detected, you will be prompted to select the RCE Region number for the original DVD in order to remove this region control and make a truly region-free backup. This should be set to the region the DVD was purchased in. Refer to section 3 for additional information on determining the proper region number.

Section 2: What to do once you have the content extracted

2.1: Playing the MTR output with DVD Player You can use DVD Player to play the MTR output from Auto Full Disc Extraction, Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction and Full Disc Rip And Rebuild modes directly from your hard drive. In the cases of Auto Full Disc Extraction and Full Disc Rip And Rebuild mode output, you can play it as follows: 1) Launch DVD Player. 2) Go to the 'File' menu, select 'Open VIDEO_TS Folder', navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder inside the DVD folder that MTR saved to your save location (the VIDEO_TS folder itself, not its contents or the dvd folder enclosing it), and hit the 'choose' button (alternatively, you can just drag and drop a VIDEO_TS folder onto DVD Player's dock icon or application icon in the Finder). 3) Then, you can hit 'play' (space bar) and the DVD will play from your hard drive. You can use DVD Player to play the MTR output from Auto Full Disc ISO Extraction mode as follows: 1) Mount the ISO disk image by double-clicking on it. 2) Launch DVD Player. 3) As long as no other DVD discs are inserted, you can simply hit Play (space bar) to start playback from your hard drive.

Alternatively, there is a program called Matinee (http://matinee.dizandat.com/), which can easily play back VIDEO_TS folders from your hard drive for you. 2.2: How to burn the MTR output to DVD-/+R Once you have your DVD backed up to your hard drive, you might want to get it burned to DVD-R media in the proper format (UDF, or Universal Disc Format), with the proper file structure (at least a VIDEO_TS folder in the root/base directory of the DVD), so that it will play in DVD players. There is one main issue that you will need to contend with regardless of the extraction mode used, and that is compression. A majority of the commercial DVD movies on the market are dual-layered (DVD-9), and can hold up to about 7.88GB worth of data. The most widely compatible and cost-effective DVD-R media are single-layered (DVD-5), and can only hold 4.37GB worth of data. Most DVD burners available today are capable of burning duallayered DVD+/-R DL media, but the media is significantly more costly, and some older DVD players may refuse to play them, or play them poorly. Be sure to read section 3.3 for information on the DVD-R media that will give you the best compatibility with DVD players. If you wish to simplify the process and maintain the full quality of the original DVD and dont mind spending a bit more for the dual-layered DVD-R DL media, or the DVD youre copying is already less than 4.37GB, skip past the compression section to the burning instructions below. How to compress a dual-layered DVD to fit onto a single-layered DVD-R disc: For those wishing to use cheaper and more compatible single-layered DVD-R media, it is common to "compress" (technically called requantizing in this case, a fast process that discards less crucial data from the video stream, usually with decent results) the DVD to under 4.37 GB to fit on single-layered DVD-R media. Tools to use for requantizing are DVD2OneX, Roxio Popcorn, Roxio Toast Titanium (versions 7 and higher), and DVDRemaster, in order of reputed value, quality and usability. For the purpose of this guide, I will tell you how to do this with DVD2OneX, as that is the solution that gives the best results, but the same principles should apply to the other programs, and their interfaces shouldn't be too hard to figure out. The requantizing step is only required for DVDs larger than 4.37GB in size, so skip that step for DVDs already below that size. Requantizing only compresses the video stream, leaving the audio and subtitles unchanged; this means that only the picture quality is affected by the process. If you have a .ISO disk image you want to compress to

under 4.37GB, double-click on it to mount the image first, so that you can navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder on the mounted DVD. You can do two types of requantizing, Movie Only or Disc Copy. Movie Only will keep only the title (movie track) you choose, and discard the rest, including special features and DVD menus. This preserves the maximum quality possible. Disc Copy mode will keep all the content on the DVD, and compress everything, resulting in lower quality, but you get a functional clone of the original DVD. You can discard any audio tracks you dont want, and I would typically discard DTS format surround sound audio tracks (as opposed to the most common AC3), especially if surround sound AC3 is present, as they take up a huge amount of space, requiring you to degrade the picture quality significantly to recover the space. I would also discard audio tracks for languages I don't need, especially if subtitles are present for that language. There are two compression modes you can choose from, either Full Disc Copy mode, which compresses the entire DVD, keeping menus and extras, or Movie-Only mode, where you select a feature, or set of features you want from the DVD, and it will discard the rest, including the menu (the feature will just start playing when you insert the DVD). If you want the best quality possible, Movie-Only mode is the way to go. If you want to keep the menus and special features, and dont mind the image quality degradation, then Disc Copy is the mode for you. For the purpose of this guide, I will tell you how to do this with DVD2OneX 2.x as that is the solution that gives the best results, but the same principles should apply to the other programs, and their interfaces shouldn't be too hard to figure out. Full Disc Copy compression: If you want to make a compressed clone of the entire DVD, the process is fairly straightforward. First, launch DVD2OneX. Select Make a full disc copy. Navigate to the DVD folder saved by MTR, select the VIDEO_TS folder within it, and click the Choose button. In the Settings section, I typically leave the Output setting on Custom, and set the size to 4472 MB. This usually makes output that just barely fits onto a DVD-R disc, but it may be necessary to lower this value if the output is greater than 4.38GB. For the Compression Mode setting, I leave this on Best Quality and Automatic. Next, in the Audio section, you can remove audio tracks you dont need to save space. I typically discard DTS format surround sound audio tracks (as opposed to the most common AC3), especially if surround sound AC3 is present, as they take up a huge amount of space, requiring you to degrade the picture quality significantly to recover the space. I also discard audio tracks for languages I don't need, especially if subtitles are present for that language.

Now, click the green button at the lower right to start the process. If you want DVD2OneX to burn the movie directly to DVD-R, set the Output type to Burn. If you would like to verify the quality before burning to DVD-R, you must either make a disk image, or a file set. If you would like to make a disk image that you can burn with Disk Utility or Roxio Toast, set it to Image. You can also mount the disc image to verify the playback before burning to disc. If you want it to make another DVD folder in the Finder, like the MTR output, set the output type to File set. For the DVD name, I typically enter the same name as the original DVD. Select Ok when youre ready to start the processing. Once you have your compressed DVD folder, (if you used File set output) you can copy any extra content present in the DVD folder that MTR saved to the compressed DVD folder (optional), such as JACKET_P (contains the images you see when you stop playback of the DVD on certain movies), or any DVD-ROM content (random files and folders). Those aren't necessary for a working DVD (only a VIDEO_TS folder is required), but you might want to have them. Movie-Only compression: One issue I will note here is that on some of the latest DVD releases, publishers have been putting some junk data on the DVDs, in the form of zero-duration cells (DVD features are broken up into cells of varying lengths), which can interfere with normal playback. If you use Main Feature mode, it may be necessary for you to manually remove any zero-duration cells present in the feature(s) you want. First, launch DVD2OneX. Next, select Make a movieonly copy. Navigate to the DVD folder saved by MTR, select the VIDEO_TS folder within it, and click the Choose button. In the Settings section, I typically leave the Output setting on Custom, and set the size to 4472 MB. This usually makes output that just barely fits onto a DVD-R disc, but it may be necessary to lower this value if the output is greater than 4.38GB. For the Compression Mode setting, I leave this on Best Quality and Automatic. In the Title setting, (in Title 1) select the feature you want. Typically, the main feature is the longest title, and is selected by default. Next, in the Audio section, you can remove audio tracks you dont need to save space. I typically discard DTS format surround sound audio tracks (as opposed to the most common AC3), especially if surround sound AC3 is present, as they take up a huge amount of space, requiring you to degrade the picture quality significantly to recover

the space. I also discard audio tracks for languages I don't need, especially if subtitles are present for that language. For the Subtitles, you can always enable all subtitle tracks, as they will not add any significant size to the DVD, and its basically useless to remove them. Next, you must remove any zero-duration cells to ensure proper playback. In the Cells section, scroll through the list of cells, and uncheck any cell that has a duration of 0:00. Now, click the green button at the lower right to start the process. If you want DVD2OneX to burn the movie directly to DVD-R, set the Output type to Burn. If you would like to verify the quality before burning to DVD-R, you must either make a disk image, or a file set. If you would like to make a disk image that you can burn with Disk Utility or Roxio Toast, set it to Image. You can also mount the disc image to verify the playback before burning to disc. If you want it to make another DVD folder in the Finder, like the MTR output, set the output type to File set. For the DVD name, I typically enter the same name as the original DVD. Select Ok when youre ready to start the processing. Once you have your compressed DVD folder, (if you used File set output) you can copy any extra content present in the DVD folder that MTR saved to the compressed DVD folder (optional), such as JACKET_P (contains the images you see when you stop playback of the DVD on certain movies), or any DVD-ROM content (random files and folders). Those aren't necessary for a working DVD (only a VIDEO_TS folder is required), but you might want to have them. How to burn a .ISO disk image to DVD-R: To burn a .ISO disk image to DVD-R, you can use the free and preinstalled Disk Utility application, or Roxio Toast. Everyones got the Disk Utility app, so well use that for this tutorial. Once you have your .ISO disk image ready to burn, navigate to the Disk Utility application, located in the Utilities folder, in the Applications folder, and launch it. Drag the .ISO disk image from the Finder onto the left side of the main Disk Utility window, making it show up in the listing on the left-hand side, below the drives. Then, select the image you just dragged in, and click the Burn button in the toolbar (or navigate to the Images menu and select Burn command-B). Insert the blank DVD-R media into your drive and allow it to scan and detect it, set the speed to Maximum Possible, and click the Burn when its available. How to burn a DVD folder to DVD-R: The most common and well-regarded software for burning DVD folders to DVD-R is Roxio Toast, so thats what well use for these instructions. Once you have your DVD folder ready to burn, you can copy any extra content present on the original DVD to the DVD folder youre about to burn

(optional), such as JACKET_P (contains the images you see when you stop playback of the DVD on certain movies), or any DVD-ROM content (random files and folders). Those aren't necessary for a working DVD (only a VIDEO_TS folder is required), but you might want to have them. Now in Toast, in the Data tab, choose DVDROM (UDF) in the left side drawer as the format. Now, drag the DVD folder with the name of the DVD to the main Toast window, and it should make a DVD with the same name as the original DVD containing at least a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder (always empty), and maybe some other stuff you copied over (feel free to delete any .DS_Store files that you might see its best to not have those on the movie youre burning). Now insert a blank DVD-R, and hit the big red button in the lower right and start the burn. If you compressed the DVD folder to fit on single-layered DVD-R media, and the DVD folder is too big to fit, try removing some of the extra DVD-ROM content you may have added to the compressed DVD folder, or you might have to run through the compression step again with a smaller custom size setting. If youre using dual-layered media, and the DVD folder is larger than 7.88GB and wont fit on the DVD+/-R DL media, you may have a recent movie with a more advanced form of copy protection, and you should try using Full Disc Rip And Rebuild extraction mode in MTR to correct this issue and obtain a DVD folder below 7.88GB in size. I will also note here that if you skipped the compression step, and you get an error from Toast saying that The source folder is damaged, or something to that effect, you might try running the DVD through DVD2OneX, even if it doesnt need compression. If you are burning a dual-layered disc, and you would like to keep all the quality intact, use DVD2OneX in Disc Copy mode, and set the size from 4472 up to 9000 MB. Additional Tutorials: http://macweaver.com/dvdinfo/mtr.htm http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/125996 http://howto.diveintomark.org/dvd-backup/ http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=156359 2.3: Converting the MTR output for portable media players (iPod/iPhone or other phones and music players) or digital media adapters (AppleTV, PS3, Xbox 360, etc.).

For the iPhone/iPod Touch: 1) Use MTR to extract the DVD movie to your hard drive. 2) Use Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) to convert the video and audio to an mp4 file in H.264/AAC format, selecting the iPhone & iPod Touch preset in the Apple section of the right side Presets drawer. For the iPod: 1) Use MTR to extract the DVD movie to your hard drive. 2) Use Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) to convert the video and audio to an mp4 file in H.264/AAC format, selecting the iPod preset in the Apple section of the right side Presets drawer. For the PS3 or Xbox 360: 1) Use MTR to extract the DVD movie to your hard drive. 2) Use Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) to convert the video and audio to an mp4 file in H.264/AAC format, selecting the High Profile preset in the Regular section of the right side Presets drawer. For the PSP: 1) Use MTR to extract the DVD movie to your hard drive. 2) Use Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) to convert the video and audio to an mp4 file in H.264/AAC format, selecting the Normal preset in the Regular section of the right side Presets drawer.

Section 3: General information

3.1: DVD regions, color formats (PAL vs. NTSC), and region coding Here's an informative map showing the DVD regions of the world:

 Region 1: The U.S., U.S. territories and Canada Region 2: Europe, Japan, Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, and Greenland Region 3: Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Hong Kong Region 4: Mexico, South America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean Region 5: Russia (former USSR), Eastern Europe, India, most of Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia Region 6: China Region 7: Reserved for Unspecified Special Use (best guess: special detention centers where they make people think its 1995) Region 8: Reserved for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc... Figuring out the region setting of your DVD disc: Typically, this is just the region where the DVD was purchased. Also, you can look on the DVD case to figure out the DVD's region, typically indicated with a globe icon with a number at the center. Color Formats PAL vs. NTSC: There's also the issue of PAL vs. NTSC color formats. PAL is used in Europe and European ex-colonies, and NTSC is used in the N. America and most Asian countries. Some DVD players and TV sets are incompatible with the other color format (especially Sony ones), and others work fine, or need to be switched over to the other color mode in the DVD player or TV's system menu. MTR does not convert color formats, and it's generally a huge pain in the ass to

convert them; you're much better off getting yourself a cheap set-top DVD player for $30 that can handle both color formats. Also note that computers should be able to play both formats without any problems. 3.2: DVD drives, firmware, rip speed, etc. I will note here that when you have a new DVD drive, or a new computer, you must set the DVD drives region setting for MTR to be able to function. To do this, simply play a commercial DVD movie with DVD Player (if it doesnt launch automatically when you insert a DVD, you can find it in your Applications folder), and when prompted (before the movie starts playing), select your DVD region. Once this is done, MTR will function as normal. Read on to find out about region-free (RPC1) firmware for certain drives. The speed at which your DVDs rip is based completely on the read speed of your DVD drive. Also, certain drives, especially those from certain manufacturers such as Matshita (Panasonic), Sony, and HL-DT-ST (LG), are known to have weaker compatibility and performance, and are incapable of playing or ripping DVDs from other regions than the one theyre set to (meaning you cant play or rip DVDs from other parts of the World). For best results, and widest compatibility, we recommend using Pioneer DVD drives. These drives have region-free unlocked firmware available that will let you rip and play DVDs from anywhere in the World. We have links to specific drive models and special deals in our forum, and firmware is available at rpc1.org. If you plan on doing a lot of ripping, and especially if you plan on ripping or playing DVDs from different regions, it will make your life easier to get a nice internal IDE (for Mac Pro owners) or external FireWire/USB2 Pioneer drive for all your DVD needs. We have no ties to Pioneer, but have found that they are the most widely-supported and reliable drives on the market. RPC1.org Mac forums (for region-free firmware): http://forum.rpc1.org/viewforum.php?f=30 3.3: DVD-/+R media The DVD+/-R media blanks you use are crucial to the playback of burned copies on various DVD players. If you get cheap DVD-R media, you will have playback problems on some DVD players. Over the course of extensive experimentation and collaboration, we have come to the conclusion that Taiyo Yuden DVD-R media (available from

online retailers) have the best compatibility with DVD players. If you cant find that, Verbatim and Ritek/RiData/Arita are pretty good as well. For Dual-Layered (DL) media, Verbatim is the manufacturer of choice, and Ritek/RiData is a pretty good fall-back. We have no affiliation with any of these companies, but have found through trial and error that they make the highest quality DVD-R media. If you experience playback issues such as stuttering and pixelation, the DVD-R media is the first thing to look at.

Section 4: Troubleshooting / Frequently-Asked Questions / Resources

We can help you on our message boards (forum) if youre having any further problems not explained in this manual. We have several knowledgeable moderators, and an active community of friendly and helpful members ready to answer any remaining questions you may have. Our forum can be found at the following web address: http://www.ripdifferent.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=26 Try browsing our Frequently-Asked Questions thread on the forum, or searching for the particular issue or movie youre having problems with before you post a new topic. You might also check out the posting rules. Otherwise, we welcome your participation on our forums, and encourage you to share any problems or suggestions you may have. Note that you must register a forum account with ripDifferent.com to see our forum. We do have a separate section devoted to answering a few frequently-asked questions (FAQ), available to the public without having to sign up at this address: http://www.ripdifferent.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=34

Section 5: Uninstalling MacTheRipper

To uninstall MacTheRipper, there are four elements that can be deleted from your computer. The first step is to remove the CSS_Key_Cache folder. This is a folder that MTR creates in your /Users/Shared directory as long as that option is enabled in the preferences, which contains the decryption keys to unlock any DVD it encounters. This makes future processing of the same discs faster.

 Then, you can trash the MTR preferences. The preferences file is located in your home/library/preferences folder (the folder called Preferences, located in the Library folder in your Home directory), and is called com.MTR3.plist. Just drag this file to the trash and empty it. The last remnant of MTR is this manual and the MacTheRipper application. Simply close out of this document, and drag the MTR folder that contains me to the trash. Dear reader, I thank you for bearing with me until now, and hope that your future experiences with MacTheRipper will be pleasurable and rewarding.

Section 6: Acknowledgments
MacTheRipper is made possible thanks to many years of hard work by Geezerbuttz, who codes the application from scratch on his own. This manual is written by WiseWeasel, and the support forums are maintained by Geezerbuttz, WiseWeasel, Olddude, 2socks and Lawnman. Also, thanks to all those who have supported the continued development of MacTheRipper by sending in their gifted donations. Without you, this project would not be possible.

Section 7: Version history

4.0 Completely re-worked from scratch with a more future-proof codebase New ripping modes, Full Disc, ISO disk image creation (!) and Rip And Rebuild for those tricky new DVDs Compatibility with many new DVDs with advanced copy protections schemes New dark-themed interface, complete with mind-blowingly slick animations Auto-updater for simplified updates no more needing to check the forums all the time to find new releases Exclusive access to the DVD while ripping so your rip wont get interrupted anymore 3.0b New interface with more efficient workflow for all extraction modes Improves compatibility with new forms of copy protection Main Feature Extraction that really works Chapter extraction that doesnt suck Cell extraction

 Progress bar in the Dock icon to show MTRs progress in the Dock during extraction 2.6.6 Improves prescanning to fix crashing problems on certain DVDs Faster prescanning by consolidating code into fewer passes to reduce seeking 2.6.5 Improves prescanning code to fix crashing problems on certain DVDs 2.6.4 Improves IFO scanning code to fix some crashing problems on certain DVDs 2.6.3 This time it really fixes the bug in the new UOPs disabling code Fixes an obscure bug where a file called Glass.snd in the home/Library/Sounds folder on some users' systems could cause MTR to crash 2.6.2 Fixes a big bug in the new UOPs disabling code introduced in 2.6.1 2.6.1 Greatly improved UOPs disabling code, now much less of a chance of making an unplayable DVD, and more effective Improved prescanning code for speed and compatibility, should now work with more titles 2.6 Added the ability to extract DVDs with ARccOS copy protection, along with new Full Disc and Main Feature modes for those discs Added the ability to handle VOBs with bad sectors, which get padded with dummy data, and notify the user at the end of extraction that read errors were encountered

 Added bad cell detection in Title Only and Title - Chapter modes, so they automatically get skipped; useful for ARccOS DVDs Added the ability to demux elementary streams in Title Only and Title - Chapter modes, along with the ability to choose which streams will get extracted Removed deprecated preferences Fixed large crashing bug that occurs if the user chooses Title Only extraction, and then immediately chooses another mode Fixed a bug in Non-PGC Title Only and Title - Chapter modes where the output would be incorrect Fixed a crashing bug on certain DVDs with particular IFO issues Reduced the amount of UI updates during extraction to hopefully reduce the amount of crashes on certain computers, namely dual-processor Macs Improved progress bar accuracy Removed 'Real Time' prescan option in the preferences, as Pre Scan is required for certain functions to work properly now, including ARccOS detection and chapter extraction 2.0.2 Fixed a bug where MTR would become unstable if chapters were selected in reverse order Other miscellaneous bug fixes 2.0.1 Minor bug fixes Compiled with Xcode 1.5 for improved performance and stability Changed the progress bar code to decrease the tax on CPU when MTR is in focus 2.0 Completely rewritten in Objective-C Cocoa to behave more like a Mac application New PGC mode for improved title and chapter extractions UOP disabling ForceRead mode for extracting damaged discs File size calculation in the various extraction modes DVD-ROM content extraction

 Compiled with GCC 3.3 for improved performance Countless bug fixes and performance enhancements Improved compatibility with a wider range of DVDs New and improved interface with innumerable enhancements 1.5.6 Added analog copy protection removal Added CSS key recovery method selection Added an 'Eject' button Updated interface 1.5.5a Improved RCE removal code 1.5.5 Allows you to select exactly which regions you want to enable, allowing for any combination of regions No longer remembers the last RCE region you set, so that it will always go back to the default of 'OFF', to avoid corrupting DVDs by having RCE removal enabled when it shouldn't be Minor interface enhancements 1.5.4 Fixes a bug with DVDs that have certain characters (namely the apostrophe) in their title Fixes a bug with the disc size calculation code Minor interface enhancements 1.5.3 Fixes a bug where MTR would forget the last save location if you open the 'Save To' panel and hit 'Cancel' Redesigned interface in standard Aqua widgets to improve compatibility and functionality 1.5.2

 New application preferences remember the last options you set last time you used MTR, including save location, extraction type, disc region and RCE options 'GO!' is now the default option, so if you have a save location set, you can just hit 'Enter' and start the extraction, as long as there is no RCE option to set Minor interface enhancements 1.5.1 Fixes a bug where mounted volumes other than the DVD were being scanned for region and RCE Fixes a bug if you insert a second DVD while the first one is ripping Added a refresh button for the list of DVDs, in case it doesn't get automatically updated (disabled during extraction) Remembers window placement Minor interface enhancements 1.5 RCE and disc region detection and removal New interface with progress bar Now makes playable output in 'Main Feature' and 'Title Set' modes, thanks to the addition of tocgen Consolidated different releases to have a single version for Mac OS X 10.2.x, 10.3.x and for G5s Additional minor bug fixes 1.0 New interface Many bug fixes, resolved crashing issues 0.5 Fixes bug for DVDs with spaces and punctuation marks in their title 0.4 Several bug fixes, including some of the quit-on-launch problems

0.3 Minor bug fixes Separate version for G5s 0.2 Several bug fixes Separate version for Mac OS 10.2.x and 10.3.x 0.1 Initial public beta