Title: When HandBrake won't rip your DVDs Post by: HCK on February 25, 2013, 03:01:05 pm When HandBrake won't rip your DVDs
Reader Steven Pollock seeks a digital copy of a movie he recently purchased. He writes: I read Macworld’s story about how to rip DVDs with HandBrake and I’m having a problem. I’d like to rip a DVD that I recently purchased so that I can view it on my iPad. But when HandBrake starts scanning it, it crashes. I’ve tried it multiple times and I’m not having any luck. Is there a trick to it? There is. But before we get into it, run your eyes over the boilerplate text that we include with these kinds of articles: [Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD, you should be able to override its copy protection to make a backup copy or to convert its content for viewing on other devices. Currently, the law isn’t entirely clear one way or the other. So our advice is: If you don’t own it, don’t do it. If you do own it, think before you rip.] To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2029204/when-handbrake-wont-rip-your-dvds.html |