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seabrook Handbrake supported Sources:
•Most common multimedia files that libavformat and libavcodec support.
•Any DVD or Bluray-like source which is NOT copy-protected. (removal of copy protection is not supported)
Are most DVDs copy-protected??
In my experience, the VLC program takes care of the copy protection. I don't have a blu-ray DVD player for my MacBook Pro, so I haven't ripped any blu-rays... but get and install the VLC app on your Mac, then Handbrake can easily rip your DVDs. They have a great forum that I have used once or twice for problem DVDs, but so far, I have been able to rip every DVD that I own....
In my experience, ripping takes about 20 minutes up to an hour per DVD... but the result is most excellent. And, for the record, I only rip the DVDs that I own... makes viewing them (especially for the grandkids movies) a painless and damage-free experience.
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