M1 Mac and MacOS 15.1 DVD backup/ripping (1 Viewer)

[Paul Bosquet]

I've had a couple of recent DVDs that have started pixelating/freezing on me I guess from disc rot. I thought it might be worthwhile to try and rip the disc using Handbrake or something else to see if I could somehow "save" the disc. I will also try to see if an older DVD player fares better playing them back.

I haven't tried ripping in a very long time. Does anyone have Handbrake (or something newer) working on an M1 Mac with Sequoia 15.1?

 

[JohnRice]

I don't think you can rip using Handbrake. A lot use MakeMKV. It's Silicon compatible.

 

[Paul Bosquet]

I don't think you can rip using Handbrake. A lot use MakeMKV. It's Silicon compatible.

Thanks, I will check that out.

 

[Nelson Au]

I’m on an old Mac Pro, the mid 2012 tower before the Cylinder Mac Pro. So my machine is limited to High Sierra. With that said, I use both Handbrake and MakeMKV. I primarily use MakeMKv to rip both DVD and blu ray. What I like about MakeMKV is that it makes a bit for bit copy. So there is no compression. The playback of the file will look identical to the disc. I feel that’s a better way to archive you discs. And it makes it a lot easier and more fun to play back without using a disc in a player. You can stream the file onto an AppleTV or iPad.

I will update to a new Mac with the M2 or M4 chip, so I’ll be interested in how the ripping goes on a newer system.

 

[JohnRice]

I will update to a new Mac with the M2 or M4 chip, so I’ll be interested in how the ripping goes on a newer system.

It's exactly the same. Same software and all. HandBrake runs about 10x as fast, though.

 

[Nelson Au]

It's exactly the same. Same software and all. HandBrake runs about 10x as fast, though.

Thanks!

 

[Paul Bosquet]

I had MakeMKV and Handbrake running fine today on my M1 MacStudio. I wasn't testing for speed but both ran smoothly.

The two Dvds I have known issues with on my Panasonic DP-UB820-K are The Departed and Blood Diamond. I was able to backup Blood Diamond without issue and it also played without pixelating using the MacOS's built in player. The Departed however kept hanging when I tried to play it. I gave it a go to see if I could even back it up, but MakeMKV came back with a read error. Looking closely at the disc you can see a wave of discoloration that varies around the disc.

So perhaps the UB820 has issues with some older DVDs, but The Departed looks hosed.