Loading My DVDs in iTunes
// February 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // Computing
Why is it that I can’t copy my DVDs to my iTunes library and then watch those videos on my iPod or AppleTV? Now that being said, that is something that I have been working tirelessly to make happen and for the most part I have been successful. Unfortunately, there are still far too many discs that I cannot rip because of the disc’s copy protection. Anyone with small children can certainly relate to the pain of purchasing Finding Nemo for the second time because the first disc came into contact with something either abrasive or super sticky.
Ripping your own DVDs on your Mac is actually a remarkably simple task with the great program Handbrake. This open source application greatly simplifies the process and even includes a number of preset configurations for ripping your movies to a format your players can support. With the previous version of the software (0.9.2) the stack of discs that I could not make available to my AppleTV was rather significant. The new version (0.9.3) has worked wonders at reducing that stack significantly, but there are still DVDs that I cannot load into iTunes. Hell, there are even some DVDs that will not even play on my iMac at all.
Rather than go through the process of using Handbrake, here is a good YouTube video on using the product.
