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Flip4Mac Drive-in 1.0.0.67 (Mac OS X)

The Missing Link - Solved  

Hello, My first impression of this program was jaw dropping. I love how they really made this program fit the Mac OS look. The elegant/artistic assembly of this program makes it very fun to use. Not only is this program great to look at, but it is also easy to use. All you do is double click on an image (Cover) and boom your playing the DVD. And copying that movie couldn't be any easier, all you do is insert the disc, open it in Drive-In, and hit create image. You can add multiple images to one DVD Case, which is one of my favorite things about this program. The program's ability to gather information from Amazon can be helpful however I love that you are not bound to it. You can just as easily add your own information and DVD Covers. As others are saying there are free ways to copy DVDs to one's hard drive. However, that isn't the point of this program. This program first off takes use of "Fair Use" and secondly, unlike the free programs it is a lot easier, and much more attractive to use and work with. Unlike other sources such as MactheRipper you are not just left with a folder. This program creates beautiful DVD Cover icons which displays your DVDs like as if they were in your library. Also other are comparing this to Handbrake. I use Handbrake and the two are not the same. Lets compare Apples to Apples here. Drive-In allows you to copy DVDs (no compression) Lossless copies to your Hard Drive. Handbrake on the other hand compresses your movies and converts them to another format other than DVD (MPEG-2). Both have their purposes but to compare Handbrake and Drive-In I don't think is fair. If you are a fan, of DVD movies yet hate the hassle of starches or missing Discs then Drive-In is for you. While it can be expensive to copy all those DVDs to your Mac's Hard Drives I find that as Hard Drive prices drop more and more people will find this useful. As for the $50.00 price tag, I think that is reasonable for all the graphics and beauty you will get with using this program. I find this program very useful and plan to buy this once it is out of its beta stages. Great work on this Application. -Austin Hoyt [alert admin]

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Saturday, March 15 2008 @ 08:35 PM PDT

HandBrake 0.8.5b1 (Mac OS X)

Handbrake Review  

Handbrake is a GREAT application that I use daily. Handbrake has evolved a lot since I first used Handbrake back with version 0.7.0. Handbrake 0.8.5b1 supports many new things while still retaing the "classic" Handbrake ways.
Handbrake supports the following:

-DVDs (Both Encrypted and Nonencrypted)
-Chapter markers
-Dolby Surround Sound
-Dolby Pro Logic II
-6 Channel Audio
-Auto-Crop (Removes Black Bars)
-Anaphormic Widescreen
-AAC Audio
-(Program a list of movies to encode) is also supported.

Supports MPEG-4 and MPEG-4 (H.264)....

Handbrake is personally one of my favorite application for the Macintosh OS. I use it daily, for all sorts of stuff weather for school projects, or for personal video use. Handbrake still has a lot of work to be done (bugs) but the program is still in beta... so don't get to frustrated with errors, if you can't handle them use Handbrake 0.7.1 over Handbrake 0.8.5b1.

I however use version 0.8.5b1 and don't really have to many issues with it other than, problems with crashing when using constant quality (which I no longer use) lol.

Anyways I hope you download Handbrake and give it a shot, it supports the new iPod Video format, and is PERFECT for the Apple TV, and loading Movies into iTunes (even in high quality).

Can't beat the price either.... *FREE*.

Enjoy your Digital Movies,

-AJH (Apples) [alert admin]

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Monday, May 07 2007 @ 07:03 AM PDT

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