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in other words, stick to Handbrake.

Dear thelegendofjohn,

"Version 9 of Toast "just doesn't work"?  And I have yet to notice spyware when using Mac the Ripper."

I'll reply to the last first.

When you place the license file in the preferences and then use MTR it "phones home" to unlock the app. That's sounds like spyware to me.

As for Toast version 9.0 it crashed when you tried to placed a Video_TS folder in the window. Apparently the update 9.0.1 fixed that problem. Now there are problems with naming cds. Also the Growl notification doesn't really work. That doesn't sound like a stable application to me.

The best way to find out about the application is to go to versiontracker or the Roxio's website and check the reader responses. Version 7 rates four stars at versiontracker and version 8 has three, and the latest version has no rating thus far.

For the record I have versions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Versions 4 and 5 were a work in progress. Version 6 worked fine although it was a little rough around the edges. Version 7 rocked and I still use to convert .avi files to dvd. Version 8 saw a drop in video quality and version 9 (so far) is sub-standard.

The way I see it when Roxio bought Toast from Adaptec it became more like the windows apps that they sell…glitzy but not all that great. And for the record I've backed up almost a thousand dvds and I now use dvd2onex2. It's a great application for burning dvds and heaps of options that Toast just doesn't have.

For example:

* faster burning times
* splitting files over two dvds
* properly deselecting and selecting languages (Toast 7 never really got that
   right)
* identifying and deleting zero cells
* re- mastering video_ts files.
* superior video quality

Like I said, it blows Toast out of the water and you should give a go and you'll see how much better it is.

Cheers,

Walter

Dear thelegendofjohn,

I guess we should agree to disagree. However, give dvd2onex2 a go it really does blow Toast out of the water. The only caveat is that the interface is a bit on the windows side of things but once you get the hang of the app. it's really easy to use.

Walter Chillum

[offtopic]The only Fairmont I know about is the one with the hot springs[/offtopic]

Sure, numerous audio tracks and subtitles are in the commercial realm, but they are also in the amateur arena as well. I can make a non-copyrighted DVD in DVD Studio Pro that has multiple audio tracks.

However, "zero cells" are not something that anyone would use, except for a commercial DVD. Thus, Toast does not need that feature.

FutureDreamz wrote:

in other words, stick to Handbrake.

hand-brake doesn't back up movies .. it rips them.

oh and Walter Chillum see how I quoted FutureDreamz

[quote=FutureDreamz]in other words, stick to Handbrake.[/quote]

please for the love of anything quote like that. You aren't writing a letter here

GHal, Fairmount is not a movie player, it's a program that removes to protection from a movie DVDs files so you can make a copy of it using a program like Handbrake.  Here's how.
1. Open Fairmount.
2. Load the movie DVD and it will start to mount, then Fairmount will unmount the DVD and create a folder on your desktop containing the unprotected files.
3. Open Handbrake and navigate to this newly create folder and Handbrake will scan the folder and give you the ability to save it to a variety of formats like MP4, Apple TV or iPod.  There are a number of presets to choose so make sure you open the prests drawer to see them.  Also run the presets updater to make sure they are current.

First of all you can throw away the DVDRemaster program out of your application folder and drag its icon out of the Dock (the name of the program bar at the bottom of your desktop).  DVDRemaster came with Fairmount (really the other way around) but you don't need it so just trash it.  You do however need the VLC program to run Fairmount so be sure to keep that.  Check to make sure you have the newest version of VLC, Fairmount and Handbrake also also.  I like to use Versiontracker.com to keep track of my programs.

From your description it sounds like your DVD is damaged in some way and has bad sectors.  What should be happening is pretty much what I've described.  Is your DVD store bought or a copy from someone?  Try using another movie DVD just to see what is suppose to happen. 

With Fairmount open, load the movie DVD into your DVD drive, you should see the DVD text briefly show up in the Fairmount window, then unmount (disappear out of the window) and a little animation on your desktop with what looks like crumbled up paper will scroll around in a circle and then stop and the folder with the unprotected movie files will mount on your desktop.  That's pretty much it, a piece of cake.

As of posting:  for Intel Macs:
Fairmount 1.0.2
VLC 0.9.8a
Handbrake 0.9.3

Last edited by lantzn (2009-01-12 2:20 pm)

I'm afraid we have a zombie-post rule - no resurrecting threads that have been dead for more than 2 months.

Cheers.