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MakeMKV Alternative for Mac Mavericks: How to Free Rip DVD to MKV on Mavericks

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MakeMKV  has long been considered as one of the best free DVD to MKV ripper software for Mac and Windows users. But its Achilles' heel is that it doesn't seem to work with Mavericks even though this free MKV DVD ripper claimed to support the latest Mac OS 10.9. Below are some typical cases from MakeMKV forum. I have been consistently having the "Fatal Error" crashing problem ever since upgrading to 10.9 Mavericks. The most common error seems to be a dialog that pops up saying 'Fatal error occurred, the program will now exit'. I've seen this opening a disc, in the middle of ripping, or with the app just sitting there doing nothing at all. I've also occasionally received a full error with call stack. Considering a great many of MakeMKV users suffer from Mavericks incompatibility problem, this article recommends you  MacX Free DVD to MP4 Converter for Mac , a MakeMKV alternative for Mavericks, to tackle the issue and help you free rip DVD to MKV ...

Hassle-Free Way to Add SRT Subtitle to MP4 Video

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Supposing you have a truckload of downloaded MP4 movies in foreign language, but the devoid of subtitles in these movies drives you on the verge of collapse. Have you ever created your own movie with your recordings but found your clips are difficult to understand? One feasible solution is to add SRT, the most basic subtitle format, to MP4 video file. At the very beginning of the task, a professional SRT to MP4 merger is deemed as part and parcel to add SRT to MP4 movies and recordings. Here  MacX Video Converter Pro  is highly recommended to you to complete this SRT to MP4 adding task. This MP4 video converter for Mac software not only helps to merge SRT subtitle with MP4 file but also supports adding external  subtitles to AVI, FLV, MKV, WMV, MOV, MP4  and any other mainstream video formats within a few clicks. Below we will show you how to add SRT to MP4 file on your Mac OS using the SRT to MP4 merger. Part 1: Download External SRT Subtitle or Create Your Own...

How to Copy DVD Disney Movie Thor 2: The Dark World on Mac

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If you like the first "Thor" Disney movie, you'll adore its successor "Thor 2: The Dark World", which is a sound combination of fantasy, sci-fi, superhero action and some suggestive content. Plus, the cast in the previous "Thor" all come back again in fine form to deliver the audience this humorous blackbuster with decent 3D effect. Thor 2: The Dark World tops its domestic box office at the first release weekend and gains up to 86 million dollars from the States. Only three days from Nov.8 to Nov. 11, 2013, it should receive as high as 327 million dollars unbelievable box office around the world. No wonder that large numbers of movie buffs are going gaga over this most-awaited flick and can't wait to preorder its DVD version on Amazon. Obstacle to Copy DVD Disney Movie Thor 2: The Dark World on Mac Provided that you also order its DVD and are eager to copy DVD Disney movie Thor 2: The Dark World to your storage devices against it being lost ...

Handbrake Tutorial: Handbrake Error in Ripping 99 Title DVD Resolved

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A few weeks ago, we shared a step-by-step  Handbrake tutorial  to rip DVD movies, which has created a buzz among DVD collectors. But as mentioned in that guide, the DVDs that Handbrake can rip are only confined to those that are homemade. For commercial DVD with 99 titles, Handbrake will encounter error, like the following Gordian knot: I have just copied the New Moon DVD on my computer and on handbrake everything seemed to be fine. However, it did have 99 titles which I thought was odd. Also, when I came to play the copied version back in iTunes, all the scenes were mixed up. It jumped from the first scene to one of the last scenes and then another. Can anyone help? - yahoo answer Why Handbrake Cannot Rip DVD with 99 Titles DVD creators nowadays develop new copy protection measures out of anti-piracy purpose. As a result, new DVD, especially Disney DVD, usually contains loads of titles, as many as 99, which is responsible for Handbrake error in scanning DVD disc for ...

How to Free Rip DVD Frozen to MP4 on Mac Easily

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The latest blockbuster,  Frozen  , mainly tells the story of a fearless princess Anna who embarks on an epic journey with a thrill-seeking mountain man, his loyal reindeer, and a hilarious snowman to find her estranged sister Elsa and to put an end to her icy spell that has trapped the kingdom in permanent winter. Albeit encountering Everest-like conditions, they still struggle to battle the adversity in a race to salvage the kingdom from destruction. This flick pockets $110.6 million worldwide on its opening weekend on Nov. 27, 2013 and gains up to $344,634,117 from the globe as of Dec. 22, 2013. It's so warmly-received that many a movie buff surges to Amazon to preorder Frozen DVD version. If you are just one entrant of them and aspire to free rip Disney movie Frozen DVD to MP4 for playing back on your iPone 5S, iPad mini, and more portable gadgets for convenient watching on the move, you are apt to seek for a free DVD ripper to serve for you, like Handbrake, MacThe Rip...

MacXDVD New Year Promo - Giveaway of MacX iPhone iPad DVD Video Converter Pack

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Jan 7th, 2013 In the wake of the first-round Christmas giveaway of MacX DVD Ripper Pro, MacXDVD today pushes New Year celebration into a new high by rewarding originally $79.90 MacX iPhone Converter Pack as holiday gift valued at $2M in total for people to enjoy DVD movies and videos on iPhone iPad. The new year promotion won't expire until Jan 15, 2014, with up to 70% discount, Facebook Contest, and more on the way to help customers get 2014 off to a great start. MacXDVD Software today gets a new-round giveaway up and running to welcome the New Year before Jan 15, 2014. This is the second yet final stage of New Year promo, in which 15K copies of MacX iPhone Converter Pack totaled $2M join in the new year giveaway list, subsequent to the first-round MacX DVD Ripper Pro giveaway campaign. What's more, 70% off price cuts, buy one get two offer and MacX Video Converter Pro for Windows giveaway on Facebook get in on the act as well, with a view to help every customers get ...

How to Rip CSS Protected DVD to Hard Drive iPhone iPad and Android

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What is CSS? CSS stands for Content Scramble System and was used to prevent the commercial DVDs from being illegally copied, shared, etc. The purpose of CSS is two fold: • It prevents byte-for-byte copies of an MPEG (digital video) stream from being playable since such copies do not include the keys that are hidden on the lead-in area of the protected DVD. • It provides a reason for manufacturers to make their devices compliant with an industry-controlled standard, since CSS scrambled disks can not play on noncompliant devices. Anyone wishing to build compliant devices must obtain a license, which contains the requirement that the rest of the copy-protection system be implemented. You may be not familiar with this copy protection term, but you may have experienced the troubles it brought: when you want to rip CSS protected DVD to hard drive for backup, or rip CSS protected DVD to iPhone iPad Android to watch on the go, you got unread error or the converted files usually out of...

Mac DVD Ripper Roundup--RipIt VS Handbrake

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With the new copy proof schemes introduced by DVD encryption technology, DVD ripping software flows have taken a leap to the next level of eye candy effects. For those medieval DVD ripping application pioneers like Handbrake, RipIt, and MacTheRipper, are being put to the test inevitably followed this trend. Here is a roundup of most popular DVD ripper for Mac to mainly focusing on comparison between RipIt and Handbrake. DVD Decrypter Performance in Various Copy-protection One of most significant indicator to be concerned for captious Mac DVD ripper, it is should be highly qualified to compete with others in high DVD ripping speed and the ability to decrypt/crack different DVD copy-protection algorithm. Handbrake is the least configurable of the lot in commercial DVDs, usually pops error message showing No Titiles found. Although Handbrake official site claims that the later version above 0.9.4 has ripping function to circumvent copy protected DVD, it doesn’t work well in the l...

Top 10 Funniest YouTube Videos of 2013

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It's almost at the end of the year. Haven't you collected any funny videos from YouTube to amuse you and your kids for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas? If not, here we scoured the Internet for top 10 funniest YouTube videos of 2013. Hope you can have a funny Thanksgiving or Christmas Day by enjoying these hilarious YouTube videos inside instead of watching Macy's Day Parade outside. List of Top 10 Best Academy Award Movies Tips: If you want to amuse your kids or entertain your Grandma during the Thanksgiving or Christmas, you can save these funniest YouTube videos offline with  MacX YouTube Downloader . Just download these funny videos from YouTube on your Mac OS within seconds. 1. Bat Dad Vine Compilation Blake Wilson goes by Bat Dad on Vine. He is not only a dad of four kids from Atlanta but also the hero of suburbia, and he's funnier than anything we've seen on Vine, at least this year. 2. Extremely Scary Ghost Elevator Prank in Brazil One ...

How to Copy and Rip DVD Despicable Me 2 for Free Enjoyment on the Road

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Plot of Despicable Me 2: While the ex-supervillain, Gru is adjusting to family life and an attempted honest living in the jam business, he is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to capture the perpetrator of a secret Arctic laboratory heist. Seemingly blinded by his overprotectiveness of his children and his growing mutual attraction to the AVL agent, Lucy Wilde, Gru seems on the wrong track even as his minions are being quietly kidnapped en masse for some malevolent purpose. As the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me and the most-anticipated American 3D comedy film, Despicable Me 2 successfully entertained the global audiences once again. It is said that the Despicable Me 2 DVD will be available on December 10, 2013. For movie lovers, it is worthy of getting the DVD Despicable Me 2 in hand for watching with your family once more. Here, I'll tell you how to copy DVD Despicable Me 2 for DVD preservation and rip Despicable Me 2 DVD to portable tablets for playback at w...