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Solve Handbrake Rip DVD with Copy Protection on Mac Failure Issue

Handbrake meets problems when ripping DVD with copy protection on Mac? Solve it immediately.

Q: I tried ripping a copy-protected DVD using Handbrake, but encountered a problem: the DVD disc can't be read and find no valid source. How do you smoothly rip DVD with copy protection on Mac?

Fail to rip DVD with copy protection on Mac using Handbrake? The truth is even if you install Handbrake libdvdcss files and VLC media player, you can only rip partial copy protected DVDs, namely, DVDs with CSS protections, and check the right DVD main title. How about DVDs with other complicated protections like RCE, Sony ArccOS, UOPs, Disney x-project DRM, etc? Handbrake may fail to deal with these DVD discs. This post focuses on helping you solve "Handbrake can't rip protected DVD on Mac" issue.

Solve Can't Rip Copy Protected DVD with Handbrake on Mac

Ripping DVD with copy protection on Mac isn't that difficult. Instead of using Handbrake, there are many other options out there. WinX DVD Ripper for Mac, the Mac version of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, is one of the most popular choices for ripping copy-protected DVD on Mac computers. Check what this best DVD ripper for Mac can do for you.

1. Rip DVD to MP4, H.264, HEVC, MKV, MOV, M4V, MPEG, AVI, WMV, FLV, iPhone, iPad, Android and other hundreds of output formats and devices profiles.

2. Support ripping DVDs with region codes, CSS, RCE, Sony ArccOS, UOPs, Disney X-project DRM and so on, as well as 99-title DVDs, workout DVDs, Japanese DVDs, as well as movie/music and TV series DVDs, old scratched DVDs.

3. 1:1 backup DVD to ISO Image/DVD Folder with original data. Copy DVD to a single MPEG2 file with all intact video/audio/subtitle tracks in 5 minutes.

4. Ultrafast DVD conversion speed with multi-core CPU and Hyper-threading techs. Output highest quality after conversion.

5. Cut or crop video. Add external subtitles to video. Freely adjust video resolution, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, etc.

Guide on How to Rip Copy-Protected DVD with WinX DVD Ripper for Mac

Free download and install the best Handbrake alternative for Mac - WinX DVD Ripper for Mac – on macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, etc. and follow the detailed operation below to rip DVD with copy protection with ease.

Step 1. Import DVD

Put the copy-protected DVD into the built-in or external DVD drive. Run WinX DVD Ripper for Mac and click "DVD Disc" button on the top-left to load the source DVD content into the program.

You don't need to worry about which title is the right main title. The smart software has already checked and ticked for you.

Rip Copy-protected DVD on Mac with Best Handbrake Alternative
Rip Copy-protected DVD on Mac with Best Handbrake Alternative

Step 2. Select output

The Output Profile window will auto pop up. Choose your preferred output format like MP4, MOV, MKV, etc.

Aside from enabling you to convert DVD disc to digital video file, this best Handbrake Mac alternative also allows you to 1: 1 ratio copy DVD to ISO Image, DVD Folder with original data.

Step 3. Rip DVD

Hit "RUN" to start flawlessly ripping copy-protected DVDs to MP4 and more on Mac by using this best alternative to Handbrake for Mac. Before this, you can optionally click "Browse" to choose a destination folder to save the output video.

Disclaimer: Digiarty Software does not advocate ripping copy-protected DVDs for any commercial purpose and suggests referring to the DVD copyright laws in your countries before doing so. Still have problem about how to backup copy protected DVD on Mac? Please feel free to Email Us >>

Step 3: Choose Output Folder. Select where you want to store the converted video by clicking "Browse" button in output setting area.

Step 4: Start Ripping. Click "RUN" button, then the ripping will be started. During the conversion, you can view the conversion progress and are able to cancel the converting process at anytime.

Disclaimer: Digiarty Software does not advocate ripping copy-protected DVDs for any commercial purpose and suggests referring to the DVD copyright laws in your countries before doing so.

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Kaley Torres is a self-motivated, creative editor with eight years of marketing and SEO experience, specializing in writing on DVD, video, audio, images, new digital contents etc. With a partiality DVD collection, Kaley also enjoys digitizing DVD and is keen to share her DVD video conversion tips on social media.

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