As a follow up to the recent blog entry, Copying DVDs…., I’m happy to let readers know that an 11 minute tutorial has been created on The Digital RV Podcast site.  In order to check out the tutorial simply follow this link.  If you’re a Mac user, this tutorial will have you ready to copy your DVD collection to your hard drive in no time.

For Windows users, I am working up a demo on a Windows system.  Don’t loose hope.  Unfortunately the Handbrake program on Windows just doesn’t work as well as the Mac version.  There are several Windows applications that are available at a cost of course.  And what I’ve found with those programs is hit or miss.  Some will copy certain DVDs and not others based on copyright protection built into the DVD.  I haven’t found one program that I can recomend as a package that always works 100% of the time, and that’s why there hasn’t been a tutorial on this blog or the podcast site.  I’m certainly not going to send you out to buy a $50 - $100 software package that only works 50% of the time at best.

If readers are aware of a great ripping package for Windows please pass it along.  I’ll be happy to test it, do a tutorial on its use, and create a video tutorial as well.  Just leave a comment here to let me know if you’ve found such a program.