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Ripping a DVD from the Terminal isn’t all that “complex”

In an effort to prove just how simple it is to rip a dvd using free alternatives, as well as needing an excuse to demonstrate the simplicity of using the terminal, I’ve decided that installing the HandBrake command line tool was an excellent starting point.  The first thing we need to do is to download [...]

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RipIt: A competitor to dvd rippers.

At 18.99 RipIt is a little bit pricy for most users, considering that we can get HandBrake for free.  RipIt allows you to convert your DVDs into digital copies that you can store on your hard drive so that you don’t have to go and grab those disks from your DVD library. One thing that RipIt [...]

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Terminal Tip: Rip, Normalize your CD’s from the CLI

I’m a geek, so as you probably suspect, I get some really odd satisfaction from watching stuff go down in the Terminal. But, being self taught, I’ve still got a lot to learn about the finer nuances of command line life on a *nix based platform. So, when I stumbled across this photo [...]

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