Should You Download DVDFab for Mac (masOS High Sierra) or ByteCopy for Mac (masOS High Sierra)?

Date August 19, 2016 Author Catherine Category Blu-ray Tips

Mac OS X still doesn’t support Blu-ray playback, nor has any Mac (masOS High Sierra) shipped with a drive capable of even reading as though there are so many appeals. However, even though downloading HD movies from App Store is easy, there are still several reasons to buy Blu-ray discs. The picture quality is better (with higher bit rates and less compression), as is the audio (with several different mixes for multichannel systems). So, how to play Blu-ray on Mac with QuickTime or import Blu-ray to iTunes for iPad, iPhone and Apple TV streaming? Absolutely, you need to rip and convert Blu-ray to the format you need with Mac Blu-ray Ripper.

After made a research, we found DVDFab for Mac and ByteCopy for Mac were praised. But you don’t need to get two best Blu-ray Rippers. So which one is better or which one is more suitable for you? To help you choose the better one, I tried to rip Blu-rays with the two Blu-ray Ripping tools and took user experience down below.

Prepared tools:

• DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper for Mac trial version
• Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac trial version
• An external Blu-ray Disc drive
• A Blu-ray Disc (take Avatar for example)

Rip Blu-ray with DVDFab for Mac and ByteCopy for Mac

Part 1. Load Blu-ray Disc.

DVDFab for Mac: I insert the disc before running DVDFab, and when I open the software it automatically detect the disc and start loading. While it seems like that DVDFab cannot correctly detect the BD region code. My Blu-ray Disc Avatar is region A and region B, while after loading into DVDFab, it shows this disc is from region C by default and I have to manually change to correct region for successful disc loading. 

Meanwhile it takes 3-5 minutes to finish disc loading process, and there is no estimated loading time period so I have no idea how long it will take until it is complete after 5 minutes.

ByteCopy for Mac: I installed Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac on the same computer and click this "Load Disc" icon to import same Avatar Blu-ray Disc, I do not need to choose BD Region Code or anything else, and it only takes about 10 seconds to finish disc loading. 

Plus, there is a percentage showing the progress of disc loading so I would know when the disc can be successfully imported.

Part 2. Custom profile settings.

1. Disc audio streams and subtitle tracks selection.

DVDFab for Mac: The GUI of DVDFab is very fresh and I could easily know the functions of every button, like the "Edit" icon for cropping and resizing source disc, the device image or "Profile" icon for output format settings, the "Advanced Settings" for customizing profile parameters, etc.

But I had trouble finding the icon to selecte subtitle and audio track in the first place, and accidentally I put my mouse on the selected Disc title, now I see the drop-down list of subtitle and audio tracks.

ByteCopy for Mac: There are obvious icons on Pavtube GUI so I can easily set up the desired subtitle track and audio stream.

2. Video editing option.

DVDFab for Mac offers two video editing options, one is Resize output movie resolution and another is Crop unwanted video black bars.

In ByteCopy for Mac Video Editor Tab, I find other options beside crop and resize, including trimming, adding text/image/video watermark, adding video effect, audio editor and attaching srt/ass/ssa subtitles, etc. Meanwhile, on ByteCopy GUI, I am able to merge several video clips into one or split one large movie into several segments.

Part 3. Start conversion.

1. Automatic rename function.

DVDFab for Mac: Once complete profile settings, I click the big "Start" button to convert my Avatar Blu-ray. While here comes an error message which shows "The file already existed, do you want to overwrite it?" because I did a similar conversion before. If I choose "Yes", my current ripped movie would overwrite the previous one and the previous ripped movie is gone forever, but if I choose "No", the conversion just aborts and tells me "Process Failed", so weird.

Later I realize that I have to manually rename the movie before starting conversion to avoid this error message again.

ByteCopy for Mac: I completely rip this movie without renaming the file and Pavtube ByteCopy does not pop up any similar error, instead it would add a number like 0, 1, 2,…at then end of the output movie name, so I will not loose any of the movies I ripped, this amazes me.

3. Locate output file.

In DVDFab, I cannot find any button that would lead me to the created movie, it means I have to remember to file path I set up then open computer hard drive to look for that file; in Pavtube ByteCopy, it is considerate to put "Open" icon on GUI to locate the ripped movie, or I could click this "Open output folder" on conversion UI as well.

Below is my point of view about these two BD ripping tool, DVDFab for Mac and Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac, and considering to user-friendly aspect, I prefer Pavtube ByteCopy For Mac.

Read >> A Whole Comparison of All Blu-ray Rippers in the market

I also have visited the home pages of DVDFab for mac and ByteCopy for Mac to learn their main features. To make you know it more conveniently, I did a comparison chart for input, output and other features of DVDFab for mac and ByteCopy for mac.

ByteCopy vs. DVDFab : Inputs, Outputs and Features

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No matter which Blu-ray Ripper you choose, that’s pretty much all there is to it. But if you encounter certain discs that don’t work due to new and varying copy protection, I strongly suggest you to willing to invest a little time and money on Pavtube ByteCopy for Windows/Mac cause DVDFab will not be supporting decryption of the enhanced AACS that will be used to protect new Ultra HD (4K UHD) Blu-ray discs.