talguysaidthis

Does MTR compress the dvd so that i can fit on a 4.7gb dvd-r like dvd shrink for windows does

@Talguy: nope, just ripping. It has the capability to remove UOPs (the things that disable fast-forward and whatnot during copyright warnings and ads and whatnot), but other than that it's just a ripper.

@talguy: check out dvd2onex (www.dvd2one.com) for compression--it is a great solution for compressing movies to fit a single DVD-R, or to even take the movie only out of a full feature rip. also makes it easy to remove other audio tracks to help reduce the size.

This link below is for the universal binary version (version 3.0r14b.zip file)

http://www.mediafire.com/?3mgz2e202zz

MTR is a very useful, well-written app. However, the "freeware" label is deceptive. You can download a 2 year old version for free, while the latest version is in "closed beta." You can get in on the beta by paying. That would be fine if there was an end in sight for the beta, but it's lasted for ages now.

If the authors want to write commercial software and make money selling it then fine, so be it, but just call it commercial software. This perpetual "closed beta" is starting to smell funny.

The comment "This perpetual "closed beta" is starting to smell funny." is both unfair and unkind. The 1 (one) time donation for R&D does not make MTR 3.x beta less free than the 2.6.6 version. The work going into handling the new methods that keep someone from backing up their disk is enough to justify making r3.x very pricey. As far as it is known -- MTR 3.x when public is and will be free. - I am a tester so I will advise: 3.0r14 is - incomplete

@fairuse09: I'm confused. How can you say that requiring a "donation" for access to a program (the 3.0 beta) doesn't make it less free than freeware (the 2.6.6 release)? Free is free. "Required donation" is not. This seems pretty clear cut to me, but maybe there's some subtlety that I'm missing...

As for the accusation that I'm being unfair, let's examine the facts. Going from 1.5.6 to 2.0 (a complete rewrite, they say) took 2 months. Going from 2.2.6 to 3.0 has taken over 2 years. Doesn't that seem a little bit odd? Even if you start the clock at Apr. 30, 2006 (the date the beta was announced, according to the sidebar of their website) you're still talking about well over a year in beta! But hey, who can blame the developers? The minute they release 3.0 their donation income vanishes! Sounds like a pretty strong counter-incentive to me.

But hey, I'd love to be proven wrong! It's pretty easy, just show me the release. I'll gladly retract all of the above if 3.0 is released in the near future. But I'm sure not going to hold my breath.

"The comment "This perpetual "closed beta" is starting to smell funny." is both unfair and unkind. The 1 (one) time donation for R&D does not make MTR 3.x beta less free than the 2.6.6 version."

This makes no sense, if you MUST make a donation, it is NOT free, so it most certainly DOES make it less free. And it will be a cold day in hell when I PAY to beta test anything, which is why I use a Mac running OS X and not a PC running Windows. IF they complete MTR 3 and release it and the new version is worth a whit and they want money for it THEN, then at THAT time, I will consider buying it. But not now. And there is NO difference between a required donation and a selling price.

Cheese and bread! What kind of weird-a** thinking created that post.

MTR3 will be distributed freely pending development completion. It should be noted, however, that MTR3 has been in Private Beta phase since April 30th 2006, leading some to speculate that the developer's intentions are to keep it in Private Beta phase indefinitely, as this allows him to collect fees without having to call his software shareware.

Also see MacTheRipper 3.

I have been working with transmit for about a week and I love how you can edit a file right with transmit and the snycing features are great too. What I love about this ftp is the droplets I find them so convient when I want to transfer a file all I have to do it drag and drop it right over the droplets and poof it is on the server. Probably one of the best use of tiger technology and one of the best interfaces I have seen.

I love this app.
Definitely the best ftp client out there, with the best GUI too.
Worth every penny imho.

I <3 this, .. until FlashFXP mac comes out. Because this is horrible compared to that.

It looks nice but I now use a much tastier FTP client that cost me less and offers more!

poor ftp, but the "best" in the market

Unquestionably the most reliable, best integrated, lightest weight FTP application. Never found a single thing wrong with it, it's one of my favourites of all time.

I used CyberDuck which is fine and free and Fugu for SFTP. But in the end I am glad I paid for this. It just launches faster (not java based). It is more stable also. This + TextMate is just perfect for remotely editing web files via SFTP.

Nice GUI. I like the possibilitiy to preview the files.

YummyFTP is even better than Transmit.

Awesome FTP app. Coming over from Windows side of life recently I wasnt sure which mac FTP to get. Some good reviews on this one so I tried it. Very happy with it. Solid performance with everything you need for an FTP client.