CERNIUK  Bought RipIt because of the potential for improved workflow for ripping my purchased DVDs to my entertainment system (macmin + HDTV, apple TV + HDTV, appleTV + HDTV, TimeCapsule for wireless streaming for all). All of our video goes onto the minimac server to not only provide it via library to all 3 sets but also to keep the DVD poltergeist away from the purchased media (3 children /and/ wife). I was losing about $200/year prior to ripping my DVDs

So the first DVD I threw at it, Horton Hears a Who, failed. RipIt failed gracefully and even offered to send back the title so it could be analyzed. Nicely done. I then turned around and used MacTheRipper (3.0) and it ripped to my system without issue.

I now need to go back and compress this to H.264 (HD compression format) with any of : Turbo.264 (cool processor adaptor, flakey app with bad output), HandBrake (excellent technically, nice queueing, crashes and has a poorly designed interface) or potentially RipIt (untested, not holding breath). Well, RipIt cannot take a folder full of DVD data and compress it :-(… Back to the other two...

I hope this app gets better but for an out of the box experience, not so good so far. I really want something that will 1) pull TVOD to the HD fast, 2) build a queue of compression, 3) utilize the QuickTime engine to either enable it's own CODEC or give me the option of using others (aka the Turbo.264)  
(Version 1.4)

GRYPHONENT  Thanks for the help, much appreciated!  
(Version 1.4)

REVCO  Compress keeps getting the aspect ratio wrong. Using High Quality MP4 setting and I should be getting wide screen but it's outputting 4:3. Also appears that ripped discs are deleted once compress does its thing.   
(Version 1.4)

LOKHEED  Here's the release notes for v1.4

Version 1.4

Released 3/1/10

Fixed compress default preference for video target.

Added back preference for show in finder on complete.

Added back preference for play sound on complete.

Fixed logic to better filter video for compress (reduce errors).

Inverted progress indicator to progress up instead of down.

Fixed bug in sector map handling (caused crashes).

Fixed bug in UI thread handling (caused rip failures).

Fixed bug in queue progress bar (displays after 5 seconds of no-copying).

Fixed errors related to disc compatibility in rips.

Fixed errors causing Handbrake to fail or choose incorrect titles on some discs.

Fixed code to preserve more original disc structure information.

Fixed bug causing some sectors to be skipped / playback failures.

Fixed bug causing some menus to become broken.

Fixed bug in time map encoding that crashed burn software on some rips.

Fixed several bugs causing crashes in beta compress interface.

Fixed animation bug in 10.6.

Added progress bar when rip engine is processing but not copying.

Added growl support.

Added new problem report window.

Added temp folder use for compress features intermediate files.

Modified ripping of infinite still menus.  
(Version 1.4)

PUKKY  Do not waste your money with this software! Mac DVDRipper Pro is almost twice faster than RipIt, and it have less problems and works with tiger and is more cheap!  
(Version 1.3.3)

DARKLORD  This app is okay, but not great. The interface is about the only thing this app has going for it. $20 for a DVD ripping program is a little on the expensive side. Mac DVDRipper Pro is by far a better app and value. Mac DVDRipper Pro is half the price of Ripit, and is a lot faster too. Plus Mac DVDRipper Pro let's you save your rips as disc image which bypasses the new security features that a lot of the DVD manufacturers are adding nowadays. Such as DVDs showing with extremely large disc sizes, like 31GB for the new Star Trek DVD (which is impossible for a DVD to hold that much data).

I really don't know why Macworld gave their Eddy Award to Ripit over Mac DVDRipper Pro.  
(Version 1.3.3)

PACMAN  So awesome that I bought it as soon as I got my credit card. =)

This thing just works. My full recommendation.

I now have all my DVDs on my harddisk for smooth playback!

MTR is good, but this thing beats MTR off the shelf! :)  
(Version 1.3.3)

GRYPHONENT  I've purchased this application as part of the MacUpdate promotion. Since the developer decided to change the registration logic for the application I'm unable to use it. The download link that was provided as part of the registration confirmation on MacUpdate does not produce the required serial file anymore. Requests to send an updated version of the serial file or a serial number that allows me to run newer versions of RipIt remain unanswered.

I've tried to contact the developer at least six times without receiving a single reply. The site that is supposed to generate a new serial does not work either. I'm disappointed. Does anybody else have a similar experience with this developer and application?  
(Version 1.3.3)

WATSON76421  Works very well for me, I haven't encountered any of the "out of order" problems.

Just had trouble with a Star Trek 2009 DVD, but that will likely be fixed soon...  
(Version 1.3.2)

BIBLIOPHILE  Ripit was sold to an Australian company earlier this year. That might explain the changes in licensing, etc. It was developed and previously supported by TastyApps.  
(Version 1.3.2)