MISHA  + MTR and RipIt get the DVD off the disc and onto your Mac.

+ DVDRemaster Pro and Handbrake re-encode the DVD to the kind of media you want.

+ MTR and RipIt are NOT necessary in the process. DVDRemasterPro and Handbrake can work directly with the DVD.

However, getting the DVD off the disc and onto your Mac will improve the encoding speeds, since the drive can become the bottleneck (+ wear & tear).

+ The exception is if you are looking only to do full uncompressed backups of discs to your Mac's hard driven -- then you must use MTR or RipIt and Handbrake and DVDRemaster Pro are unnecessary.  
(Version 5.1.3)

OLGAAGLO  I'd like to follow up on this question: I'd like to create a backup copy of a DVD that gets a lot of wear. I used RipIt to pull the movie off the DVD onto my hard drive. I wanted to use DVDRemaster to then create my backup DVD, but when I try to find my hard drive version under DVDRemaster's "Source" , it does not show up. What am I doing wrong? What is the best way to create a backup copy?  
(Version 5.1.3)

MISHA  I'm not sure what is going on exactly -- please contact the developers of DVDRemasterPro: support (at) metakine.com

I'm sure they'll be able to help you!  
(Version 5.1.3)

RIPIT  DVDRemaster recompresses the movie, introducing artifacts and decreasing image/sound quality -- by how much, depends on the settings and the way that the disc was mastered to begin with. It won't deal with complicated DRM/Copy-Protection.

RipIt produces disc images with no image/sound quality degradation. It will deal with compliated DRM/Copy-Protection. For some discs, it's best to use RipIt before using DVDRemaster.

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Customer Service  
(Version 1.2.9)