AAUG Reviews

by Chris Tofteberg, AAUG Member

Digital Rights Management (DRM) rules our digital lives, from the music we listen to to the movies we watch. If you’re like me, you’ve been looking for a way to copy your DVDs to play them without physically having the DVD in the drive. Drive-in provides just the solution. Legally.

Drive-in makes a copy of your disc to your hard drive that can be played back on your Mac. Sure, there are plenty of applications out there that do the same thing, but they are probably not legal. Drive-in has built in features that prevent pirating, such as the inability to make copies. I should note that Drive-in is not meant to be a DVD ripping application. Rather, it is a means to get movies onto your Mac without having to carry the DVD media with you. Perfect for long flights or sitting in your bed. Your hard drive pulls less power than spinning up a DVD does, so it’s a perfect solution in a disconnected environment.

The interface couldn’t be simpler: Just insert your DVD and click “Create Image.” What Drive-in does is create a disc image (called a DVD Case) of your DVD that is only playable on your Mac. The single seat license allows you to play the DVD disc image on one Mac, the multi seat license allows you to play the image on up to 5 Macs.

One of my favorite features of Drive-in is the ability to automatically download DVD information from the internet. Simply click the “Download Info” button, enter the UPC code (more…)