The issue is that the script is still running python 2.3. The subprocess module is part of python 2.4+, hence the dependence.

After you install python 2.4 or 2.5, you will need to change the link to python in /usr/bin

from the terminal type "ls -la | grep python", you will see what I mean.

To fix this just do the following:

sudo mv python python.old

sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python python

sudo rm python.old

Once you do this, the script should work. If you don't want to muck with the links in /usr/bin, you can replace the first line of the script from:
#!/usr/bin/python
to:
#!/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python

Hope that helps.

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I was able to get the script to start by making sure #!/usr/bin/python was on the first line of the script. (When I pasted it from the hint, it wasn't the first line).

Then it reads the DVD for a minute and outputs:
........................................nripping: chapter 0 (0s)
.nyou totally ripped! (0:1:40 total time)

No output file is created, i.e. nothing appears to have happened.
Is there a simple way to see diagnostics of this script?
So far, it seems no one has had success making it run.




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Hmmm.

Well you can run HandBrakeCLI stand alone, and see if it works. From the output you show, it appears that the scanning did not return anything.

Try:

HandBrakeCLI /Volumes/your_dvd -t 0

You should see a bunch of output. The script parses this output to return the longest title.

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Still not getting it... here is my command and output:
HandBrakeCLI -i /Volumes/WW_S3_D4/ -t0

HandBrake 0.8.5b1 (2007042001) - http://handbrake.m0k.org/
1 CPU detected
Opening /Volumes/WW_S3_D4/...
Scanning title 1 of 13...
Scanning title 2 of 13...
Scanning title 3 of 13...
Scanning title 7 of 13...
Scanning title 8 of 13...
Scanning title 9 of 13...
Scanning title 10 of 13...
Scanning title 13 of 13...
No title found.
HandBrake has exited.

And when I run the script, I still just get
./scripts/rip.py /Volumes/SHARED/shared/Ripped/
.........nripping: chapter 0 (0s)
.nyou totally ripped! (0:1:9 total time)
sh: line 1: growlnotify: command not found



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"No title found" sounds like HandBrake is having trouble reading the DVD properly. Try it with a different DVD.

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