Fair Use for Mac problems and ripping stills from Region 2

[GD_Himes]

I'm really only a newbie to this MB, so keep this in mind.

I have been trying to use "Fair Use" for the macintosh, but I have been unable to get it to successfully mount/uncompress. I have failed both under OS 9.2.2 and X. I have downloaded the file 5 times, and though it completes the download flawlessly, once it is taken to my Mac, it is not recognized as a proper file.
As I live in rural Jersey, I cannot get a reliable internet connection at home and must download from a library PC and then take it home on floppy (or ZIP).
I'm fairly certain this is what is causing the problem, but have no way around it. I was wondering if there was a mirror for this software or someone that might be able to e-mail me a copy of it in a form other than .SMI.

Secondly, I have been successfully ripping Region2 DVDs for images (with a Region1 fixed DVD-RAM) using osex, but have been unable to get past the DVD-RAM region encoding with anything else. Therefore, I have been unable to get still images from the image gallery section of the region2 DVDs, and was wondering if someone knew of a way to get around this problem (as osex only rips video streams, not stills).

[pacohaas]

Originally posted by GD_Himes
I'm really only a newbie to this MB, so keep this in mind.quite evident as nobody talks about mac stuff here, but i'd be glad to try to help as I have experience with both macs and PC.I have been trying to use "Fair Use" for the macintosh, but I have been unable to get it to successfully mount/uncompress. I have failed both under OS 9.2.2 and X....I was wondering if there was a mirror for this software or someone that might be able to e-mail me a copy of it in a form other than .SMI.well, it's not an X program, so you have to actually boot into 9.2.2 for it to even work, I have a .sit file with all the contents of the .smi (it's smaller so i guess the .smi is uncompressed) Please PM me your email address.Secondly, I have been successfully ripping Region2 DVDs for images (with a Region1 fixed DVD-RAM) using osex, but have been unable to get past the DVD-RAM region encoding with anything else. Therefore, I have been unable to get still images from the image gallery section of the region2 DVDs, and was wondering if someone knew of a way to get around this problem (as osex only rips video streams, not stills). have you tried YADE? I believe there is an X version, and if not, i think the classic version works in X.

[pacohaas]

http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/

try that, also the links here (http://pub50.ezboard.com/fmacdvdresourcesfrm8.showMessage?topicID=2.topic) may be of some use