VLC 1.0.5 is Out – Still no 64-bit Version Available
Well... VLC 1.0.5 is out and because of a lack of Mac developers, there's no 64-bit version of it available. This means that HandBrake - which now sees itself as a media converter and not a DVD ripper, running in 64-bit mode can't load the libdvdcss.2.dylib that's in VLC, to decode the DVD. Sure, there's FairMount - again in 32-bit mode, but that's just the same problem. It looks to /Applications/VLC.app/ for the file, and if it can't load it, then it, too, bails.
So it seems that no matter what I do, the version and build of VLC is the key. If it's 64-bits, then it's OK for HandBrake and FairMount. If it's not, I can still use FairMount 32-bit to unlock the DVD, and the 64-bit version of HandBrake to convert it, but we're still dependent on the build of VLC. And as long as it's 32-bit, there's really no reason to use the 64-bit HandBrake. I don't rip that many DVDs, and when I do, I just want something that runs.
It's disappointing that they create HandBrake the way they do... removing the critical file, but that's life. It's their choice. For now, I'm running HandBrake 32-bit with VLC 32-bit because that's all they have. And it works.
Maybe someday there will be a 64-bit VLC, and then I can move to 64-bit HandBrake.