Quick question. When was the last time you thought to yourself “Let’s stick a DVD in tonight?” Gone were the days where everyone owned a private but glorious DVD collection of their own of solid movies. While DVDs were not the first optical disc capable of distributing video it was the first that was genuinely economic for your everyday household consumers.
Fortunately, those DVDs could still serve a purpose rather than antiques collecting dust. DVD Rippers like WinX DVD Ripper and Handbrake are here to rip DVDs and make digital copies of them. Extremely useful if you watch films on your favourite devices or want to protect them from potential scratch damage.
While Windows has no magical tools for DVD ripping due to the varying legality of ripping a DVD in different countries, we have rounded up the winner and its first runner-up as the best DVD ripper software. Do check your country’s intellectual property laws before ripping.
Regardless of whether it is lawful in your area, DVD ripping is only intended for individual or educational use. Do sufficient research until you are beyond any doubt about the law before carrying out any processes.
Handbrake: The Not So Perfect Freeware
Handbrake is an open source software that allows you to convert video files but not so much when it comes to ripping DVDs. Its one major flaw: inability to bypass DVD copy protection. That being said, Handbrake only allows end users to rip unprotected DVDs with ease. This flaw renders the ripping functionality to be highly restricted since most DVDs purchased from the store have robust copy protection.
Of course, if your disc, in particular, is not copy protected, you may check out the best Handbrake settings for converting DVDs to MP4.
WinX DVD Ripper: Reliable Since 2006
Although there are ways to make Handbrake work, you do want to consider how much trouble WinX DVD Ripper can save you. It does not require any third party apps or modification and hence, the #1 choice for ripping protected DVDs.
Moreover, WinX DVD Ripper supports more than 350 output profiles, like DVD to MP4, AVL, FLV, MKV, WMV, H.264, DVD to iPhone, iPad, Android, etc. while Handbrake only supports DVD to MP4, MKV sometimes M4V.
Uniquely built with the new title checking mechanism and DVD disc file (ISO) system, WinX DVD Ripper has always been the 1st, and most reliable DVD converter for conquering new DVDs, 99-title DVDs, workout DVDs, TV series DVD and even old scratched and damaged DVDs.
It also stands out with full hardware acceleration, giving the highest output and image quality while producing the digital copy with optimal file size. This acceleration feature is also known as Level-3 Hardware Acceleration, and WinXDVD is the only known software so far with such cutting edge support capabilities.
3 Simple Steps to Rip DVD with WinX DVD Ripper
Step 1. Select the Disc option in the top left. (ISO images and DVD video folder can also be loaded)
Step 2. Select an output profile you want to create, e.g., DVD to MP4, ISO image, iPhone, iTunes, Huawei, etc.
Step 3. Hit the Run icon, and you’ll be up and ripping.
Here is the official video intro of WinX DVD Ripper by Digiarty Software, Inc.
Impressive eh? Head over to WinX DVD official homepage for more information.
Bonus: Special Giveaway License for WinX DVD Ripper Advanced Edition
For those of you who are reading this at the right time frame, you are definitely in luck. WinX DVD Ripper is hosting a Special Offer and is giving away FREE licenses to everyone for a very limited time only. This license will include full features from the advanced version – WinX DVD Ripper Platinum 8.9.0 but will exclude future new features and updates.
The promotion also comes with a discounted lifetime upgrade to the lifetime license at only $29.95.
Do note, however, that the giveaway license can be revoked if you:
1. Reinstall your system
2. Reformat the partition where the software is located at
3. Activating the license after 1 April 2019.
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