I haven't any experience with this software, but I have to toss in a comment about Mac the Ripper. I can't think of any reason to jump ship from 'the ripper' which does a fabulous job in copying DVD's. For a free piece of definitely MAC s/w, it does a great job. What's New: We've just released John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1, available from the usual place, here. Only the source code tarball (and indeed repository link) is published right now. Full version game. Only $2.99 - use coupon NEW299. Track down one of the world’s most legendary serial killers in Mystery Murders: Jack the Ripper, an incredible Hidden Object game! Help world-renowned clairvoyant Emma de Ville and Inspector Fred Abberline of London’s famous Scotland Yard as they pursue the notorious.

No.3 DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper. Price: $119.00 Platform: Mac (OS X 10.10 -10.14) and Windows (10) DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper is the first full-featured Blu-ray ripper software that is enhanced to be able to rip any 2D/3D Blu-rays to popular 2D or 3D videos, even including H.265 and 4K videos, with various format choices efficiently and effortlessly.

I see a post on MakeUseOf about 11 Tools to Easily Rip Your DVDs & Blu-Rays to Your Computer and I do agree with Mark on VLC to be an easy solution for ripping DVDs and converting videos and I used it on my PC and Mac to check right DVD title for ripping. But I don’t agree with Mark O’Neill on most of the other tools because what he recommended is really limited and I do believe there are better programs for DVD and Blu-ray ripping and video converting. Besides, most of the 9 tools mentioned by Mark are for Windows only. There are better choices for Mac users. And I decided to share my opinions on those Bluray and DVD rippers as well as my recommendations or alternatives, especially for macOS users.

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• 1 Comments on MakeUseOf's Recommendations
• 2 Hunk's Recommendations: Lists of 2019 Best Tools to Easily Rip Bluray and DVDs

Below is my detail options on Mark’s recommendations on MakeUseOf. As I never heard about Aurora, I don’t have any comment on it.

MakeMKV does a very great job decrypting protected DVDs as well as Bluray disc and produces a multiple audio and subtitle tracks MKV files. And, MakeMKV is always free for DVDs. You just have to get your new beta key every month. Along with Handbrake, it works perfectly for me to compress DVDs to H264 with multiple audio and subtitle tracks to MP4 so you can turn the subtitle on or off.

But I really don’t like MakeMKV as I don’t understand why it offers 4 or 5 titles selected for ripping, all of which are over 90 minutes. Obviously, a DVD cannot be over 360 minutes long and I assume MakeMKV is not able to select the right title for ripping or it’s not sure. So it lists all possible titles and users have to make the decision themselves.

Also, you will still have to re-convert the MKV file for a more friendly format if want to watch movies on your iPad/iPhone and Apple TV.

If you want to backup your Bluray disc, MakeMKV is no longer free but $50 for a lifetime subscription.

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Besides, you are possible to get a discount for MakeMKV lifetime license here.

Handbrake can be a great tool if it can do better jobs for encrypted movies. And if there are more profiles, it can meet more people’s needs. Generally, Handbrake is better for normal users than MakeMKV and it is cross-platform for Linux, Windows as well as macOS. For the majority of people, we recommend using MakeMKV to decrypt the DVD and recode to MP4 with Handbrake.

If you are in trouble of Handbrake crashing during encoding, please check my guide here, I’m sure it can be of help. Please don’t rip your DVD to 1080P. It won’t give you any better quality.

WinX DVD Ripper Mark listed is the free version. However, when I download the latest so-called free version from the official site, it actually downloads the trial of the platinum one. And, as far as I can see, the free version is really limited for the out video formats and it’s unable to handle copy protected DVDs either. So, I don’t recommend you guys to try the free version of WinX DVD Ripper. Instead, the platinum version, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, is more powerful with a lot of output formats and it supports Disney DVDs. Worth a try.

Freemake Video Converter was one of free video converter and DVD ripper and I’d always like to recommend to people who are looking for freeware on Reddit. However, it’s no longer free and fails to start up on my machine and I tried everything I could but it still does not work. Below is just an error when I tried to re-download the latest version.

DVDShrink WAS great, but the latest version is Version 3.2.0.14 – 25 July 2004. See! 14 years ago! It is still working well on Windows XP and Windows 7. But I see users complaining its non-compatible with the latest Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10. If you still want to shrink DVDs, I’d like to recommend Leawo DVD Copy or Magic DVD Copier.

AnyDVD HD is recommended by me than AnyDVD since AnyDVD HD can do everything AnyDVD does and it copies Blu-rays as well. RedFox inherits all the features of AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD.

However, AnyDVD or AnyDVD HD is really limited. It just removes the DVD and Bluray copy protections and makes copy free ISO or folder of the original disc. And it only works on Windows. If you want an alternative for AnyDVD HD, here it is.

There are quite a lot of programs that are able to rip and convert Bluray and DVDs. I’m glad to recommend some and suggest you guys have a trial first to see if it is the very one for you.

All programs are fully compatible with the latest OS like Windows 10, macOS High Sierra and Mojave.

I have to admit that DVDFab is one of the best DVD and Bluray ripper in the whole world because it does great jobs in Bluray and DVD ripping, copying and creating.

For the DVD ripper, it supports all DVD copy protections like CSS and Region code. It has nice features because I am always able to rip DVDs with forced subtitle and customized file name. Also, if you don’t want the commentary track in DVD ripping, it’s easy for DVDFab to turn it on and off.

Free Dvd Ripper For Mac

DVDFab Bluray Ripper is super powerful in Blu-ray ripping and it supports all Blu-ray protections including AACS, Blu-ray region code, etc. And, it is able to remux Bluray to MKV, MP4 or M2TS with its passthrough profiles, meaning you won’t lose any quality in ripping.

For more details on DVDFab, you can visit my category for DVDFab here. If you want to rip Bluray or DVDs to the hard drive in MP4/MKV, iPhone/iPad, etc, get DVDFab here:

I am sure you will be impressed by its advanced settings:

Leawo is powerful in multimedia solutions and they develop all its programs into one program called Leawo Prof. Media. And the Bluray ripper and DVD ripper are part of it. Leawo Bluray Ripper is my recommendation for both Windows and Mac users and I’d like to rate it as the best tool to easily rip and convert protected/homemade DVDs, like Cars 3, Wonder Woman, Cize, to iPhone/iPad/Apple TV, Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus, or rip directly to iTunes. Leawo DVD Ripper is also good to go, but please note it is only for DVDs.

There are other functions in Leawo’s all-in-one solution. I have reviews or user guides of Leawo’s other functions, check the links to see details:

For more details, giveaways, user guide on Leawo products, you can visit here. And you are able to download a free trial via the below buttons! If you are interested in the full version, don’t miss the discount!

AnyMP4 is also recommended as it is rich in its own features like ripping SBS 3D Bluray DVD to true 3D MP4, MKV, splitting DVDs into chapters, compressing Bluray and DVD to multiple audio tracks so you can switch between them.

It can be a good alternative to users who own Wondershare, WinXDVD, Xilisoft, Sothink, which does not support Bluray or protected Blu-rays. However, please note, AnyMP4 Bluray Ripper is only for Bluray and the AnyMP4 DVD ripper only for DVDs.

Mac Os Dvd Ripper

WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is believed to be one of the best MakeMKV, Handbrake alternative, and WinX DVD Ripper, Aimersoft alternative on Windows. As is tested by me, it is the fastest DVD ripper that helps me to rip protected DVDs from BBC, Beachbody, and Disney like COCO.

WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is recommended because it offers really abundant profiles for DVD ripping and you will see it is updated very fluently to always support the latest copy protection.

And, if you are looking for the fastest DVD ripper, I’d like to recommend you guys to try WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro as an alternative, the fastest ripping software, with its feature of ripping DVDs to any format and it, is able to make an ISO file just with menus like the original.

Besides, I have a really special offer for Wonderfox DVD Ripper Pro for just $24.95 while it is $29.95 on the official site. You save $5 more with the below buy link:

Which do you think is the best Bluray DVD ripping solution 2018 on PC and Mac? Name it in the comments, please! I’d like to see how you think about them!

With more than data storage capacity than DVD, Blu-ray disc allow the storage of higher quality of video and audio making the movies crisper, clear, comfortable and clean to watch.

With its impressive storage features which can be as high as 50GB of data with dual discs, Blu-ray discs support resolutions of up to 1920×1080 and the frames go up to 29.97 at highest resolution while it is 59.94 at the lowest resolutions. Blu-ray discs can be flawlessly playback in true HD format.

Additional content like behind the scenes, additional commentaries and much more not usually found in DVD are available in many Blu-ray movies and videos.

More encouraging is the fact that all the latest 3D Movies are only available in Blu-ray.

With these impressive qualities, it is tempting to copy Blu-ray videos to one’s PC or mobile device.

To watch a Blu-ray movie or video on your PC or Desktop or even your iOS or Android device, you will need Blu-ray ripper software as most DVD ripper software cannot rip Blu-ray disc videos.

If you are thinking of getting a Blu-ray video ripping software to copy movies to your PC or Mobile device, here is a review of top software you can use.

Top 4 best Blu-ray ripper software comparison

We collect 4 best Blu-ray ripper software, and make a comparison table so that you can get an intuitive view for them.
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1. 4Videosoft Blu-ray Ripper

Overview

Described as very simple and friendly software, 4Videosoft Blu-ray Ripper is one of the leading Blu-ray rippers for both Windows and Mac Users. Coming with powerful editing features such as cropping video frame, trimming video length, adding video watermark and merging video segments, 4Videosoft Blu-ray Ripper is one of the best software you can use to copy videos from a Blu-ray disc to a computer or mobile device. Available for Windows and Mac users, you can be sure of watching a high-resolution video with a clear and sharp view.

It is capable of transferring your 3D movies and any movie on Blu-ray discs to your computer with high video and audio qualities. You can trust this ripper for a good viewing experience.

Key Features

• Copy and Covert Blu-ray disc to any video and audio format, like 3GP, MP4, MKV, MPG, ASF, FLV, MP3, AAC, M4A, AC3, MKA, etc.
• Rip Blu-ray to various digital players, including Apple TV, iPad Air, iPad mini 2/3, iPhone, iPod, Creative Zen, PSP, Zune, and so on.
• Add picture watermark or text for your output video.
• Adjust video Contrast, Brightness, and Saturation to get the bespoke video effect.
• Allows the setting of precise start time and end time you want for you to get the preferred video duration from the source video.
• Change the video play screen by cutting unwanted black edges and adjusting video aspect ratio.
• Join several Blu-ray movie episodes together into a single file.

Click to see 4Videosoft Blu-ray Ripper software in more details

Test and Reviews

The software didn’t only beat our expectations; the experience of watching a blu-ray video ripped by it is so cool. With clear audio, sharp videos and super cool features, this software is a unique Blu-ray Ripper. Though it cost some dough, it is worth the price.

Pros

• Support 5.1 channel audio outputs
• Allow the setting of video aspect ration
• Supports the outputting of audio without audio track.
• Improve the Merge function and Zoom Mode

Cons

• Has an interface that can be difficult to navigate
• The price is a little bit on the high side

System Requirements
OS Supported: Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP (SP2 or later)
Hardware Requirements: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above; 512MB RAM or more

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2. AVCWare Blu-ray Ripper

Overview

AVCWare Blu-ray Ripper is the perfect tool for ripping Blu-ray movies to various video formats for playback on your PC or mobile device. The software easily converts blu-ray videos to High-Definition as well as other popular video files.

AVCWare Blu-ray Ripper is one of the top leading software for converting Blu-ray movies to various video formats to enable playback on Pc and mobile devices such as Xbox, Apple TV, or portable digital media devices. It allows you to play Blu-ray videos in HD and other video formats anytime and anywhere.

Key Features

• Copy Blu-ray Discs in at impressive speed without losing the high audio and video quality of the Blu-ray video.
• Change Blu Ray movies to HD or popular standard video formats
• Enables the extraction of audio from Blu Ray movie
• Capture movie stills and saves as JPEG format
• Edit video by trimming, cropping, merging and adding video effects

Click to see AVCWare Blu-ray Ripper software in more details
Test and Review

The software gives a wide range of optimum ripping solutions for various mobile devices, and HD players. Supported devices include Apple TV, PSP, iPhone, Xbox, Zune, Wii and other mobile devices. It comes with impressive video editing functions like merge videos, video editing, video clipping, and spilt mode.

The capability and function of AVCWare Blu-ray ripper are limited. It barely handles M2TS files.

The custom-made capabilities allow users to personalize the output video. Compared to other top Blu-ray rippers, the performance though not as impressive as others is average, and it is ok for that price.

Pros:Best free multitrack recorder.

• AVCWare Blu ray ripper converts Blu-ray M2TS files to various video formats for playback on Xbox, Apple TV, or mobile digital media devices.
• Rip music from Blu-ray to audio files like WAV, OGG, MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, APE, RA, AC3, M4A, MP2, SUN AU, AIFF, AMR etc.
• Enable the Capture of images with the built-in player saved as GIF, JPG, PNG, and BMP file.
• Many input/output formats supported.
• Supports batch conversion

Cons:

• Limited functionality.
• The input format support is poor (M2TS file only)
• Has poor decryption power: Can only decrypt AACS low and has not so good disc protection

System requirements
Mac OS X v10.5 – 10.6, Snow Leopard , Windows XP/Vista/7, 512MB RAM

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3. AnyMP4 Blu-ray Ripper

Overview

AnyMP4 Blu-ray Ripper is a top tool for ripping 2D and 3D Blu-ray to 2D video and even 3D video without losing video or audio quality

It has a super-fast converting speed. It easily converts any Blu-ray to 3D videos like 3D AVI, 3D TS, and 3D FLV, and others

Users can extract audio file from any Blu-ray movie and convert to your desired audio format like ALAC, AIFF, AAC, MP3, and FLAC, etc. With several editing

functions, you can adjust video effect, set 3D modes, crop video frame, and clip segments from Blu-ray movie and merge titles/chapters into one.

Key features

• Efficient and versatile Blu-ray ripping software
• Video effect customization
• Remove Blu-ray disc copy protections in legal ways
• Extract audio track and convert it to any audio format

Click to see AnyMP4 Blu-ray Ripper software in more details

Test and Review

This software rips blu-ray discs with a very fast speed. It can rip 3D and 2D video, it can change a video to 3D format even if the video is 2D format, furthermore, it provides many options for 3D video settings.
There are many output formats, the output inclues all the common video format, such as MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV. The speical supprise is that it can rip tha audio parts to music, so you can get a good MP3 or AAC from a Blu-ray disc with this function.
It provides many options for handheld devices, that is very good for you if you can not know what format can play in your android device or iOS device.
This software provides simple video editing function, it seems that it is not only a simple blu-ray ripper software, so you can say it is a versatile software.

Pros

• The decryption technology of this Blu-ray Ripper is excellent. The software can decrypt any protected Blu-ray discs and DVDs you want.
• The use of CUDA acceleration technology helps reduce the ripping time.
• Converts Blu-ray discs and DVDs to various video formats, like AVI, MKV, MOV and more.

Cons

• It is more costly than almost all other Blu-ray rippers
• Stability is lower than developer’s description
• Lacks lossless audio playback capability

System Requirements
Supported systems: Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP (SP2 or later)
RAM: 2 GB RAM or more
CPU: AMD Athlon ™ processor or Intel® Core ™ 2 Duo Processor or, 2 GHz or faster processor

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4. Tipard Blu-ray Converter

Overview
Tipard Blu-ray Converter is a very powerful Blu-ray and DVD ripper and converter. This exclusive tool allows the conversion of movies and videos on Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray files or DVD to almost any video or audio format. It supports the newly adopted CUDA & trade technology and NVIDIA. It supports a 6x conversion speed.
Key features

• Convert Blu-ray files, DVD
• Convert any popular video files
• Set output parameters
• Change a movie’s audio and video settings
• Apply effects and watermarks to clips

Click to see Tipard Blu-ray Converter software in more details
Test and Review
Tipard Blu-ray converter has the most extensive video formats you can select from. It offers a comprehensive customization tool that enhances users experience and comfortability. It, however, has a conversion speed that ranks among the lowest when compared to other tools.
Pros

• This tool offers different customization functions to adapt your conversion for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices.

Cons

• The conversion quality of Tipper Blu-ray converter is one of the lowest when compared to similar tools.
• The average performance does not reflect the price.

System Requirements
Operating system: Windows 7/8/8.1/10
1.2GHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above;
1G RAM or more

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Today’s movies and television shows are available in a wide variety of media including DVDs, Blu-rays, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, P2P Networks, etc. Let’s say you prefer DVD discs because they are inexpensive, but the disadvantage of the DVDs is that they are easy-to-scratched and have poor portability.

If you want to overcome this disadvantage, the best solution will be to extract the video/audio contents from DVD discs and save as the digital files onto your computer. This article provides you with different kinds of DVD digitizing software programs to help you achieve this goal.

Here are some of our recommended DVD software tools:

Usually we called the DVD digitizing programs as DVD Ripper. Some of the rippers are free while others need to pay to fully utilize the software. Each product has its special characteristics, strong and weak points.

Ripping CD Audio to MP3 on Mac Using Wavepad for Mac. Wavepad is a powerful music and mp3 editor tool developed by NCH Software Company. It’s a free CD ripper tool which can easily help you rip CD audio tracks to common-use music file formats, like MP3, WAV, WMA, AU, M4A, OGG etc. For playing on iPod, PSP and other mobile devices. Cd ripper for mac free download - Express Burn Free CD and DVD Burner for Mac, Mac CD DVD Label Maker, 4Media DVD Ripper Ultimate SE, and many more programs.

In this article, we will examine some of the best free DVD rippers for Mac. If you are looking for the best DVD ripping software for Mac, click here.

Warning: It is illegal to give away or resell the ripped DVD files through the internet, so please keep them for your personal use only!

Top 3 Free DVD Ripper for Mac Reviews

The following are our top recommendations as people still prefer free software compare to the shareware alternative.

1. HandBrake for Mac

Handbrake for Mac is one of the widely used free DVD ripper or video converter in the market. If you just need to rip home-made DVDs, this is the best choice. This is an open-source program that you can use to convert the video including DVDs into popular output formats.

The program also comes with some advanced features like adding subtitles, adjust frame rates and video codec settings, etc.

However, the downside of Handbrake is that they can’t rip the commercial DVDs with copy protection. Also, many of the output video file formats are not supported (limited to .MP4 or .M4V and .MKV.).

Pros: A cross-platform application, presets for iOS and Android for quick video conversions, support batch conversions.

Cons: Cannot rip copy-protected DVDs and editing video is unavailable. Live preview only available on the first four minutes, the settings required some time to do it correctly.

Website: https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

The following table shows the comparison between the Handbrake and MacX DVD ripper pro to let you know why we prefer the paid ripper:

2. MacX DVD Ripper Free Edition

Free Dvd Ripper For Mac

The second ripper on our list is the MacX DVD ripper from Digiarty. There are available in two versions – Pro and free edition. The MacX DVD Ripper Pro was rated as the best Mac DVD ripper by our editor. The free version also has all the program features but with few limitations.

The following table shows the comparisons between the two versions:

Pros: Rip and backup DVDs

Cons: See the table above.

Website:

MacX DVD Ripper Pro (discount coupon: MACXOBON2014): http://www.macxdvd.com/special-discount/

MacX DVD Ripper Free Edition: http://www.macxdvd.com/download/converter_ripper_org/macx-dvd-ripper-free-edition.dmg

3. MacTheRipper (MTR)

This is another excellent DVD ripper (extractor) for Mac. This application was in the market since 2003 and it was free until v2.6.6. As the version keeps updating, it’s no longer free. You can extract the DVDs to four different modes – ISO Image, Rip & Rebuild (RnR), Main Feature, and Batch Title Extraction.

Besides this, the MTR is capable of removing different types of copyright protections to let you rip the discs successfully. The ability to edit bad cells before the ripping process begins is another great feature of this free tool.

This freeware application also allows multiple extractions (with chained DVD drives) and each extraction can have its own setting, mode, and saving location.

Pros: All the features listed above.

Cons: The user interface is a bit complicated and also dealing with the licensing scheme (since the latest version is no longer free).

Forum page:http://www.mtrforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2284

The Features of a Good DVD Ripper

The best DVD ripping software which lets you digitize your legally purchased DVDs for backup purpose, or transfer to portable devices for on-the-go viewing! You can expect a great DVD ripping tool comes with the following features (the more, the better):

• The interface is simple and user friendly.
• Decrypt & backup different DVD (and Blu-ray) discs to local computer hard drive.
• Built-in device presets such as for iOS and Android. Usually it comes with 100+ preconfigured profiles for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, etc.
• Rip video contents off DVDs, and convert the ripped files to 50+ digital video/audio formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WMV, MP3, etc.
• The software offers a live preview of the video converted.
• Come with a basic movie or video editing tool as well as audio encoders including MP3, AAC, etc.
• Ability to transform 2D DVD movies to 3D form.
• Fast conversion speed, with excellent quality output.

Special note:

Through our editor observation, almost all the DVD rippers can do the conversion jobs pretty equally, with the exception that some are faster and better in output quality. The paid software often delivers more reliable jobs with more features compared to free alternatives.

The most obvious free DVD rippers for Mac is that its lack of development/updates and some company offer free versions because they also have the paid version. Besides the open-source software, most of the free rippers also cannot rip the commercial/copy-protected discs.

Conclusion: While the Free DVD Rippers were Good, Paid Alternatives is Greater!

Well, there are many software available that can do pretty decent jobs. Price is one of the most important factors when we are comparing the products with similar capabilities. In our screening, we found that MacX DVD Ripper Pro is offering the best DVD ripper for mac for an excellent price.

For Windows users, the Wonderfox DVD Ripper Pro is a winner. This software offers all the features you want to see in a DVD Ripper for PC. It can rip your DVDs to the computer and almost every other format you might want. You can rip the dvds and save them to your hard disk and It works like wonders.

Well, a freeware DVD ripper for Mac OS X is always a preferred choice for most users. If you are unsure, you can freely download any of the programs recommended above and try out to see how the ripper can help you to save & secure all your DVD content.

P/s: You are also free to try out other products. Wondershare Video Converter is my recommendation to you (the next great DVD ripper and video converter). Download the free trial of the products, you’ve gotten nothing to lose! Trying before buying is always a good idea and will never hurt you.

Though Blu-ray has appeared for more than 10 years, DVD still takes up the dominant position in optical disc storage medium. Believe it or not, in Amazon, about 584 thousand DVDs are available, which are almost 26 times as many as Blu-ray Discs (22 thousand). Now, DVD is still the King. However, DVDs can only be played with DVD players or some Blu-ray Disc players on TV or computer. If you are out of home and office, it may be unlikely to enjoy your DVD movies on a TV or PC. Nowadays, tablets, mobile phones or media players will be the best choices to enjoy movies when you are out. So many people want to rip and convert their DVD movies to videos for playing on Apple iPad, Amazon Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Microsoft Surface, Huawei MatePad, Lenovo Tab, iPhone, cell phones from Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo or iPod touch.

Usually, I see a lot of discussions about looking for a free DVD ripper in forums or various questions on best free DVD ripping software in Yahoo! Answers:

'I'm looking for a good DVD Ripper (freeware) so i can convert video files to my MP4, can anyone recommend ?'

'Can anybody aware me of a free DVD ripper (not an imaging program) that I will not have to pay for, can download and isnt full of viruses?'

'Anyone know of any good free dvd ripping software that doesn't leave a watermark? I'm trying to put my dvds on my computer so I can watch them whenever I want and not have to carry them all around.'

'What's a user friendly free DVD to iPad converter? Im trying t transfer DVDs to my iPad but I haven't been able to find any easy converters that are free.'

'Is there a completely free dvd to ipod converter?'

'I only wanna get a FREE dvd to iphone 4 converter for mac? Be quick!?'

Actually, there are lots of good free DVD rippers available. In this article, I have collected almost all the free DVD rippers for you to convert DVD movies to videos for free.

Best free DVD ripper #1: WinX DVD Ripper

OS Platform: Windows & Mac

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WinX DVD Ripper, developed by Digiarty Software, may be the most excellent but totally free DVD ripping software available to remove DVD CSS, UOP, RCE, region code and even Sony ARccOS. However, it doesn't support DVDs encrypted by Disney X-project DRM adopted by Disney, Paramount and Warner as its paid version does. The free DVD ripper also has other restrictions like Multi-core CPU nonsupport, poorer image quality and limitations of outputs, inputs & advanced features which force the users to buy their Platinum version. In addition, WinX DVD Ripper has a free Mac version called WinX DVD Ripper Mac Free. Just as the other free Mac DVD ripper, MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition, under a different brand of the same company, it has even more limitations. These 3 free DVD rippers are up-to-date and the latest versions are available on the corresponding pages.

Best free DVD ripper #2: DVDFab HD Decrypter

OS Platform: Windows & Mac

DVDFab HD Decrypter is a powerful but free DVD ripper. It not only decrypt nearly any DVD movies by removing all known DVD protections, and can copy any DVD to your hard drive, but also moves part of AACS, BD+, RC, UOPS and BD-Live Blu-ray protections to copy the unprotected Blu-ray to hard drive. In addition, users are able to customize copies with 2 copy modes and advanced settings. It's a pity that this powerful DVD ripper doesn't support video encoding, so you may have to use a third party video converter. Latest version is available at http://www.dvdfab.cn/hd-decrypter.htm.

Best free DVD ripper #3: BDlot DVD ISO Master

OS Platform: Windows

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The official site of BDlot has been down for months.

BDlot DVD ISO Master is a free DVD ripper for users to backup any DVD to ISO and burn any ISO to DVD/CD/Blu-ray Disc. It can rip common and encrypted DVD to ISO without support from a third party DVD decrypting software, as it has the ability to remove both DVD region codes and other DVD protections like CSS, CPRM, CPPM, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, Rip-Guard, and Disney X protection. Though it's equipped with the most powerful DVD decryption technology, its output is limited to ISO. Thus, a third-party DVD to video converter is still necessary for converting ISO files to videos playable on portable devices. It's was last updated on February 8, 2012. Click here to download the newest version of this free DVD ripper directly.

Best free DVD ripper #4: DVD43

OS Platform: Windows

DVD43 and DVD43 Plug-in are free DVD rippers that work on 32 bit and 64 bit Windows respectively. It assists in the creation of backup copies of DVDs one legally owns and the use of DVDs outside of the original region of release. DVD43 runs in the system tray, detects when you've inserted a new DVD, and automatically removes most copy protections schemes (the smiley face turns green when it succeeds). The latest stable version of this free DVD ripping software is 4.6.0 published on October 23, 2009. Go its website to download it.

Best free DVD ripper #5: DVD Shrink

OS Platform: Windows 9x/2000/XP

Note:
Some malware may also be installed when you are installing the free DVD ripper on your computer. See the details in the malware scan report of DVD Shrink. If you care about such issues, please download other free DVD ripping software.

DVD Shrink is a piece of freeware for Windows users, acts as a DVD copy to back up DVD discs and save as DVD folder or ISO image file to hard drive. With the built-in decryption algorithms, copying copy-protected commercial DVD titles becomes possible. Working in conjunction with DVD burning software, it can easily burn the output files to DVD disc. To convert the output DVD files to other videos for portable devices, you may also need a third-party video converter. As its name suggest, this free DVD ripping software can also compress or shrink the data from DVD and re-author DVD. The latest official version of DVD Shrink is 3.2.0.15 released 25 July 2004. Since it has not been has not been for years, it might not be able to decrypt some DVDs with newer copy-protection. To download it, please use the download link on its official download page.

Best free DVD ripper #6: DVD Decrypter

OS Platform: Windows 32bit

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Some malware may also be installed when you are installing the free DVD ripping software on your computer. See the details in the malware scan report of DVD Decrypter. If you care about such issues, please download other alternatives to free DVD rippers.

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The development of DVD Decrypter halted and DVDDecrypter.com was shut down. However, it is still one of the most popular free solution for folks to rip DVDs to hard drive by tearing through pesky copy protection. As the technology of copy protection develops, DVD Decrypter may not deal with latest DVDs with new copy restrictions. The final version of DVD shrink is 3.5.4.0 and it's downloadable here.

Best free DVD ripper #7: MakeMKV

OS Platform: Windows & Mac

MakeMKV is a combination of both freeware and shareware. The functionality to rip DVD discs is free and will always stay free. However, the features of Blu-ray decryption and processing are only free for 30 days. After the 30-day trial, you may have to pay USD $50 to purchase a registration key to continue using its function of converting and streaming Blu-ray discs. It cannot rip DVDs with the latest copy restrictions protected. The latest version of MakeMKV is v1.7.5 put out on June 20, 2012 and downloadable here.

Best free DVD ripper #8: Handbrake

OS Platform: Windows, Mac & Linux

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. It supports any DVD or Bluray-like source which is NOT copy-protected as input. (It is apparent that removal of copy protection is not supported.) It outputs MKV and MP4 videos with H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 codecs and has preset profiles optimized for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone and Apple TV. The latest version of this open-source DVD ripper is 0.9.6, which was released on Feb 28, 2012. To download different HandBrake versions for different OS, please visit http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php.

Best free DVD ripper #9: Format Factory

OS Platform: Windows

Format Factory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter with 60 languages supported that can convert video, audio, and picture files. It is also capable of ripping DVDs and CDs to other file formats, as well as creating .iso and .cso file. However, DVD copy protection removal is not supported. The newest version of Format Factory is 2.95 becoming available on April 11, 2012. Download it here, if you like this DVD ripping tool.

Best free DVD ripper #10: VidCoder

OS Platform: Windows

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VidCoder is a free DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows with batch encoding and multiple threads supported. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine. Compared with HandBrake, it has a relatively rich UI. The same as HandBrake, it does not defeat the CSS encryption found in most commercial DVDs. The latest version of VidCoder is 1.3.2 announced on April 1, 2012. To download this free DVD ripper, check its download page.

Best free DVD ripper #11: MediaCoder

OS Platform: Windows

MediaCoder is a free video/audio transcoding program for Microsoft Windows to compress, convert files and extract audios from video files. A wide range of popular video & audio formats are supported by MediaCoder, including MP3, AAC, AVC, AVI, MP4, FLV, MOV, AVI, etc. As a universal media transcoder, it also is able to rip DVDs, but only limited to early version CSS-protected DVDs. In addition, MediaCoder uses OpenCandy (a bundling software recommendation service) in its installer. Also, there are annoying text ads in the software GUI, web page containing ads loading every startup, even hardhanded donation. The latest version 0.8.13.5260 was released on June 19, 2012 and can be downloaded at http://www.mediacoderhq.com/dlfull.htm.

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