DVD-Rip

DVD-Rip

This article is about the type of software. For the application made by Aimersoft, see Aimersoft DVD Ripper.

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A DVD ripper is a software application that copies the content of DVDs to a hard disk drive, through a process called ripping.

DVD rippers are used to transfer formats, to edit or backup DVD content for playing on mobile devices or media players.

Some of them may optionally include additional features to remove some restrictions such as Regional lockout or User operation prohibition, and feature to remove some copy protections such as decrypting CSS and disabling Macrovision.

Examples include:

HandBrake, Open Source cross-platform DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for BeOS, Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
DVD Decrypter a freeware Windows DVD ripper.
DVDFab HD Decrypter, a freeware Windows DVD ripper.
DVD Shrink, a freeware Windows DVD ripper.
CloneDVD, Proprietary DVD cloning software for Windows, able to backup not copy-protected DVD movie
Thoggen, Open Source software for Linux within the GNOME project.
K9Copy, Open Source DVD backup and DVD authoring program for Unix-like operating systems
MEncoder, Open Source ripper and encoder developed together with MPlayer.
RipIt, Commercial ripper developed specifically for the Macintosh.
MacTheRipper, another commercial ripper for the Macintosh.

See also