Whether you have collected so many DVDs and some are so old that your new DVD Player can’t read them? Or your tons of DVDs took too much space on the cupcorad and there is no room for new families? It is time to backup DVD. Ripping DVD onto hard drive, NAS and other storage device then you can migrate some DVDs to attic then make room for new discs. And converting DVD allows you to play DVD movies on mobile handsets like your new iPhone 7, iPhone SE, Galaxy S7, Galaxy Note 6 and other mobile phones on the move.
Backing up DVD also allows you to stream DVD movies with Blu-ray Player on car TV when you are camping. Or you can rip and backup family DVD to NAS for viewing via Kodi on Samsung/LG/Sony/Panasonic/Vizio TV in the bedroom. If you need to go on a business trip and will live the in the hotel for several days, you can store some DVD rips in USB Stick then enjoy your favorite DVD movies on Smart TV in the hotel in the evening. In short, copying DVDs can give you many benifits. So how to decrypt DVDs?
A DVD Ripper can remove DVD copy protection and shift the formats from disc-based content to digital version format so that people can transfer the DVD video to mobile handsets to playing or store DVD onto NAS, Media Server and other Home Network to build a complete Home Theater and broadcast the video in many streaming options. What’s more, a DVD movie usually is very large. So you need a DVD ripping softwares to compress/shrink DVD movies to a smaller size for your devices/media player.
In the market, there are so many DVD ripper tool that can break the copy protection and extract the movie title off the disc. Too many choices makes people confuse which one they should choose. So here this article lists some popular DVD ripper softwares capable of ripping and converting DVD discs, ISO image files or DVD folders to computer, mobile handsets and media players supported file formats and put things in perspective to convenient to pick out the suitable one for you.
System support/minimum-requirements, interface & programmin
This table lists the operating systems that different DVD rippers can run on without emulation and/or compatibility layer(s).
|
DVD Ripper Program
|
Provider
|
Supported OS
|
License
|
| Pavtube ByteCopy | Pavtube Studio | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, MacOS, |
Shareware
|
| Pavtube BDMagic | Pavtube Studio | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, MacOS, |
Shareware
|
| Aimersoft DVD Ripper | Aimersoft Studio | Windows XP, Vista, 7, Windows 8, 10 |
Shareware
|
| Freemake Video Converter | Ellora Assets Corporation | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 |
Freeware
|
| Pavtube DVDAid | Pavtube Studio | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, MacOS, |
Shareware
|
| Leawo DVD Ripper | Leawo software | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
Shareware
|
| Magic DVD Ripper | Magic DVD Software | Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 |
Shareware
|
| HandBrake | The HandBrake Team | Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1, MacOS, Linux (Ubuntu) |
Open source GNU
|
| Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate | Xilisoft Corporation | Windows XP SP2, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 (not official support) |
Shareware
|
Disabling DRM
| DVD Ripper | Region | RCE | key2Audio | UOP | CSS | Macrovision | CPRM | FluxDVD | Fortium | Protect | ARccOS | AACS | BD+ | ROM Mark | BD-Live |
| AnyDVD |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Partial
|
| CloneDVD |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Handbrake |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Pavtube ByteCopy |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Pavtube BDMagic |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| DVD Decrypter |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Partial
|
Partial
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Pavtube DVDAid |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| DVD Shrink |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Partial
|
Partial
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| FormatFactory |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MacTheRipper |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Partial
|
Partial
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RipIt |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Partial
|
Partial
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| DVD X Copy |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Partial
|
Partial
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Input files supported
|
Program
|
DVD Disc
|
ISO Image File
|
DVD Folder
|
IFO File
|
| Pavtube ByteCopy |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Pavtube BDMagic |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WinX DVD Ripper Platinum |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Pavtube DVDAid |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Magic DVD Ripper |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Leawo DVD Ripper |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Freemake Video Converter |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Aimersoft DVD Ripper |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Output files
|
Program
|
Audio
|
Video
|
|||
|
Common Video Formats
|
HD Video Formats
|
4K Video Format |
3D Video Formats
|
||
| Pavtube ByteCopy |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Pavtube BDMagic |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Aimersoft DVD Ripper |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Leawo DVD Ripper |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Pavtube DVDAid |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Freemake Video Converter |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Magic DVD Ripper |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| WinX DVD Ripper Platinum |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
The compare result performed in the table presents that the DVD ripping programs developed by Pavtube Studio, like Pavtube ByteCopy and Pavtube BDMagic, performs well. Pavtube DVDAid is a little weaker than the former two but is still more powerful than the open source Handbrake. In addition, WinX DVD Ripper and Aimersoft DVD Ripper are sole good choices.
About Legality
When the material being ripped is not in the public domain, and the person making the rip does not have the copyright owner’s permission, then such ripping may be regarded as copyright infringement. However, some countries either explicitly allow it in certain circumstances, or at least don’t forbid it. Some countries also have fair use-type laws which allow unauthorized copies to be made under certain conditions. As mentioned above, circumventing copy protection mechanisms, such as the encryption used on most commercial DVDs, may also be illegal in many countries.
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