There are several reasons why someone would want to rip a DVD movie. It could be that the user wants to copy the DVD movie to another device like Apple's iPhone or a mobile phone. Could also be to put several movies on a computer's hard drive to be able to watch them without having to put the original movie DVD into the drive.

HandBrake is a free DVD ripping software for Windows. It can actually be used for additional video conversion tasks but this article will concentrate on the movie DVD ripping aspects of the software.

The interface of HandBrake might look overloaded with features at the first start but it actually is pretty easy to rip a DVD movie using the software. Please note that HandBrake is only able to rip movie DVDs that are not copy protected to comply with national laws.

Three steps are required to rip a DVD movie, all other steps are optional:

Select the Source
Click on the Source button on the top left corner of the screen. Select the DVD drive that is containing the movie DVD. HandBrake will try to analyze the DVD automatically. This process can take up to a minute.

HandBrake will automatically displayed the available titles and chapters that it found on the DVD. The default setting is to rip the first title which is usually the full movie.

Select the Destination directory
The destination directory will be the location where the DVD movie rip will be stored in. Make sure that it has enough free storage space for the movie. This can be a few Gigabytes depending on the output format that is chosen in step 3.

Select the Output format
HandBrake makes use of several presets to aid the user in the third step. Presets are pre-configured profiles for certain devices. Provided are presets for gaming consoles like Sony's PS3 or Microsoft's Xbox 360, Apple devices like the iPod or iPhone and also profiles for various depending on the type of DVD. Read the rest of this entry »

Looks like a tricky thing to say, however not only it is possible, but it is also easy and fast. I can imagine how astonished you are to read this, as much as I was when I knew what Extra DVD Ripper Express is able to do regarding such a task. A task that seems to be a job for professional video editors rather than someone like me who is only interested in taking his favourite DVD movies in a portable device when I travel without having to battle with a mess of DVDs.

Since 2004 Extra Corporation Senior Tech Team are striving to develop some of the most high quality and efficient digital video and DVD software. To achieve this goal, they designed a DVD transcoding and authoring technology which brings excellent performance features. On that basis lies the success of this video ripping solution that is able to satisfy the needs of beginners as well as expert users.

Extra DVD Ripper Express is a versatile DVD ripper application, it is extremely easy to use, and it will help you to convert DVD movies into almost every format including AVI, VCD, MPEG, and many other with no quality loss.

Aesthetics, Features & Functionality
A detailed look at the software will result in the appreciation of its interface which is as user friendly as it can be with no complicated menus or procedures at all, everything is right there in front of your eyes.

Another important feature is that you will be able to watch the movie while you are ripping it, you will also know exactly at which point of the conversion progress you are at any time. So, all you have to do is to select the DVD source, the outcome format and enjoy. Extra DVD Ripper Express will do the rest for you. Read the rest of this entry »