#1 DVD Ripper
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Finally, a reliable, powerful, easy-to-use DVD-to-MPEG4 ripper
Month Reviewed: February 2005
Verdict: 9
URL: www.dvdtox.com
For the last year, Maximum PC editors have scoured the net, searching for a program that seamlessly rips DVD movies and converts them to an MPEG4 based format—namely Divx or Xvid. We’ve tested literally dozens of freeware and shareware apps, all of which suffered from fatal flaws: ridiculously complex set-up processes, constant crashes, and some just plain haven’t worked. Then came the aptly-named #1 DVD Ripper. It’s easy to use, rock-solid stable, and works beautifully every time.
Ripping a DVD with #1 DVD Ripper is simple. First, the software scans your DVD for video content, then breaks out all the videos on the disc by title and chapter. You select the chapters you want to rip, select either a multi-pass or single-pass encode, and then define the audio and subtitle tracks you want to use. Once that’s done, you click Rip, and let #1 DVD Ripper work it’s mojo.
The ripper doesn’t actually ship with any MPEG4 encoders, so you’ll need to download and configure either Xvid or Divx yourself. For best results with either codec, we recommend you go with a two-pass encode, at the very least. On the first pass of a two-pass encode, the encoder first scans the entire video file to suss out a strategy. In fact, on the first pass, no video is actually written to disk! On the second pass (which is usually called the Nth pass in the encoder control panels), the encoder uses the information gathered during the first pass to allocate more bandwidth to difficult-to-encode high-motion scenes. Encoding times are more dependent on the codec you use than the DVD ripping software itself, but you can expect a two-hour DVD to rip and encode each pass in about an hour and forty-five minutes.
In its current version, #1 DVD Ripper requires the user to manually change codec settings between the first and second passes when encoding multi-pass MPEG4 files. We’d really like to see this become automated in order to make one-click DVD rips possible. But even without one-click ripping and encoding, #1 DVD Ripper is undeniably the best DVD archiving program we’ve tested. --Will Smith
+ Fair Use: It’s easy. It works. We love it!
- Piracy: Shouldn’t every thing be automated these days?
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December 02, 2011 at 3:22pm
Seriously you're still ripping to Divx or Xvid? How 1999 of you. Everyone uses x264 and MKV nowadays for better quality results and smaller file sizes. Wake me up with the program uses x264.
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April 06, 2011 at 7:24pm
And during the last 4 weeks I continued to send them reminders that I was still waiting but no response. This is the absolute worst software I have ever purchased. With the right tool, you can easily burn mp4 to dvd and itunes to dvd
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January 20, 2011 at 7:18pm
SWF converter is handy swf to video converter.It converts swf to avi,wmv,flv,3gp,mpeg,mp4 etc.
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kerryzeng
December 14, 2010 at 12:42am
I recommend you another dvd ripper, wide formats support, and fast converting. it can be 5 times faster than the normal ones.
samtha
October 27, 2010 at 6:45am
MPEG4 is a very new technology which is not found in last year DVD movies.
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August 27, 2008 at 11:20pm
iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum software is truly a effect solution for all your DVD burning needs. This DVD copying software is a one-click DVD backup tool with great features and its Free to
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The application will turn your DVDs into M4A, MP4, MPG, AVI, Mp3, WMA, WMV and 3GP.
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October 13, 2010 at 10:54pm
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August 06, 2008 at 1:05am
i am a mac user and used to iskysoft dvd ripper for mac:
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nixsys
April 18, 2008 at 7:40am
I bought this software and it doesn't work at all. I was ignored for 3 weeks by their tech support until I wanted a refund. They denied me a refund because it wasn't in the refund policy (it actually was). Now tech support just keeps blaming the problem on other things like my dvd or the drive. I tracked the company down to China so you can forget about any real help from them. Don't buy this software!!! If any PC mag or site thinks this is a descent company, its because they never asked for a refund or help from tech support.
moondoggy777
April 12, 2007 at 10:01pm
I purchased this program when it was version 3.1
Since then there have been numerous upgrades and now it is version 5.3 and not one version has worked. I have contacted their tech support multiple times with the same response. We know there is a problem just download the next upgrade and it should work. After installing ver. 5.3 and it still didn't work I contacted tech support AGAIN and they finally asked for me to send them screen shots so they could see the settings I was using. That was 4 weeks ago. And during the last 4 weeks I continued to send them reminders that I was still waiting but no response. This is the absolute worst software I have ever purchased.
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