DVD Ripping Applications

[1984]

Anyone have any suggestions on freeware applications that are easy to use and will rip the DVD to the computer? They are home videos so I don't care about removing copy protection or anything like that.

 

Thanks!

[Andavari]

Ripping DVD's:

DVD Shrink

 

For encoding, can also rip the DVD and encode all in one go without using DVD Shrink:

HandBrake

[1984]

cool, thanks dude! in your opinion these are the best freeware to do the trick?

[CTskifreak]

I know AnyDVD is one of the best pay for apps.

 

AJ

[Andavari]

cool, thanks dude! in your opinion these are the best freeware to do the trick?

DVD Shrink is.

 

I don't think HandBrake is the best because the cropping annoys me which is why I also rip a small 15 second clip then do a test encode to make sure the cropping is correct.

 

I actually only use HandBrake to deal with interlaced video recorded off TV using Detelecine and Decomb however enabling these options drastically increases the encoding time. HandBrake is the best free app I've ever found for dealing with it, otherwise without it the resulting video would have streaking lines which are very noticeable and very annoying. It's also good for keeping the video size at or near its original full size when so many other encoding frontends insist on sizing it down.