DVD ripper

A DVD ripper is a software program that facilitates copying the content of a DVD to a hard disk drive. They are mainly used to transfer video on DVDs to different formats, to edit or back up DVD content, and to convert DVD video for playback on media players and mobile devices. Some DVD rippers include additional features such as Blu-ray support, DVD and Blu-ray Disc decryption, copy protection removal, and the ability to make discs unrestricted and region-free. While most DVD rippers only convert video to highly compressed MP4 video files, there are other rippers that can convert DVDs to high quality uncompressed video. These types of DVD rippers are used by the Television and Film industry to create broadcast quality video from DVD. Video ripped by these professional DVD rippers is an exact duplicate of the original DVD video.

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Applications

Note: Applications with a blue background are no longer in development.

General

DVD ripper Original author(s)/
Developer(s)		 First public release date Latest stable Latest preview FOSS Software license Cost Free of adware, crippleware, malware, spyware and/or watermarks[1]
AnyDVD SlySoft 1.2.1.3
(3 July 2003; 8 years ago (2003-07-03))[2]		 6.9.1.0  (31 December 2011; 46 days ago (2011-12-31))[3] [4] No Proprietary
Shareware		 21 Day Trial
€ 63-109[5]		 Yes
CloneDVD Elaborate Bytes/
SlySoft		 2.0.4.1
(18 March 2004; 7 years ago (2004-03-18))[6]		 2.9.3.0  (3 May 2011; 9 months ago (2011-05-03))[6] 2.9.2.9 beta  (7 October 2010; 16 months ago (2010-10-07))[7] No Proprietary
Shareware		 21 Day Trial
€ 32.6–51[5]		 Yes
DVD Decrypter Lightning UK! Pre-3.5.4.0
(Pre-May 21, 2005; 6 years ago (2005-05-21))		 3.5.4.0
(May 21, 2005; 6 years ago (2005-05-21))		 Discontinued (replaced by non-ripper ImgBurn) No Proprietary
Freeware		 Free Yes
DVD Shrink DVDShrink ? 3.2.0.15
(July 25, 2004; 7 years ago (2004-07-25))		 (July 25, 2004; 7 years ago (2004-07-25)) No Proprietary
Freeware		 Free ± Site Donation[8] Yes
DVD X Copy 321 Studios (Pre-April 2002; 9 years ago (2002-04)) 4.0.3.8
(September 2003; 8 years ago (2003-09))		 ? No Proprietary
Shareware		 Free Yes
DVD-Audio Explorer Unknown ? ? Beta 3
(July 21, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-07-21))		 Yes GNU GPL Free Yes
DVD43 Unknown ? 4.6.0
(October 23, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-10-23))		 ? No Proprietary
Freeware		 Free Yes
DVDFab Fengtao Software Inc. 1.00 Beta1
(September 30, 2003; 8 years ago (2003-09-30))[9]		 8.1.3.8  (December 9, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-12-09))[10] 7.5.0.8 Beta  (August 19, 2010; 17 months ago (2010-08-19))[11] FFmpeg Shareware Freeware
LGPL Violation[12]		 30 Day Trial
$ 50–105.6[13]		 Free of adware and malware. Demo versions insert a watermark. Registered modules are watermark free.
DVDx Jean-Luc Pons Pre-1.8
(Pre-February 15, 2002; 10 years ago (2002-02-15))[14]		 4.0.0.5
(June 16, 2011; 7 months ago (2011-06-16))[15]		 3.0.0.934 First Experiment
(June 5, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-06-05))		 Yes GNU GPL Free No; Ad-supported; Free version does not include decryption.
FormatFactory Free Time ? 2.80  (5 December 2011; 2 months ago (2011-12-05)[16]) ? MPlayer
FFmpeg		 Freeware
GPL+LGPL Violation [12][17]		 Free ± Donation[18] No; Ad-supported; Supports Watermarking
K9Copy Jean-Michel Petit (18 January 2006; 6 years ago (2006-01-18))[19] 2.3.7  (26 April 2011; 9 months ago (2011-04-26)[20]) ? Yes GNU GPL Free ± Donation [21][22] Yes
MacTheRipper Unknown (2002; 9 years ago (2002)) 2.6.6
(March 13, 2005; 6 years ago (2005-03-13))[23]		 3.0.14
(April 30, 2006; 5 years ago (2006-04-30))[24]		 libdvdcss GNU GPL Violation [25][26] Free ± Bogus Donation[23] Yes
RipIt The Little App Factory ? 1.6.1  (17 November 2011; 2 months ago (2011-11-17)[27]) ? No Proprietary
Shareware		 $ 19.95 Yes
Thoggen The GNOME Project (November 22, 2004; 7 years ago (2004-11-22))[28] 0.7.1
(June 12, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-06-12))		 Git
(November 4, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-11-04))[29]		 Yes GNU GPL Free Yes
DVD ripper Original author(s)/
Developer(s)		 First public release date Latest stable Latest preview FOSS Software license Cost Adware, Crippleware, Malware, Spyware & Watermark free[1]

System support/minimum-requirements, interface & programming

This table lists the operating systems that different DVD rippers can run on without emulation and/or compatibility layer(s) (eg.Wine under Linux and/or other operating systems are marked as No, mostly noted, but there may be other applications running under emulation and/or compatibility layer(s) which are not marked). Other minimum system requirements are listed; some features (like High Definition support) may be unavailable with these specifications.

DVD ripper Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix/Other CPU GHz RAM MB HDD MB GUI CLI Batch Programming GPU Acceleration
AnyDVD 98-7(32/64bit)
HD:2K-7(32/64bit)		 No No No No &100000000000000005000000.5
HD:2		 &1000000000000006400000064
HD:512		 &100000000000000020000002
HD:4		 Yes No No ? ?
CloneDVD 98-7(32/64bit)
mo:2K-7(32/64bit)		 No No No mobile devices[30] &100000000000000005000000.5
mobile:1		 &10000000000000128000000128
mobile:256		 &100000000000051200000005,120 Yes No No ? ?
DVD Decrypter 9x-7(32bit) No No No No ? ? ? Yes No No ? ?
DVD Shrink 9x/2K/XP(32bit) No No No No ? ? ? Yes No No ? No
DVD X Copy 2K-Vista(32/64bit) No No No No &100000000000000005000000.5 ? &1000000000001024000000010,240 Yes No No ? ?
DVD-Audio Explorer Yes Yes No No No ? ? ? Yes No No ? ?
DVD43 2K-7(32bit) No No No No ? ? ? Yes No No Delphi ?
DVDFab 2K-7(32/64bit) No No[31] No mobile devices[30] &100000000000000005000000.5 &10000000000000256000000256
BD:512		 &1000000000001024000000010,240
BD:51,200		 Yes Yes[32] Yes[33] C CUDA
DVDx 95-XP(32bit)[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes POSIX ? ? ? Yes No Mostly Assembly, C, C++ ?
FormatFactory ALL(32bit) No No No No ? ? ? Yes No No C ?
HandBrake 2k-7 Intel, 10.5+ x86/x86 64 No No ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Objective-C, C, C# ?
K9Copy No No deb/rpm Yes POSIX[19] ? ? ? Yes No No C, C++ ?
MacTheRipper No 10.2+ No No No ? ? ? Yes No No C ?
RipIt No 10.5+[27] No No No ? ? ? Yes[35] No No Objective-C, C ?
Thoggen No No Yes Yes[28] POSIX[28] ? ? ? Yes No No C ?
DVD ripper Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix/Other OS CPU GHz RAM MB HDD MB GUI CLI Batch Programming GPU Acceleration

Disabling DRM

Note: As at 2009-12-10 much of the below data is based on available wiki-pages, Official-website-pages & some limited user experience (ie.where this table reads 'Yes' OR 'No', may be true OR may in fact need to read 'Partial', or 'Obsolete' as many encryption methods may change over time.)

DVD ripper Region
 RCE
 key2Audio
 UOP
 CSS
 Macrovision
 CPRM
 FluxDVD
 Fortium
 Protect
 ARccOS
 AACS
 BD+
 ROM Mark
 BD-Live
 Other(eg.APS)
AnyDVD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[2] Yes[2][36] Yes[2] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[2] Yes
CloneDVD No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
DVD Decrypter Yes No No Yes Partial Partial No No No No No No No No No No
DVD Shrink Yes No No No Partial Partial No No No No No No No No No No
DVD X Copy Yes No No Yes Partial Partial No No No No No No No No No No
DVD-Audio Explorer Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
DVD43 Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
DVDFab Yes[37][38] Yes[37][38] No Yes[37][38] Yes[37] Yes[37][38] Yes[37] Yes[37] No Yes[39] Yes[37] Yes[40] Yes[40] Yes[40] Yes[40] Yes[37][41][42][43]
DVDx Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No 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 No
K9Copy Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No 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 No
RipIt Yes[44] No No No Yes Yes[44] No No Yes Yes Partial[44] No No No No No
Thoggen Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
DVD ripper Region RCE key2Audio UOP CSS Macrovision CPRM FluxDVD Fortium Protect ARccOS AACS BD+ ROM Mark BD-Live Other(eg.APS)

Notes & references

  1. ^ a b Unless otherwise noted, programs marked "Yes" without other inline citations have been tested 100% Free OR 100% Clean by Softpedia and/or other(s)
  2. ^ a b c d e "AnyDVD History". www.slysoft.com. 2010-04-08. http://www.slysoft.com/download/changes_anydvd.txt. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  3. ^ AnyDVD 6.8.9.0
  4. ^ AnyDVD (HD) 6.8.9.2 beta
  5. ^ a b https://www.slysoft.com/en/purchase.html
  6. ^ a b "CloneDVD Revision History". www.slysoft.com. 2009-12-22. http://www.slysoft.com/download/changes_clonedvd.txt. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  7. ^ "Pending CloneDVD beta". CloneDVD - SlySoft Forum. forum.slysoft.com. Pending as at 2010-04-24. https://forum.slysoft.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  8. ^ http://www.dvdshrink.org/much_en.php
  9. ^ "DVDFab [1.x] What's New". www.dvdfab.com. 2004-07-02. http://www.dvdfab.com/en/dvd-fab-new-1.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  10. ^ "DVDFab [8.x (Latest)] What's New". www.dvdfab.com. 2011-02-06. http://www.dvdfab.com/download.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-27 0:08:12. 
  11. ^ fengtao - DVDFab Architect (2010-08-19 13:36). "DVDFab 7.5.0.8 Beta is out". Latest Beta Versions - DVDFab Forum. forum.dvdfab.com. http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=7562. Retrieved 2010-08-21 04:31. 
  12. ^ a b "Hall of Shame". www.ffmpeg.org. http://www.ffmpeg.org/shame.html. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
  13. ^ http://www.dvdfab.net/order.htm
  14. ^ http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/news.php
  15. ^ http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/
  16. ^ "Format Factory". www.pcfreetime.com. 17 June 2011. http://www.pcfreetime.com/UpdateLog.html. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 
  17. ^ "Issue 1214: Format Factory license violation". FFmpeg issue tracker. ffmpeg.org. 2009-06-22.07:19:59. http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue1214. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  18. ^ http://www.pcfreetime.com/donate.html
  19. ^ a b "K9copy". K9Copy.SourceForge.net. 2009-12-07. http://sourceforge.net/projects/k9copy/. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
  20. ^ "Browse K9copy Files on SourceForge.net". K9Copy.SourceForge.net. 2011-04-26. http://sourceforge.net/projects/k9copy/files/. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 
  21. ^ http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=157868
  22. ^ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=157868
  23. ^ a b MacTheRipper 2.6.6 Download
  24. ^ MacTheRipper Official Site See Project News entry for Apr 30, 2006
  25. ^ libdvdcss-devel mailing list A user notes the use of libdvdcss in a closed-source project.
  26. ^ Jon Lech Johansen's Blog DeCSS author notes GPL code used in MacTheRipper, MacTheRipper author responds
  27. ^ a b "Download RipIt for Mac- Get your movies off DVD and onto your mac". www.MacUpdate.com. 2011-02-25. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/27885/ripit. Retrieved 2011-07-26 01:38. 
  28. ^ a b c "Thoggen DVD Ripper". Thoggen.SourceForge.net. 2005-03-17. http://sourceforge.net/projects/thoggen/. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
  29. ^ Projects - Thoggen - Log (Note: Changes seem to be both slow and small, not indicating active software development.)
  30. ^ a b such as iPod Video, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, Archos, iRiver, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc.
  31. ^ Wine officially supported http://wiki.winehq.org/AppsThatSupportWine
  32. ^ http://forum.dvdfab.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31
  33. ^ http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=1353
  34. ^ a b c "DVDx". SourceForge.net. 2009-06-09. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdx/. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
  35. ^ http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/
  36. ^ http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=29328
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h i http://www.dvdfab.com/de/dvd-to-dvd.htm
  38. ^ a b c d http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm
  39. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/dvd-fab-new-3.htm
  40. ^ a b c d http://www.dvdfab.com/blu-ray-copy.htm
  41. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/tutorial/DVDFab-HD-Decrypter
  42. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/manual/introduction/Main%20Features
  43. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/manual/settings/Protection
  44. ^ a b c http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/notes/

See also