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.

Applications

Note: Applications in purple 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]	6.8.8.0  (11 October 2011; 38 days ago (2011-10-11))[3]	6.8.0.8 beta  (29 May 2011; 5 months ago (2011-05-29))[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]	2.9.2.8  (15 June 2010; 16 months ago (2010-06-15))[6]	2.9.2.9 beta  (7 October 2010; 13 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]	8.1.2.6  (October 12, 2011; 37 days ago (2011-10-12))[10]		FFmpeg	Shareware Freeware LGPL Violation[11]	30 Day Trial $ 50–105.6[12]	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; 9 years ago (2002-02-15))[13]	2.20 (June 9, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-06-09))[14]	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	?	2.70  (17 June 2011; 4 months ago (2011-06-17)[15])	?	MPlayer FFmpeg	Freeware GPL+LGPL Violation [11][16]	Free ± Donation[17]	No; Ad-supported; Supports Watermarking
K9Copy	Jean-Michel Petit	(18 January 2006; 5 years ago (2006-01-18))[18]	2.3.7  (26 April 2011; 6 months ago (2011-04-26)[19])	?	Yes	GNU GPL	Free ± Donation [20][21]	Yes
MacTheRipper	Unknown	(2002; 9 years ago (2002))	2.6.6 (March 13, 2005; 6 years ago (2005-03-13))[22]	3.0.14 (April 30, 2006; 5 years ago (2006-04-30))[23]	libdvdcss	GNU GPL Violation [24][25]	Free ± Bogus Donation[22]	Yes
RipIt	The Little App Factory	?	1.5.5  (25 February 2011; 8 months ago (2011-02-25)[26])	?	No	Proprietary Shareware	$ 19.95	Yes
SmartRipper	TRON	?	2.41 (December 15, 2001; 9 years ago (2001-12-15))	?	2.41 only	Proprietary Freeware	Free	Yes
Thoggen	The GNOME Project	(November 22, 2004; 6 years ago (2004-11-22))[27]	0.7.1 (June 12, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-06-12))	Git (November 4, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-11-04))[28]	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[29]	&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[30]	No	mobile devices[29]	&100000000000000005000000.5	&10000000000000256000000256 BD:512	&1000000000001024000000010,240 BD:51,200	Yes	Yes[31]	Yes[32]	C	CUDA
DVDx	95-XP(32bit)[33]	Yes[33]	Yes[33]	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[18]	?	?	?	Yes	No	No	C, C++	?
MacTheRipper	No	10.2+	No	No	No	?	?	?	Yes	No	No	C	?
RipIt	No	10.5+[26]	No	No	No	?	?	?	Yes[34]	No	No	Objective-C, C	?
SmartRipper	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	Yes	No	No	?	?
Thoggen	No	No	Yes	Yes[27]	POSIX[27]	?	?	?	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][35]	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[36][37]	Yes[36][37]	No	Yes[36][37]	Yes[36]	Yes[36][37]	Yes[36]	Yes[36]	No	Yes[38]	Yes[36]	Yes[39]	Yes[39]	Yes[39]	Yes[39]	Yes[36][40][41][42]
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[43]	No	No	No	Yes	Yes[43]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Partial[43]	No	No	No	No	No
SmartRipper	Yes	No	No	Yes	Partial	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	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 6.8.8.0
4. ^ AnyDVD (HD) 6.8.0.7 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. ^ ^{a b} "Hall of Shame". www.ffmpeg.org. http://www.ffmpeg.org/shame.html. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
12. ^ http://www.dvdfab.net/order.htm
13. ^ http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/news.php
14. ^ http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/
15. ^ "Format Factory". www.pcfreetime.com. 17 June 2011. http://www.pcfreetime.com/UpdateLog.html. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 
16. ^ "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. 
17. ^ http://www.pcfreetime.com/donate.html
18. ^ ^{a b} "K9copy". K9Copy.SourceForge.net. 2009-12-07. http://sourceforge.net/projects/k9copy/. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
19. ^ "Browse K9copy Files on SourceForge.net". K9Copy.SourceForge.net. 2011-04-26. http://sourceforge.net/projects/k9copy/files/. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 
20. ^ http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=157868
21. ^ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=157868
22. ^ ^{a b} MacTheRipper 2.6.6 Download
23. ^ MacTheRipper Official Site^{[dead link]} See Project News entry for Apr 30, 2006
24. ^ libdvdcss-devel mailing list A user notes the use of libdvdcss in a closed-source project.
25. ^ Jon Lech Johansen's Blog DeCSS author notes GPL code used in MacTheRipper, MacTheRipper author responds
26. ^ ^{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. 
27. ^ ^{a b c} "Thoggen DVD Ripper". Thoggen.SourceForge.net. 2005-03-17. http://sourceforge.net/projects/thoggen/. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
28. ^ Projects - Thoggen - Log (Note: Changes seem to be both slow and small, not indicating active software development.)
29. ^ ^{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.
30. ^ Wine officially supported http://wiki.winehq.org/AppsThatSupportWine
31. ^ http://forum.dvdfab.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31
32. ^ http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=1353
33. ^ ^{a b c} "DVDx". SourceForge.net. 2009-06-09. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdx/. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
34. ^ http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/
35. ^ http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=29328
36. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} http://www.dvdfab.com/de/dvd-to-dvd.htm
37. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm
38. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/dvd-fab-new-3.htm
39. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.dvdfab.com/blu-ray-copy.htm
40. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/tutorial/DVDFab-HD-Decrypter
41. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/manual/introduction/Main%20Features
42. ^ http://www.dvdfab.com/manual/settings/Protection
43. ^ ^{a b c} http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/notes/

See also

• BUP
• CD ripper
• IFO
• DVD authoring
• Radio music ripping
• Game rip
• VOB
• Pirated movie release types
• HandBrake