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Comparison of Popular DVD Rippers in the Market

DVD disc is not convenient to play since it reply on a DVD drive. Sometimes, even though you have an internal DVD drive on PC and PS4, you maybe still need to worry about the DVD playback since normal DVD Player only can play DVDs with the same DVD region codes with the DVD play has. When you have a DVD with different region code from DVD player, you need to change the DVD player region codes, which you only have 5 times. Or what other you can do is to rip DVDs.

Ripping DVDs also gives you the chance to watch DVD movies on mobile handsets like  Dell Venue 8 7000, Nexus 6P tablet, Sony Xperia Z5/Z6 Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Microsoft Surface Pro 4, iPad mini 4, Apple iPad Air 3, iPad Pro, Xiaomi Mi Pad 2, Amazon Fire, Google Pixel C, Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8, Windows 10 Tablet, iPhone 7, Galaxy Note 6/7, etc. After converted DVD to MP4, MKV, WMV, AVI, MOV, etc digital files, you also can stream DVD movies on Smart TV, PS3/PS4 via NAS, Plex then you can store your tons of DVD discs in the attic to save the space of cupboard.

No matter you want to play DVD movie on mobile phone or stream DVD movies on TV via NAS, Server, you need to rip DVD with DVD Ripper. But there are so many DVD ripping software such as Handbrake, MakeMKV, Pavtube ByteCopy, BDMagic, DVDAid, Magic DVD Ripper, etc. You may don't know which one to choose. We tested some top DVD Rippers and marked which DVD encryption they can bypass and which format they can output. Now please see the details below:

 

System support/minimum-requirements, interface & programmin

 

This table lists the operating systems that different DVD rippers can run on without emulation and/or compatibility layer(s).

DVD Ripper Program
Provider
Supported OS
License
Pavtube ByteCopy Pavtube Studio Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, MacOS,
Shareware
Pavtube BDMagic Pavtube Studio Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, MacOS,
Shareware
Aimersoft DVD Ripper Aimersoft Studio Windows XP, Vista, 7, Windows 8, 10
Shareware
Freemake Video Converter Ellora Assets Corporation Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
Freeware
Pavtube DVDAid Pavtube Studio Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, MacOS,
Shareware
Leawo DVD Ripper Leawo software Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Shareware
Magic DVD Ripper Magic DVD Software Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Shareware
HandBrake The HandBrake Team Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1, MacOS, Linux (Ubuntu)
Open source GNU
Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate Xilisoft Corporation Windows XP SP2, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 (not official support)
Shareware

 

Disabling DRM

 

DVD Ripper Region RCE key2Audio UOP CSS Macrovision CPRM FluxDVD Fortium Protect ARccOS AACS BD+ ROM Mark BD-Live
AnyDVD
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Partial
CloneDVD
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Handbrake
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Pavtube ByteCopy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pavtube BDMagic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DVD Decrypter
Yes
No
No
Yes
Partial
Partial
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Pavtube DVDAid
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
DVD Shrink
Yes
No
No
Yes
Partial
Partial
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
MacTheRipper
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Partial
Partial
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
RipIt
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Partial
Partial
No
No
No
DVD X Copy
Yes
No
No
Yes
Partial
Partial
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

 

Input files supported

 

Program
DVD Disc
ISO Image File
DVD Folder
IFO File
Pavtube ByteCopy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pavtube BDMagic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Pavtube DVDAid
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Magic DVD Ripper
Yes
No
Yes
No
Leawo DVD Ripper
Yes
No
Yes
No
Freemake Video Converter
Yes
No
Yes
No
Aimersoft DVD Ripper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

 

Output files

 

Program
Audio
Video
Common Video Formats
HD Video Formats
4K Video Format
3D Video Formats
Pavtube ByteCopy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pavtube BDMagic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Aimersoft DVD Ripper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Leawo DVD Ripper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pavtube DVDAid
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Freemake Video Converter
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Magic DVD Ripper
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

The compare result performed in the table presents that the DVD ripping programs developed by Pavtube Studio, like Pavtube ByteCopy and Pavtube BDMagic, performs well. Pavtube DVDAid is a little weaker than the former two but is still more powerful than the open source Handbrake. In addition, WinX DVD Ripper and Aimersoft DVD Ripper are sole good choices.

About Legality

When the material being ripped is not in the public domain, and the person making the rip does not have the copyright owner's permission, then such ripping may be regarded as copyright infringement. However, some countries either explicitly allow it in certain circumstances, or at least don't forbid it. Some countries also have fair use-type laws which allow unauthorized copies to be made under certain conditions. As mentioned above, circumventing copy protection mechanisms, such as the encryption used on most commercial DVDs, may also be illegal in many countries.

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