Filed under: Utilities, Video, Windows, Freeware
One click DVD archiving with DVD Rip
by Brad Linder Feb 12th 2008 at 5:00PM
There are plenty of applications that help you rip DVDs to your computer. But for the most part, you need to click through a series of long and tedious menus. DVD Rip provides a one click DVD archiving solution, no headaches required.Rip DVD was put together by the folks at productivity blog Lifehacker. It's designed to work with the popular DVD archiving application DVD Shrink. In order for Rip DVD to work, you'll need to install DVD Shrink. But if you don't already have it, don't worry. DVD Rip includes a download link.
So what exactly does DVD Rip do? Basically, it answers all those tricky questions that DVD Shrink asks which you may or may not have good answers for. So all you have to do is insert a DVD in your drive, click the executable file, and wait a few hours until your disc is ripped.
In the end, all of the content from the DVD will be saved on your hard drive, including DVD menus. You can then use VLC or another video player to watch your videos as if you were watching a DVD.
Be forewarned that DVD Shrink is a bit of a resource hog. So you probably won't want to do much else with your computer while you're ripping a DVD.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
westudi said 7:42AM on 2-13-2008
This seems kind of pointless. I use DVD Shrink all the time in order to put my DVDs on my media PC for use with My Movies. DVD Shrink isn't a complicated program, and offers you the chance to remove needless crap. This app seems to remove that functionality.
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Matt M said 2:38PM on 2-13-2008
Dumbs down the DVD ripping process for people who are too stupid to click a few buttons.
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MA Wedding Videographer said 3:52PM on 2-13-2008
Does this work with current DVD's. Theres no copy protection on the discs?
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MIchael Burns said 4:22PM on 2-13-2008
Isn't this was ripit4me does?
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kojo87 said 6:46AM on 2-14-2008
there are a lot of programs that rip DVDs buddy. they are just all slightly different.
lately i've found that DVD Shrink doesnt want to rip newer DVDs. im looking for an alternative so thanks for the tip!
MIchael Burns said 6:46AM on 2-14-2008
I meant this one seems to do EXACTLY what RIPIT4ME does. RipIt4Me will usually work for the newerish dvd's, some have some issues, but there are also ways around them :)
bung said 6:57PM on 2-14-2008
Pretty useless. Anyone already backing up dvds is using AnyDVD with Shrink. Could hardly be easier.
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