Question: How do I rip protected DVD to my hard drive? I really want to make a video from one part of a TV show. I own all five seasons on DVD, but the DVDs are copy-protected. Is there any way I can rip copy-protected DVDs to my computer? I don't want to "pirate" any movies, but would like to
rip protected DVD's that I bought into my computer. Are there ways to rip copy protected DVD's into my computer? Which software allows me to do it? Is it legal?
Answer: DVDs bought from video shop or online stores are CSS protected or encrypted which prevent users from ripping them to computer or playing on your multimedia devices.
How to rip protected DVDs to hard drive in order to make full advantage of the DVDs you bought? We recommend a special tool called
DVD Ripper. It’s been the easiest and most reliable DVD Ripper tool out there which is able to rip all DVD movies (even protected DVDs) to the file which can be played on your iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV, iPod Touch 4, Zune, Zen, etc. Or you can simply rip the protected DVD to your hard drive with this protected DVD Ripper. The video quality is great and the conversion is 5 times faster than ordinary tools.
Follow the step by step guide below to learn how to rip protected DVD to hard drive easily, quickly and effectively.
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Step 1 Load protected DVD
Once you’ve downloaded the DVD Ripper, install and run it. Then you may insert the protected DVD to your DVD drive. Click on Load DVD button to add you DVD. Also, this DVD Ripper can convert DVD Folder or ISO files to AVI besides standard video DVDs.
Step 2 Select output file format
DVD Ripper lets you rip DVDs to whatever video and audio files you want. You may simply click on Profile button and select the right one from the drop-down list. For example, you may choose AVI, MP4, MKV, FLV, etc. If you wish to eventually play the protected DVD movie on your portable devices, you may select according to your multimedia devices.
Step 3 Edit/Clip videos (Optional)
If you have the need, DVD Ripper also lets you edit the videos before ripping. The built-in player will let your preview the videos. You may also select subtitle and audio track.
Step4 Rip protected DVD to hard drive
Before you go, you may set the output file path by clicking on Browse button. Once everything is ready, click on Start button to rip protected DVD to computer.
DVD Ripper works much more faster than normal DVD ripping tools. Soon the process will be finished. Now you may edit them to make your own videos, put them onto your portable devices, or you can simple burn them to DVD with
DVD Creator.
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