Video conversion – What tool can I use to to rip DVD movies?

What tool can I use to to rip DVD movies? I have used “Dr. DivX” long back. Is there any better tool to rip DVDs?

Solution:

Handbrake

 

HandBrake is an open-source,  GPL-licensed, multiplatform,  multithreaded video transcoder,  available for MacOS X, Linux and  Windows.

Input:

  • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted–protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files
  • Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.

Output:

  • File format: MP4, MKV, –AVI– or OGM
  • Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

Screenshot:

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Here are some good tutorials: