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What is DVD Ripping?

DVD Ripping is the process of copying the audio or video data (your DVD) to a hard disk. To conserve storage space, the copied data is usually encoded in a compressed format such as MP3, WMA or Ogg Vorbis for audio, or MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD or Ogg Theora for video. You can then use these files in a number of different ways. For example, put files onto the Internet, creating your own compilation DVD movies, or simply creating an archive of your favorite movies.

Overall, ripping is very easy (especially with good software) and just about anyone can do it. Plato DVD Ripper remains the best software in its class for ripping DVD discs to your computer hard drive. I’ve been using it for the last 6 months and I haven’t had any problems yet!

A few notes on ripping speed

The speed at which a DVD can be ripped is expressed as a multiplier, such as 24X (means 24 times faster than playing speed). Important in estimating ripping speeds are:

You also need to take into account where you are ripping the media to (the interface between the player and the encoding device). This can range from extremely fast (your computer hard disk) to very slow (USB 1.1 or even over an Ethernet network).

Also, if your computer is a heap of junk, it’s going to take much longer. Ripping is highly CPU-intensive task and quite often you won’t be able to do anything else while you are ripping a DVD.

The physical condition of the original media (eg. Defects and errors) may also affect the ripping speed. A combination of these elements will define what the maximum ripping speed is.

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