Easy DVD Burning

One way of creating a backup copy of your favorite DVD movies is to save it into your hard drive. Saving a copy into your hard drive can be done in either of the two ways: (1) by simply copying the .vob files in your DVD and saving it into your hard disk using Microsoft’s copy and paste option or (2) by ripping the DVD using a DVD Ripper software, it is a process where the DVD files will be encoded into a single compressed file while preserving the video and audio quality.

I would recommend the 2nd option because by ripping the DVD you can save a lot of hard disk space. If you are copying a DVD5 (single layer DVD) movie into your hard drive, by doing option 1 you will need at least 4.7GB of free hard disk space or 9GB for DVD9 (dual layer DVD) unlike ripping the DVD where you will only need more or less 700mb for DVD5 and around 2GB for DVD9. There is really a big difference in terms of file size unless you have a very huge capacity hard disk available. Another advantage also of ripping the DVD is that you can choose what file format you like for your encoded movie file such as .avi, mp4, .wmv, .asf, .flv etc. so you can play and watch them easily using your DVD player software.

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to save a copy of your favorite DVD by ripping using recommended software base from the tests that we've conducted. We highly recommend ImToo DVD Ripper because of its capabilities to convert DVD and video files to all popular video and audio formats, faster speed compare to other DVD ripper, simple and easy to use program. For you to start ripping you need to have the following:

Ripping Requirements:

• DVD Drive
• At least 3GB of free hard disk space – for the output directory
• ImToo DVD Ripper Platinum – DVD ripping software that is capable of ripping and converting a DVD into all popular video and audio formats with ease. It also supports multimedia devices such as PSP, iPod, iPhone, PDA, Zune, and MP4 player.
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For system requirements and installation guide click ImToo DVD Ripper Installation Guide.

Getting Started

Step 1: Insert the DVD you want to rip into your DVD drive

Step 2: Open ImToo DVD Ripper program

Step 3: Open the source DVD by clicking on the “open DVD” button

Step 4: Select output format. Check one or more files in the list that you want to rip and then click on the Profile drop-down button, select an output format for selected files in the drop down list that opens.

Tip: To adjust output settings, you can set the detailed parameters of output format in the profile panel of right window.

Step 5: Set the output folder by clicking on the browse button and then select a destination folder in the dialog box that opens, and click OK.

Step 6: After finalizing the above settings you can now start the ripping process by clicking on the “Start Ripping” button. The progress bar at the bottom of the window will indicate the progress of the ripping process. When the ripping process is done, close the program and test the movie you have saved in the destination folder. If you wish to save another movie, repeat all the steps.

Tip: You can click Pause Ripping button to pause the extracting process and Stop Ripping button to cancel the process as required.

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