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Top 5 FREE DVD Ripper for Windows (Windows 10 Included)

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If you are a movie fan who gets fancy with watching DVD movies on portable devices, DVD ripping software is a must have for you. And there are huge amount of DVD Ripper for Windows on the market now. It is so hard for you to tell which one is good or bad before you test it. Here our review experts have tested and listed the Top 5 Free DVD Ripper for Windows, so that you can freely backup DVDs, converting your DVDs to other formats for playback at your will.

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1. DVDShrink

DVDShrink is one of the most popular free DVD rippers that will effectively back up DVD discs. It has a sleek interface with a unique ability to compress 8GB dual-layer DVDs down to 4GB sizes. It has great compression functionalities that are optimized with more shrinking capacity and additional features like re-authoring. With its user friendly interface, DVDshrink will make your DVD ripping a breeze!

Pros: sleek and user-friendly interface; ability to re-encode and discard extra content; great compression functionality
Cons: has not been updated since its released and might not be able to decrypt some DVDs with newer copy-protection

2. WinX DVD Ripper

WinX DVD Ripper is also a great free DVD ripping tool that is also very easy to use. With its presetting profiles, you would be finished with your ripping task in a jiffy. It is fast and straightforward and supports ripping DVD to AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, MPEG, FLV and many more. For the basic DVD ripping requirements, this free software is a great tool to have.

Pros: fast ripping speed; easy to use and ideal for newbies;
Cons: does not support all video formats and portable devices

3. HandBrake

Handbrake is open source software that provides an excellent quality of transcoded video. The program is also small in size albeit it is packed with great features that further improve synchronization and amazing video output quality.

Pros: excellent video quality output; small in size; support multi-platform
Cons: transcoding speed is slow; cannot rip protected DVDs unless paired with another software

4. Format Factory

Format Factory is an all-in-one free video converter and DVD ripper. It comes with 4 cool skins and supports more than 56 languages, which make it very special among all the free DVD rippers. The intuitive interface enables you to find the conversion options easily. Besides, it allows you to convert DVD to lots of video formats including mobile devices video formats. Before starting the DVD ripping process, you can adjust video bitrates, size, add subtitle, watermark, etc. as you like.

Pros: supports all video file formats as well as other media files; lots of options for customization
Cons: annoying ads on interface

5. MakeMKV

MakeMKV is highly praised for its ability to quickly and easily rip DVDs and Blu-ray discs to high quality MKV files with a single click. The app has been in beta for a long time (years, in fact), which is just as well, since the developers promise to start charging for Blu-ray ripping once the app leaves beta. The app's strong suits are that it's fast, super easy, and cross-platform (the Linux version is available in the forums.) Plus, the app preserves all of the source disc's information, including tracks, chapters, HD audio, menus, and so on. The app is completely free.

Pros: easy to operate; multiple settings
Cons: may not be able to support new protection scheme with latest DVDs; output format is limited to MKV

Conlusion: As you see these free DVD ripping programs have some limits like Handbrake can't support copy protected DVDs; MakeMKV can only output MKV video format; DVDShrink can't support newly released DVDs... If you want to rip all the latest copy-protected DVDs and need HD supporting, subtitle adjustment and more personalized settings from the DVD Ripping software, Brorsoft DVD Ripper will be an excellent choice for you.

It works as Handbrake alternative, MakeMKV alternative or DVDShrink alternative that enables you to rip and convert any protected DVD, DVD ISO, VIDEO_TS to almost any video format including not limited to MKV, MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, M4V, MPG, 3GP, FLV. It also comes with a bunch of optimal presets for Galaxy Tab, Nook HD, iPad, Apple TV, PS Vita, Nexus 7, Surface tablet, Nexus 10 etc iOS, Android, Windows based media devices. Meanwhile Brorsoft provides excellent customer support service, including lifetime free upgrade of product and technical support. Users can contact the support staff via email for help and suggestion.

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