FREE DVD ripper.. ??

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 22 Feb 2016 10:51 am

I put a copy of a movie in my PC and while I could watch it, i couldn't rip and burn a copy ..

I have Windows XP PRO , ITunes, Windows Media player..

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 22 Feb 2016 12:57 pm

I spent a bunch of time trying to find one. There are some free utilities but they won't handle copy-protected DVDs.
The one not-free utility that I was tempted to go ahead and buy doesn't seem to be 100% certain to be able to handle state of the art copy protection either, making it potentially an expensive ($40-50) dud. So if anyone's got an answer, I'm interested too.

Dave Potter · Post by **Dave Potter** » 22 Feb 2016 3:14 pm

Sounds like DRM is working. If movie makers thought their expensive movies would end up propagating everywhere at no cost, they'd probably find some other way to earn a living.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 22 Feb 2016 3:32 pm

Believe me, I am not anti-protection.
But until this January I was taking 6 hour round trip train treks to visit my dad and I really wanted to be able to rip some DVDs I've bought so that I could carry them in a flash drive for laptop viewing. I defer to the protection of the artist's rights and I've lived with this situation and will continue to...unless I can find an end-around.

winston · Post by **winston** » 22 Feb 2016 5:20 pm

DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink. Google them

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 23 Feb 2016 4:14 am

WinX DVD Ripper

http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 23 Feb 2016 7:57 am

Thanks for the leads..