Though Blu-ray has appeared for more than 10 years, DVD still takes up the dominant position in optical disc storage medium. Believe it or not, in Amazon, about 584 thousand DVDs are available, which are almost 26 times as many as Blu-ray Discs (22 thousand). Now, DVD is still the King. However, DVDs can only be played with DVD players or some Blu-ray Disc players on TV or computer. If you are out of home and office, it may be unlikely to enjoy your DVD movies on a TV or PC. Nowadays, tablets, mobile phones or media players will be the best choices to enjoy movies when you are out. So many people want to rip and convert their DVD movies to videos for playing on Apple iPad, Amazon Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Microsoft Surface, Huawei MatePad, Lenovo Tab, iPhone, cell phones from Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo or iPod touch.

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Usually, I see a lot of discussions about looking for a free DVD ripper in forums or various questions on best free DVD ripping software in Yahoo! Answers:

'I'm looking for a good DVD Ripper (freeware) so i can convert video files to my MP4, can anyone recommend ?'

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'Anyone know of any good free dvd ripping software that doesn't leave a watermark? I'm trying to put my dvds on my computer so I can watch them whenever I want and not have to carry them all around.'

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Actually, there are lots of good free DVD rippers available. In this article, I have collected almost all the free DVD rippers for you to convert DVD movies to videos for free.

Best free DVD ripper #1: WinX DVD Ripper

OS Platform: Windows & Mac

WinX DVD Ripper, developed by Digiarty Software, may be the most excellent but totally free DVD ripping software available to remove DVD CSS, UOP, RCE, region code and even Sony ARccOS. However, it doesn't support DVDs encrypted by Disney X-project DRM adopted by Disney, Paramount and Warner as its paid version does. The free DVD ripper also has other restrictions like Multi-core CPU nonsupport, poorer image quality and limitations of outputs, inputs & advanced features which force the users to buy their Platinum version. In addition, WinX DVD Ripper has a free Mac version called WinX DVD Ripper Mac Free. Just as the other free Mac DVD ripper, MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition, under a different brand of the same company, it has even more limitations. These 3 free DVD rippers are up-to-date and the latest versions are available on the corresponding pages.

Best free DVD ripper #2: DVDFab HD Decrypter

OS Platform: Windows & Mac

DVDFab HD Decrypter is a powerful but free DVD ripper. It not only decrypt nearly any DVD movies by removing all known DVD protections, and can copy any DVD to your hard drive, but also moves part of AACS, BD+, RC, UOPS and BD-Live Blu-ray protections to copy the unprotected Blu-ray to hard drive. In addition, users are able to customize copies with 2 copy modes and advanced settings. It's a pity that this powerful DVD ripper doesn't support video encoding, so you may have to use a third party video converter. Latest version is available at http://www.dvdfab.cn/hd-decrypter.htm.

Best free DVD ripper #3: BDlot DVD ISO Master

OS Platform: Windows

The official site of BDlot has been down for months.

BDlot DVD ISO Master is a free DVD ripper for users to backup any DVD to ISO and burn any ISO to DVD/CD/Blu-ray Disc. It can rip common and encrypted DVD to ISO without support from a third party DVD decrypting software, as it has the ability to remove both DVD region codes and other DVD protections like CSS, CPRM, CPPM, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, Rip-Guard, and Disney X protection. Though it's equipped with the most powerful DVD decryption technology, its output is limited to ISO. Thus, a third-party DVD to video converter is still necessary for converting ISO files to videos playable on portable devices. It's was last updated on February 8, 2012. Click here to download the newest version of this free DVD ripper directly.

Best free DVD ripper #4: DVD43

OS Platform: Windows

DVD43 and DVD43 Plug-in are free DVD rippers that work on 32 bit and 64 bit Windows respectively. It assists in the creation of backup copies of DVDs one legally owns and the use of DVDs outside of the original region of release. DVD43 runs in the system tray, detects when you've inserted a new DVD, and automatically removes most copy protections schemes (the smiley face turns green when it succeeds). The latest stable version of this free DVD ripping software is 4.6.0 published on October 23, 2009. Go its website to download it.

Best free DVD ripper #5: DVD Shrink

OS Platform: Windows 9x/2000/XP

Note:
Some malware may also be installed when you are installing the free DVD ripper on your computer. See the details in the malware scan report of DVD Shrink. If you care about such issues, please download other free DVD ripping software.

DVD Shrink is a piece of freeware for Windows users, acts as a DVD copy to back up DVD discs and save as DVD folder or ISO image file to hard drive. With the built-in decryption algorithms, copying copy-protected commercial DVD titles becomes possible. Working in conjunction with DVD burning software, it can easily burn the output files to DVD disc. To convert the output DVD files to other videos for portable devices, you may also need a third-party video converter. As its name suggest, this free DVD ripping software can also compress or shrink the data from DVD and re-author DVD. The latest official version of DVD Shrink is 3.2.0.15 released 25 July 2004. Since it has not been has not been for years, it might not be able to decrypt some DVDs with newer copy-protection. To download it, please use the download link on its official download page.

Best free DVD ripper #6: DVD Decrypter

OS Platform: Windows 32bit

Note:
Some malware may also be installed when you are installing the free DVD ripping software on your computer. See the details in the malware scan report of DVD Decrypter. If you care about such issues, please download other alternatives to free DVD rippers.

The development of DVD Decrypter halted and DVDDecrypter.com was shut down. However, it is still one of the most popular free solution for folks to rip DVDs to hard drive by tearing through pesky copy protection. As the technology of copy protection develops, DVD Decrypter may not deal with latest DVDs with new copy restrictions. The final version of DVD shrink is 3.5.4.0 and it's downloadable here.

Best free DVD ripper #7: MakeMKV

OS Platform: Windows & Mac

MakeMKV is a combination of both freeware and shareware. The functionality to rip DVD discs is free and will always stay free. However, the features of Blu-ray decryption and processing are only free for 30 days. After the 30-day trial, you may have to pay USD $50 to purchase a registration key to continue using its function of converting and streaming Blu-ray discs. It cannot rip DVDs with the latest copy restrictions protected. The latest version of MakeMKV is v1.7.5 put out on June 20, 2012 and downloadable here.

Best free DVD ripper #8: Handbrake

OS Platform: Windows, Mac & Linux

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. It supports any DVD or Bluray-like source which is NOT copy-protected as input. (It is apparent that removal of copy protection is not supported.) It outputs MKV and MP4 videos with H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 codecs and has preset profiles optimized for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone and Apple TV. The latest version of this open-source DVD ripper is 0.9.6, which was released on Feb 28, 2012. To download different HandBrake versions for different OS, please visit http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php.

Best free DVD ripper #9: Format Factory

OS Platform: Windows

Format Factory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter with 60 languages supported that can convert video, audio, and picture files. It is also capable of ripping DVDs and CDs to other file formats, as well as creating .iso and .cso file. However, DVD copy protection removal is not supported. The newest version of Format Factory is 2.95 becoming available on April 11, 2012. Download it here, if you like this DVD ripping tool.

Best free DVD ripper #10: VidCoder

OS Platform: Windows

VidCoder is a free DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows with batch encoding and multiple threads supported. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine. Compared with HandBrake, it has a relatively rich UI. The same as HandBrake, it does not defeat the CSS encryption found in most commercial DVDs. The latest version of VidCoder is 1.3.2 announced on April 1, 2012. To download this free DVD ripper, check its download page.

Best free DVD ripper #11: MediaCoder

OS Platform: Windows

MediaCoder is a free video/audio transcoding program for Microsoft Windows to compress, convert files and extract audios from video files. A wide range of popular video & audio formats are supported by MediaCoder, including MP3, AAC, AVC, AVI, MP4, FLV, MOV, AVI, etc. As a universal media transcoder, it also is able to rip DVDs, but only limited to early version CSS-protected DVDs. In addition, MediaCoder uses OpenCandy (a bundling software recommendation service) in its installer. Also, there are annoying text ads in the software GUI, web page containing ads loading every startup, even hardhanded donation. The latest version 0.8.13.5260 was released on June 19, 2012 and can be downloaded at http://www.mediacoderhq.com/dlfull.htm.

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