While there are many good video converters out there, many of them are very complex in features and functionality. If you only want to rip DVDs into either MP4 or MKV format, then consider using VidCoder, a simple to use free DVD ripper and video transcoder for Windows. Based on Handbrake’s encoding engine, this one gives you an intuitive interface with a limited set of options and makes things easy. (more…)

While there are free DVD Ripper software, not all of them allow you to decrypt commercial DVDs. WinX DVD Ripper Platinum Edition can rip any encrypted DVD, including CSS protected DVD, Sony ArccOS, etc into various video formats such as AVI, MP4, MPEG, FLV, WMV, MOV, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, 3GP, and Zune. (more…)

DVDShrink is a free software to backup DVD discs. It is not a DVD burning software. However it can work in conjunction with your DVD burner. The output from DVDShrink can be saved as a file on your hard drive, which you can later burn with any software of your choice. (more…)