Need A Good Legal Blu Ray / DVD Ripper

[AlaDes]

I have a client who wants to be able to rip all of his movies to a hdd a view them using his pc. He doesn't mind paying for it and only wants something that is legal.

Do any of you know of any software that will do this? He already has Nero 2014 Plat, but it won't rip anything that is copyright protected.

 

[16k_zx81]

I have a client who wants to be able to rip all of his movies to a hdd a view them using his pc. He doesn't mind paying for it and only wants something that is legal.

Do any of you know of any software that will do this? He already has Nero 2014 Plat, but it won't rip anything that is copyright protected.

two step process:

http://makemkv.com/ - to rip (makes a big file)
then
http://handbrake.fr/ - to encode to smaller file size for storage

Best done on a machine with plenty of grunt as the encoding can take some time.

Jim

 

[Frick]

DVDfab
It's not free, but works great and does it all in one tool. They are constantly updating it to keep up with any new copyright protection.

It has lots of components. You can purchase them all or only the ones you want.

 

[16k_zx81]

yep +1 for DVDFab if customer doesnt mind a paid solution. It has been around for a long time and has a great reputation. Definitely worth looking at if customer is prepared to shell out for his solution

 

[hmig89]

Yeap another +1 for dvdfab but also look at another call 'anydvd'

 

[HFultzjr]

DVDfab
It's not free, but works great and does it all in one tool. They are constantly updating it to keep up with any new copyright protection.

It has lots of components. You can purchase them all or only the ones you want.

^^^^^^ This!

Hands down the best and most updated versions for newer protections.

I've tried most and this is the one.

Excellent forums for help.

"nuff said.

 

[brandonkick]

For anyone that remembers the AnyDVD / CloneDVD combination (pretty much THE best way to do DVD rips / copies) they should be coming out with their Blu-ray product "Slyce" soon. How soon, well it could be a few months yet as they were supposed to be out the first half of this year.

DVDFab is already out and going.

 

[AlaDes]

So, DVDFab will rip them regardless of copyright protection?

 

[jbartlett323]

I have a client who wants to be able to rip all of his movies to a hdd a view them using his pc. He doesn't mind paying for it and only wants something that is legal.

Do any of you know of any software that will do this? He already has Nero 2014 Plat, but it won't rip anything that is copyright protected.

Sorry guys I'm kinda stuck on the highlighted part above.... If the movie in question did not come with a digital copy/license, then there is no "Legal" way to rip it in the USA! None! It is not legal!

That being said, I'm a fan of free/open source stuff, and use handbrake to "back-up" everything to MKV. But I don't do Blu-ray, so I don't know about those, but it sure makes beautiful DVD rips!

 

[phaZed]

If the movie in question did not come with a digital copy/license, then there is no "Legal" way to rip it in the USA! None! It is not legal!

That's not true at all. Your purchase of the original content allows you the ability and right to make as many copies of the work as you please so long as you do not sell, distribute, or exhibit said works; a backup for personal use. The Supreme Court had ruled this to be the case soon after the VHS and Beta Max battles.

In 2009 RealNetworks was sued for a product they released that circumvented the DRM copy protection schemes. The court found that the circumvention was illegal, not the copying. So, technically, if you own a movie you could record it at playback speed as to not circumvent the protection schemes or you could download it from a peer network as you wouldn't be the one bypassing the security measures.

 

[HFultzjr]

So, DVDFab will rip them regardless of copyright protection?

If you come across a protection they can't rip, most of the times in in the next update which seems to be VERY often.

Check out their forums for more info.

 

[jbartlett323]

That's not true at all. Your purchase of the original content allows you the ability and right to make as many copies of the work as you please so long as you do not sell, distribute, or exhibit said works; a backup for personal use. The Supreme Court had ruled this to be the case soon after the VHS and Beta Max battles.

In 2009 RealNetworks was sued for a product they released that circumvented the DRM copy protection schemes. The court found that the circumvention was illegal, not the copying. So, technically, if you own a movie you could record it at playback speed as to not circumvent the protection schemes or you could download it from a peer network as you wouldn't be the one bypassing the security measures.

Source? Not doubting you entirely, because thats more or less what I know also, just would like a source to say "See, its true!" Not required though, so don't work to hard at it...
Now the curcumventing protection schemes is where this all breaks done, as you cannot "Rip" a movie without circumventing protection schemes. You can record it, but not rip it....
Anywho, wasn't really trying to open this can of worms to far, was more trying to make a funny, especially with my comment on what I use!

 

[scoop818]

I've been using DVD Fab for years (bought lifetime copy). I think it is excellent choice particularly because it is a one step process. Non-tech users will appreciate the one mouse click approach.

 

[brandonkick]

Sorry guys I'm kinda stuck on the highlighted part above.... If the movie in question did not come with a digital copy/license, then there is no "Legal" way to rip it in the USA! None! It is not legal!

That being said, I'm a fan of free/open source stuff, and use handbrake to "back-up" everything to MKV. But I don't do Blu-ray, so I don't know about those, but it sure makes beautiful DVD rips!

You are allowed one backup copy for archival purposes. You are allowed to protect that which you own, you own a license to use the production that you've paid for. Making a copy allows you to physically protect the original from destruction. So long as you still possess the original and do not sell, distribute or exhibit the copies then you are within your rights.

There are plenty of legal ways to rip these movies. Programs like AnyDVD and CloneDVD are from companies that operate in a part of the world where the copyright laws are different and the USA can do nothing legally against them.

That's not true at all. Your purchase of the original content allows you the ability and right to make as many copies of the work as you please so long as you do not sell, distribute, or exhibit said works; a backup for personal use. The Supreme Court had ruled this to be the case soon after the VHS and Beta Max battles.

In 2009 RealNetworks was sued for a product they released that circumvented the DRM copy protection schemes. The court found that the circumvention was illegal, not the copying. So, technically, if you own a movie you could record it at playback speed as to not circumvent the protection schemes or you could download it from a peer network as you wouldn't be the one bypassing the security measures.

I don't think that's entirely correct. I think your allowed a single backup per original.

As far as suing RealNetworks... I see that happening. If they were within jurisdiction of the USA. Slysoft and it's products (AnyDVD and CloneDVD) are not.

As for the second part in red, I believe that is incorrect also. IIRC YOU have to be the one to make the backup, your not allowed to download them at all.

Source? Not doubting you entirely, because thats more or less what I know also, just would like a source to say "See, its true!" Not required though, so don't work to hard at it...
Now the curcumventing protection schemes is where this all breaks done, as you cannot "Rip" a movie without circumventing protection schemes. You can record it, but not rip it....
Anywho, wasn't really trying to open this can of worms to far, was more trying to make a funny, especially with my comment on what I use!

As far as I understood this, you are allowed to make a backup copy of a software disk or other production be it a music or movie disk for archival purposes. Your allowed one backup copy per item and you must still posses the original pressing of the software/music/movie in question... even if it doesn't work correctly any more.

When it comes to ripping, IIRC here the companies are allowed to make it difficult but not impossible for you to obtain that backup copy. The methods in which your allowed to do so I think are the keys here. I suppose there are ways you are allowed to achieve this and ways you are not allowed and sometimes software companies release these "ripping" programs that do not fly under the rules. The "ripping" itself isn't the issue, it's how that ripping is achieved. Again IIRC.

 

[LifelineIT]

Back in the day when I may have still played on the darkside, it was all about anydvd + gordian knot or nero recode, although granted that's a bit outdated now.

There is already a SlySoft product called AnyDVDHD that will remove all protection from BluRay, it just won't rip it. The product is unique in that it removes the protection as the disc sits in the tree, it steps into the stream and makes it unprotected from the start. That means that handbrake/Nero/WindowsMovieMaker/whatever see it as an unecrypted, No-DRM stream and can do whatever they want with it.