The obsolete dinosaur of proprietary media players, RealNetworks, introduces a new DVD-copying tool today called RealDVD. The upshot: For $30, RealDVD can make simple, DRMed backups of an entire ...

Say you have a movie on DVD, but you want to watch it on your phone, tablet, somewhere else. You can “rip” that DVD—or turn it into a movie file on your computer—to play it wherever you want. Here’s ...

In this column two weeks ago I mentioned that a friend on a mail list had asked, “What do people use to rip a DVD to their hard drive so they can, for example, watch it on a laptop or a tablet? This ...

This article is presented by WinX DVD Ripper. Streaming services are now the way most media is consumed, but they’re increasingly unreliable. The content available depends on various license deals, ...

DVD Decrypter can convert DVD videos into Audio Video Interleave files with help from another converter program. The DVD improved home video picture quality standards, but it still requires a physical ...

Addicted to movies? You can watch video on your tablet, smartphone, or portable media player, of course–but since none of those gadgets have optical drives, you can’t put any of your DVDs into them.

What is the best format to rip DVD? There is no single answer to this question. If you want to convert DVD for playback on a mobile device, MP4 is a good choice. If you want to create a 1:1 copy to ...