Generic Company Place Holder Pavtube DVD Ripper
If you look around, there are literally dozens of DVD copyprograms or rippers advertised. Most won't back up copy protectedDVDs--Pavtube DVD Ripper does. Before I go any further, let me saythat while making a single copy of a DVD for backup purposes islegal, the DMCA says the breaking the copy protection on DVDs orany copy protection is. That leaves a whole lot of room for legalcontention; so, don't say I didn't tell you.
Legal caveat aside, Pavtube DVD Ripper works well. I ripped myown copy-protected DVD of 'The Bourne Ultimatum' to both mp4 (foriPods) and straight VOBs (for re-burning to DVD) but the programsupports a myriad of output formats suited to any number of otherportable devices. The demo version placed a prominent watermarklogo on the video, but the quality was quite good.
Ripping DVD needs DVD Copy software. As the best software developer, Pavtube Studio offers you 6 free DVD copy software. Apr 21, 2009 - If you look around, there are literally dozens of DVD copy programs or rippers advertised. Most won't back up copy protected DVDs--Pavtube.
Performance on the rip-to-VOB was pretty slow (most likelybecause of adding the watermark); encoding to MP4 was adequate, butnot super fast. You can select which titles on the disc to includein a rip, as well as encode all the titles on the disc to one fileor separate files.
The program's interface is very clean and well suited to task; Ihad no problem finding all the relevant options or understandingthem. Bottom line: Pavtube DVD Ripper performs as advertised and iswell suited to backing up your DVD collection or rendering itviewable on your iPod or other portable viewer.
--Jon L. Jacobi
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Generic Company Place Holder Pavtube DVD Ripper