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clonedvd and anydvd

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For movies, I recommend  DVDFab  (down load the trial version from a reputable source) and then, I've  *heard* you could search on YouTube for that programs name and there might just be a video with a user name/serial number/ to make it run in full version

I like that ^^ because you can put in a movie, basically does everythingfor you, then you decide it you want to keep the movie a perfect copy (dual layer dvd if your computer can burn those)@(100%)  or have it automatically compress it down to fit on a cheap dvd (usually 55-70% quality)

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Need codes for those programs after the trial expires.

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Linux

Ok, Here we go.


Both DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter have already been mentioned and they are both good programs.  However, neither of them have been supported in years, so they can't handle the newer encryptions that are be used on newer dvds.  There are two rippers that I use that are still being supported.  AnyDVD and DVDFab.  AnyDVD (I use 99% of the time) has a 21 day free trial.  DVDFab has several version but the decryption feature will always be free.  Using either one of these programs will rip your dvd to your harddrive as it removes all of the encryption.  One thing that I really like about AnyDVD is that it decrypts on the fly.  That means that you can use programs such as DVD Shrink and Handbrake and they will see your DVD in the drive as being unencrypted.  Once you decrypt your dvd, you can then use DVD Shrink or DVD Rebuilder to shrink your dvd so it can be backed up on a single layer DVD-R/+R disk.  When I first started out backing up my dvds I used DVD Shrink, but now I use DVD Rebuilder almost exclusive.  DVD Shrink is a transcoder while DVD Rebuilder is a encoder.  A transcoder removes data to shrink the video whereas DVD Rebuilder re-encodes the video.  All that means that at higher compression amounts DVD Rebuilder will have better picture quality that DVD Shrink.  The trade off is that DVD Rebuilder takes alot longer to work.

Handbrake will re-encode you dvds into .mp4 or .mkv video files using the H./X.264 codec.  I've gotten good results converting movies to .mkv files as small as 550 mb that look almost as good as the original dvd video.

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Do shrink  and DVD decrypter and the others mentioned (from XP days) work on Win 7?

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i use dvd fab to decrypt then dvd shrink if it's still too big. both will burn the disc when you're done.

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AnyDVD is an awesome program, it's worth paying for it.  I bought it once and have gotten free upgrades for years, it's a tremendous value and works very well for what it does.

To actually rip, I'm partial to DVDShrink.  In conjunction with AnyDVD, you get the best un-DRM program available and then DVDShrink is a very easy to use way to actually do the ripping.