
PC hardware is nice, but it’s not much use without innovative software. One thing you won't get with either version: Blu-ray ripping. A macOS version of WinX DVD Ripper is available for the same price. It transcodes for viewing on mobile devices such as Apple (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iTunes), Android, Microsoft (Xbox, Windows Phone, Surface) and Sony PlayStation. Like the free version, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, can convert ripped DVD video content to MP4, H.264, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV and M2TS. In addition to making exact disc copies of a DVD, the software is useful for backing up to a hard disk or USB drive. Image quality is also higher than in the free version, and Platinum can deinterlace "Yadif Double Frames," which can make a video unwatchable. The Platinum version lets users quickly copy the main title of DVD to an MPEG2 file containing all or selected audio, video and subtitle tracks. The software features four different modes: Clone DVD disc to ISO image copy to a folder at a 1:1 ratio back up DVD main title content and copy DVD title fully to a multi-track MPEG2 file with all Video, Audio, and Subtitles. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. Its maker, Digiarty Software, claims that this allows 500 FPS (with X32 DVD drives), and that converting a whole DVD can take little as five minutes. The latest version of Platinum, 8.5, boasts hardware acceleration with support for Intel QSV and NVIDIA (CUDA), NVENC, and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.

That version also limits you to five-minute videos. Multi-core CPU support for up to eight cores means it's faster than the free download version of WinX DVD Ripper. That said, you should be aware that copying DVDs, apart from using them for personal backup or viewing on a different device type, can have legal repercussions. Digiarty Software claims that it can even get around the method of content protection that uses 99 titles in a movie disc in order to confuse the copying software.

It can also remove that pesky DRM that protects some Disney, Paramount, and Warner Bros. WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, t he big brother of the WinX DVD Ripper utility adds the ability to create ISO files from ripped DVDs so you can burn video contents onto blank writable discs. The following information is from the manufacturer.
