VLC Media Player is a cross-platform and open source DVD ripper developed by VideoLAN. Additionally, this program will crash when dealing with some movie DVDs, make some subtitles screw up, make video audio out of sync, and other issues, according to users' feedback online. Most people have to downsize it using a third-party program.

And the file size of resulting file is always a few gigabytes. With a simple interface that doesn't have additional and confusing options, MakeMKV is a great choice for beginners to rip DVDs (including some copy-protected discs) to MKV, a format that can store multiple video, audio, subtitle tracks and metadata.īut inevitably, MakeMKV is unable to please all people and keep good performance all the time. It charges for Blu-ray converting and streaming functionality after 30-days trial period, but it is free of charge for DVD conversion. Its GPU, MKV multiplexer, and optical drive query library are open source.

MakeMKV, current version 1.14.3 released on March 10, 2019, is a semi-open source DVD ripper for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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