Reader Steven Pollock seeks a digital copy of a movie he recently purchased. He writes: I read Macworld’s story about how to rip DVDs with HandBrake and I’m having a problem. I’d like to rip a DVD ...

Who is still buying DVDs? Surely collectors are. A hard copy is always tempting for collectors. Also, old-fashioned DVD serves you well when movies are hard to find or even not available online on ...

[Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD, you should be able to ...

Windows/Mac: The free, open source DVD ripping application HandBrake has released an update (0.9.0) promising a better interface, improved picture quality, faster ripping and improved stability.

Occasionally I've had trouble with Handbrake when ripping directly from the DVD. I use MacTheRipper to get the DVD to the hard drive and then use Handbrake on the VIDEO_TS folder. Much more consistent ...

Learn the step-by-step tutorial on how to rip DVD movies to iPod and iPhone with HandBrake for free. http://www.aneesoft.com/tutorials/rip-dvd-to-mp4-with-handbrake ...

It's frustrating to not be able to get your DVDs onto your portable devices or media server. Last week we looked at the best tools for ripping your DVD collection and we're back to announce the winner ...

My wife bought a Beachbody workout dvd. While I think the $80 price tag is ridiculous, if it gets her to work out more then whatever. Due to the fact that we only have one device in the house (in a ...

[This is a guest post by Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies at Middlebury College. Jason blogs at Just TV.] [This is a guest post by Jason Mittell, ...

It's been over a year since the amazing free DVD ripping software (also known as a "video transcoder"), HandBrake, has been updated. Life is good, and Handbrake 0.9.5 has now been released. There are ...

Handbrake just updated to 0.9.4 which uses x264 libraries to encode faster and smaller file sizes. On my iMac Core i7 a DVD ripped 25% faster. It also has better xbox and ps3 presets, among other ...