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 ...

I need to pull 30s clips from a library of DVDs, but only if the DVD is not encrypted. Previously we had been using Handbrake, but someone installed VLC and it started using that decoder. I would be ...

[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 ...

In this column two weeks ago I mentioned that a friend on a mail list had asked, “What do people use to rip a DVD to their hard drive so they can, for example, watch it on a laptop or a tablet? This ...

If you’ve got a 5th-generation iPod (“with video”), one of the things you probably want to do is put movies on it. After all, despite the small screen, movies really do look great on the iPod, and ...

There's a new version of Handbrake available for those who love ripping movies to watch them on an iPod. Handbrake .92 is a free DVD to MPEG-4 converter that makes it easy to convert your DVDs to MPEG ...

Have you ever wanted to put DVDs on your iPhone or Apple TV but just didn’t know how? Here’s how. This video goes through the process of converting video using the free Mac ripping software, Handbrake ...