So really all I need to burn a copy of my personal disc (DVD only, not Blu-ray) is Makemkv, Handbrake, and Imgburn, correct? If this is incorrect then what is it that I need for regular DVD's?įor burning Blu-ray discs I would need, DVDFab (free version will work?), Shrink or Handbrake, and Imgburn, is this correct? If not please tell me what I need for Blu-ray? Thanks so much to everyone for your patience and suggestions, I really really appreciate it. So Makemkv will rip it to the hard drive and decode it at the same time, correct? Handbrake will shrink the file to fit the disc, although it will also do a lot of other things as well, correct? Thank you, smrpix, for that clarification. Shrinking requires encoding, but encoding is a broader term. Some apps decrypt - remove copy protection - at the same time.Įncoding is changing something about the file in the process of creating a new one - most often the codec, container, raster size, bitrate, color space etc. Rip means simply to copy the files to your hard drive from the disk. The app has been around since 2005, and even though development was halted and the project shut down, mirrors (such as the one linked above) carry on its legacy.Golfnut, your understanding is almost correct, (just slightly off): That app is also free.Īn honourable mention this week goes out to DVD Decrypter. If you love DVD Shrink, you’d also love Lifehacker’s own DVD Rip, developed by our own Adam Pash to work with DVD Shrink and make the ripping process as simple and painless as possible. It’s also very easy to use, and completely free.
In fact, some of you called it out specifically for its compression, which many newer apps haven’t been able to match. It hasn’t been updated since 2005, which means its support for newer discs is spotty at best, but when it does work, it works well and results in small files that are great for portability. DVD Shrink halted development back in 2005, but it’s still one of your favourite decrypting, ripping, and compressing utility.
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