The video market’s demand for DVDs is dwindling as streaming media sweeps the video industry. If your shelves are physically stacked with DVDs, it’s best to copy them to a PC, which not only saves your DVDs from breaking and damaging, but also facilitates access to that DVD on all devices. In this article, we have compiled a detailed tutorial on how to copy DVDs to PC for playback.
Best Windows desktop program for copying DVD to PC
If you are struggling to choose what software to copy a large number of DVDs to your computer, WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro may be the best choice you can consider trying, it is a powerful all-in-one DVD ripping software for Windows with excellent DVD copying and ripping features to help you easily rip all types of DVDs, whether it is a 99-title DVD or a protected DVD, copy the complete titles to VIDEO_TS folder and ISO image files, and convert them to more than 500 formats, such as MPG, MP4, AVI, MKV, VOB, MOV, etc.
Main features of WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro
- Rip almost any type of DVD to 500+ export profiles, including Disney DVD, Homemade DVD, 99 Title DVD, DRM Protected DVD.
- Copy old, low-resolution, blurry and slightly scratched DVDs to portable and hanging devices for playback.
- Intelligently detects the correct title from 99 titles and removes unnecessary segments.
- Reduce DVD file size without losing quality.
- Support hundreds of output formats and devices to convert DVD to MP4, MPG, AVI, WMV, M4V, MKV, MOV, phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, TVS, handsets, etc.
- A set of basic DVD editing solutions, such as extracting audio from DVD, cropping DVD, rotating DVD, merging DVD clips, etc.
- Convert DVD to video formats at the fastest speed.
How to copy DVD to PC with WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro?
After inserting the source DVD into the DVD-ROM of your computer, follow these steps to copy the DVD to your PC:
Step 1: Install WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro on your PC and click “DVD Disc” to load your DVD movie.
Without any extra clicks, it will automatically detect your main movie and tick it. If there are multiple, they will be marked one by one.
Step 2: Go to the output device presets hidden behind “Output Format”, here you can find a range of ideal profiles for playback on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Microsoft, TV, YouTube, Facebook, etc. Choose one according to your needs.
Step 3: Click the “Run” button to start converting DVD to PC.
Copy DVD to PC with HandBrake
As a 100% free open source media transcoder, HandBrake has the ability to manage DVD, Blu-ray Disc and ISO image files and grants users a high degree of control over their DVD videos, including setting the video encoding mode, resolution, bitrate, subtitle track, title/chapter selection, size and more. However, it does not support lossless DVD conversion and ripping copy-protected DVDs, and the available output formats are also limited.
Step 1: Insert the DVD into the optical drive and launch Handbrake.
Step 2: Click “Open Source” and wait for the DVD to be scanned to identify available titles.
Step 3: Select the titles you want to rip from the DVD to your PC. If you get a “No valid source found” or “No title detected” error message, which may be caused by the DVD being copy-protected.
Step 4: Select the output format and customize the setting parameters, resolution, bit rate, etc.
Step 5: Click the “Start Encode” button to copy the DVD to your PC.
FAQs about copying DVD to PC
Q: How to rip DVD with forced subtitles easily?
A: Forced subtitles are special subtitle tracks embedded in movies designed to provide necessary background information, but there are many big DVD rippers lacking the ability to rip DVDs with forced subtitles. At this time, you need to trust WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro to help you rip DVDs with forced subtitles easily. It should be noted that we do not promote any illegal ripping purpose, please refer to the DVD copyright law in your country to rip DVD.
Q: Can I rip DVDs using Windows Media Player?
A: Windows Media Player can burn CDs, unfortunately it does not support ripping and copying DVD discs to PC, so please ignore any tutorials claiming to be able to copy DVDs to a computer using Windows Media Player.
Final words
Considering the shortcomings of free ripping tools, WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is a savior for copying DVD movies to PC. With the support of this software, your DVDs can be easily and quickly saved to your PC with many customization options available, such as file format, output device, parameters, quality and so on. Install it to enjoy your DVD movies in digital devices and any format!
