Blu-ray Ripper Tools

A format war describes competition between mutually incompatible proprietary formats, typically for data storage devices and recording formats for electronic media such as the format war between the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD optical disc standards for storing high definition video and audio. These standards emerged between 2000 and 2002 and attracted both the mutual and exclusive support of major consumer electronics manufacturers, personal computer manufacturers, television and movie producers and distributors, and software developers.

Several disc formats that were initiated to better the performance on DVDs were developed, among which Blu-ray by Sony and HD-DVD by Toshiba are the most popular ones. The first HD-DVD player released in March 2006, Sony followed its step with the first Blu-ray player. Later but not worse, Sony was in the green tree because Warner Brothers supporting HD-DVD announced to stop releasing HD-DVD films in 2008. Subsequently, many other retailers in North America claimed to support Blu-ray only. Thus Blu-ray won the format war.

Then why did Blu-ray win the war?

Firstly, Blu-ray has much larger storage capacity. The storage capacity of a single-layered Blu-ray disc is about 25 or 27GB while that of a double-layered one can reach 46 or 54 GB. It is also possible to get four-layered or even eight-layered ones the storage capacity of which can respectively reach 100 and 200 GB.

Secondly, Blu-ray has higher compatibility. According to Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), all accredited Blu-ray players are able to play DVD-ROM, VCD and CD. In some aspects, we can say that HD-DVD can be replaced by Blu-ray because Blu-ray has possessed some of the advantages that have been had by HD-DVD only.

Several days ago, I copied a Blu-ray movie to my Netbook from my friend and I had been looking forward to the perfect video quality and experience for long before that. But, I was reluctant to learn that my computer does not support Blu-ray movies because it no Blu-ray driver has been equipped. I have tried many ways to watch the movie but all of them failed. So I put forward this question online and one net friend commended iToolsoft Blu-ray to Netbook Ripper which is said to be quite professional and reliable in Blu-ray ripping.

After several trials, I was reassured by its mighty functions and considerate design.

First of all, it can rip Blu-ray directly to various video and audio formats (MPEG4, AVI, WMV, MP3, MP4A, AC3, AAC, WMA, etc… for playback on different portable devices including Netbook, Blackberry, Android etc…

Secondly, it offers considerate video and audio editing choices such as trimming, cropping, adjusting effects, adding watermarks and so on. What’s more, it allows you to merge and split video chapters, capture screenshots and preview the target files.

Besides, it lets you to select User defined output files, Resolution for picture definition, Bit Rate for playing speed, Frame Rate for fluency and Channel for sound form.

What is noticeable is that Blu-ray to Netbook Ripper supports nearly all kinds of net books, mini laptops and mini net books, which will benefit computer users in a larger range.

Since Blu-ray technology has come into use in video industry, perfect optical and acoustical experiences are brought to many video and audio fanciers. But all do not want to spend that lot of money on a relatively costly Blu-ray movie. In this situation, copying Blu-ray is an advisable alternative.

Most of us consumers, including me myself, regard it a waste of money on Blu-ray movies which are still caviar to the general. To enjoy the admirable Blu-ray feast, we can copy them from those who have already got the original ones.

Then how to do this?

You can copy Blu-ray manually. But make sure that you have a Blu-ray driver installed in your computer. Then just put the Blu-ray disc into the BD driver and get started, click “Copy” and “Paste” and wait for the copying process to be finished. It seems that manual copying is simple and easy-to-do, but the biggest drawback is the BD driver which is not available for quite a number of computer users. And sometimes, however, you are unable to clone CDs manually or the copied ones cannot be normally played.

Fortunately, there are various Blu-ray copy software products accessible online. You can copy Blu-ray discs to another computer that doesn’t have a BD driver. Generally speaking, you are able to make various customizable settings, such as the selection of audio track and subtitle, the control of the compression rate, the length of source videos and so on.

What’s more, the copying speed is much faster than manual copying and the perfect visual and sound quality is highly reserved as the same as the original ones. Consequently, copying Blu-ray with a professional cloning tool is universally accepted.

Both of world’s leading fashions, Blu-ray and iPod are quite popular among both amateurs and professionals especially the young. So one concept springs out that if it is possible to combine the two prevalent elements into one, that is to say, play Blu-ray discs with an iPod. I have to say this is a great idea to be realized. Many people have an iPod while they are not so convenient to get access to Bllu-ray discs.

 To get rid of this dilemma, they need to convert Blu-ray to formats that iPod supports. In other words, a Blu-ray to iPod ripper will bear the fruit. I once tried iToolSoft Blu-ray to iPod Ripper and was very satisfied with its reliable quality and powerful functions. As a professional Blu-ray ripper, it can convert your blu-ray disks to iPod (320*240) MPEG-4, iPod (320*240) MPEG-4 AVC, iPod (480*320) MPEG-4, iPod (480*320) MPEG AVC, iPod (640*480) MPEG-4, iPod (640*480) MPEG-4 AVC, iPod MP3, etc.

What’s more, it allows you to preview the videos before conversion, clip movie segments from the movie, snapshot the images in preview, customize video and audio settings and convert files in batches.

 What really surprised me is its incredibly fast conversion speed and super quality of converted files.

 As one user of iPod, I appreciate its perfection in every aspect and I am also fascinated by the marvelous viewing effects of Blu-ray discs. Thanks to the Blu-ray to iPod ripper, I can enjoy a high-quality life anytime and anywhere.

If someone asks me again whether it is possible to rip and convert Blu-ray discs to PCs, I will say “Yes” though I used to give a negative answer. Yes, I was also reluctant to tell him that I was uncertain when this could be done as well.

But now, he can be reassured that Blu-ray, definitely, can be converted to PCs in various formats at your own pleasure. What you need to do is to equip your PC with a Blu-ray to DVD ripper which will make do with all the used—to-be tough tasks. And within a short time, you can get the converted videos or audios in formats as you like which are available both on your PC and portable devices.

Then, how does a Blu-ray to DVD ripper work?

Before the conversion, make sure that your PC has been equipped with a BD driver which is essential during the conversion. Run ripper and start the conversion, then the ripper will extract the Blu-ray movies from Blu-ray files and export them to areas that you have selected in formats that you have also pre-set. A reliable ripper will provide you with customizable setting options and personal designs in many aspects. Notice that if your selected Blu-ray files are too large, it might take quite some time for the ripper to complete the converting process. But you needn’t get worried about that because the ripper is able to tell you how long it will take and when it will be finished, so you can do other things and come back at the certain time.

As we know, Blu-ray discs and players, still in the early state, are so costly that they remain caviar to the general. If you don’t want to spend that lot of money on the original Blu-ray discs and players, a Blu-ray ripper would be a good choice.