Most Popular DVD Ripping Tool: Handbrake

Ripping digital copies of your DVDs so you can take them on the road, play them on any device you want, or drop them on your home theater PC has never been easier. There are a number of great free and paid applications that can make the process one-click, or give you all the tools you need to rip and encode beautiful video. Still, some of those apps stand above others, and last week we asked you to tell us which ones you thought were the best. Then, we took a look at the five best DVD ripping tools and put them to a vote. Now we're back to crown the winner.

Handbrake, the free, feature-packed, cross platform DVD ripper and encoder that we think is the best was also your choice as the best by a wide margin. It brought in close to 47% of the overall vote.

In second place with 15% of the votes cast was DVDFab HD, which costs money but is frequently updated and cuts makes ripping even new DVDs and Blu-ray discs simple and easy. Right behind it in third was MakeMKV with 14% of the vote, a completely free app that also supports Blu-rays and makes the ripping process as easy as possible. In fourth place with close to 13% of the overall vote was Slysoft's AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD, and bringing up the rear is the old standard, DVD Shrink, with close to 12% of the votes cast.

The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it?it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Aul8ezfGcsU/most-popular-dvd-ripping-tool-handbrake

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