Rip Copy-Protected DVDs with Free Software for Windows 10, Mac OS X or Linux

If you're like Robbie, you may not have a DVD/BluRay player connected to your TVs, but have connected devices that allow you to play video files through software such as Plex. This week we'll show you how to import your video DVDs into MP4 files so you can watch your owned DVDs once again on next-gen devices such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

[lostdomi]

Thanks a lot! I set up a Home-NAS with Emby yesterday and hand no clue how to get my movies into it... Tried a lot of apps and watched a lot of tutorials but yours is the only one that's actually working! Great job and very good explanation!

[emw]

It's 2023, and I just followed the steps that Robbie provided, and can confirm that it works. Awesome, I have about 700+ dvds that I have never converted, so I am super happy. Thank you so

[micahbeard]

Summary: Rip DVDs with Handbrake and stream anywhere with PLEX. To enable the ripping of copyright protected DVDs via Handbrake, follow instructions from 10:46 forward....

[mainstreetsaint]

5:54 is where the unneeded commentary stops and the actual information begins

[brandonrecknagel]

This is great, thanks! I'm tired of my kids ruining DVD's that I paid $20-30 for, that we won't get to watch again. Having a regular video file that I can either stream over PLEX, put onto a USB stick (because more devices can do that now), or just burning more copies of the movie after my kids scratch up the disc will be great! A lot of people are complaining about "less yak" but I actually think it's nice that he's explaining to people who otherwise might not understand. Wish it would have just had a disclaimer: "If you're pretty tech savvy and already understand how this works, skip ahead to about 6 minutes"

[SilkyTP]

I'm sure you're tired of hearing how the video took a while to get to the point, so... thanks for the video, there was a lot of useful information that enabled me to get the job done. I appreciate the effort you put into copy and editing.

[jpleaz]

Blah blah blah✂️ Cut the extra commentary and get to the point. We just want to remove the copyright protection and rip the disc quickly. Just Start there and leave the rest out👀

[JuanCamacho]

Are you able to do a video walk through like this for Mac?

[GeekMustHave]

Thank you for doing the digging to find the "Hidden" VLC treasures and for explaining that most DVD's only really require Very Fast 480p 30FPS encoding. I didn't know that Handbrake just used DLL's copied to it's directory. Keep Broadcasting!!

[anabeave]

Thank you so much! We are going full-time in our RV and can't take all our DVDs in their current form. This will allow us to put them on some external hard drives so we can still take them with us without all the bulk. You have been the best instructive video on this topic.

[tyler]

This video took years to get started but damn once it did, that is one hell of an effective method! Best I have seen so far!!!

[ichibrosan]

I saw that copy of Tremors in your hands. I have that very edition in my collection. Life just isn't the same without a few graboids here and there. Nice to know you appreciate them also. :-)

[arthurbaldwin]

If being boring was a olympic sport this pair would be gold medalists.

[mistazet]

Not working with some dvd's copyrights issue

[JohnDonovanProductions]

I still use a vinyl record player and VCR! hahah ... and my cassette tapes ;)

[judyritchey]

Downloaded the program, added the dll file - copied a dvd that I own---beautiful picture and GREAT sound. Thank you so much.

[warlock.]

Which version should I do now in 2021??? You said 1.2.12 in 2016.... Help please?

[WackoX]

Doesn't work anymore with the latest version of HandBrake, I installed version 1.0 from the archive and that one does work!

[Subgunman]

Still have my VHS tapes, you think DVD's take up real estate!

[breeevian]

Thank you so much, I wish I would’ve found this years ago! I’ve tried so many bs programs out there and none of them work! Only your simple method, and I already had handbrake & VLC on my computer, I can’t believe I already had pretty much all the pieces (minus the file to DL from VLC), thanks again ❤