
The following guide will detail the steps necessary for ripping your own DVDsįirst thing you’ll need is DVD ripping software.

Ripping is simply the name for the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk from a removable media such as DVD or CD. In order to extract the video from the DVD, you will need to perform a process known as “ripping”. This is due to the fact that the video to DVD is already compressed to begin with.

Keep in mind that editing from a DVD can reduce the quality of the final product. You ideally want to be working with the highest quality video you can get your hand on, but there are those times when all you have to work with is a DVD. For editing purposes we advise our customers to first transfer their videos to hard drive in DV AVI format, perfect for editing with. Technically, it is possible, but there are some drawbacks. Today I’ll be discussing a hot topic in the media transfer world, and it’s a question I get asked multiple times per week.
