No, While ripping DVD's is a common activity performed by many software programs, even many advanced computer users don't know how to rip a DVD. Ripping DVDs (geek-speak for copying onto your PC's hard-drive) is good for making a backup of their content, or watching them on your PC , iPod, iPhone, Zune etc.
No, ripping DVD is just remove the copyright protection of the DVD. It will not harm the content of the DVD.
Often, DVD Ripper software can convert the DVD to popular video formats while ripping the DVD(for example: Daniusoft DVD ripper), therefore you can watch your video on your iPod, iPhone, Mac machine.
When you RIP a DVD, you will be able to get the DVD on your computer as a file, most likely as an .mp4 file.
Ripping a DVD: Copying data from a DVD toanother locationBurning a DVD: Copying data to a DVD fromanother location
for ripping encrypted DVDs, simply buy or download a DVD ripping program like DVD Fab
It is safe it does not hurt it
There are many places to can find DVD ripping software. There are many websites such as Amazon, Ebay, the Apple store, or Aimersoft. You can even use itunes. DVD ripping software is fairly easy to find, and there are hundreds of websites and programs you can use.
First thing to think about is copyright. Is it legal for you to rip that DVD?
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The Ripping Friends - 2001 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG (DVD rating) Canada:13+ (DVD rating) USA:TV-PG
You can use Nero or Roxio for DVD Burning.
In order to save a DVD to a mac you will have to get a DVD ripping software, one that I use is called handbrake.
If the DVD is Read-Only (If you bought or rented it with the movie already on it), then no, it can't be changed in any way by the computer
It is a DVD software that, converts videos, and rips them off of the actual DVD, it may also have diffrent functions.
It is illeagal to burn DVD's because the maker gets no profit, so they are technically "ripping them off"