Software Reviews

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite is an ultimate tool for video fans. The bundle consists of Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter and Cucusoft Ultimate Video Converter. It can convert DVDs and Videos to play on any portable devices including iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, PS3, Xbox, MP3 Players, Mobile Phones, Pocket P.C. and so on.

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite supports almost all any popular video and audio formats. It supports DVD, vob, DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI, dvr-ms, MP4, TiVo, .mkv etc. as the input formats. The output video formats contains: H264, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, RM, 3GP, FLV, SWF, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, VCD, SVCD, DVD and so forth. The output audio formats include AC3, AAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, RA, WMA, etc.

Besides the basic conversion function, the all-in-one software allows you to adjust the video crop mode among 16:9, 4:3, full screen and more. It also supports splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. And the users can easily customize the output video file size and quality by setting the video properties.

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite is priced at $59.95, saving you $31.95 for buying two separate ones. More to love, less to pay. You will feel much better in your life thanks to the stunning converter!

Extra DVD Ripper Express is the most easiest-to-use converter that I met. Its attractive interface makes you comfortable. There are intuitive icons indicating the output format what you want to convert to, such as AVI, MPEG, Apple iPod MP4, iPhone MP4, Apple TV MP4, YouTube FLV, Sony PSP, Sony PS3, Microsoft Zune, WMV, Pocket PC, 3GP.

Before converting, you can set your video language audio and subtitle that your DVD offers. You can conveniently set the output setting by choosing the preset parameters in the output setting combo-box. For example, if you choose ‘iPod-MPEG 4 QVGA 320*240 512 kbps Stereo/128kbps’, the details video and audio information will be shown one the right of interface. However, you can choose the ‘Customize Setting’, then set your favor video and audio settings. The video setting includes Video Codec, Video Size, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, Aspect Ratio, and the audio setting consists of Audio Codec, Audio Bitrate, Channels, Audio Sample and Audio Volume.

After setting parameters well, click ‘Convert Now’ button, it pops up a dialogue letting you select record mode. Record from current point, or record from beginning of current title, or set start time and stop time to record. Then click ‘Star’ button, it will start to convert. During the conversion process, you can enjoy the movie on the big preview panel. That’s a good experience! The trial version allows you to rip DVD 15 minutes, and the output quality is same as the original movie, so it is worthy of spending $29.77 to get a full version.

iLead DVD Ripper is an omnipotent DVD Converter for you rip any playable DVD to AVI, 3GP, MP4/H264, MPEG, WMV, FLV, M4A, MP3 or AAC format and latest DivX, Xvid format, so that they can be played on your portable devices such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Pocket PC, Mobile phone, etc. This DVD Ripper brings you a new lifestyle, enjoy your favorite DVD movies on your portable device anywhere and anytime!

Feature Set (4.5/5)
iLead DVD Ripper lets you play any home made DVD, DVD movies, episode DVD, MTV etc with the built-in DVD player based decoder. And there is no any audio or video sync problem.
It supports almost all popular audio video format including AVI, DIvX, MP4, H264, WMV, MPG, MP3, 3GP, AAC which is compatible on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, Zen, Wii, PS3, XBox, PDA, pocket PC, mobile phone and many portable devices.
The batch conversion processor helps you rip all the DVDs either from a DVD disc or from your hard disc you have at one time. When the conversion finished, it will automatically shut down your computer so no need to wait around the PC.
You can split output file to make the output size fit in a 74-Minute/80-Minute CD. You can crop the unwanted black edges of DVD movie and select any language provided that iLead DVD Ripper supports.

Ease Of Use (5/5)
It is easy to install and handle. The intuitive interface is suitable for beginners. But I’m sure the experienced users will also enjoy it once checking out the preset profiles.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)
The preset profiles can achieve an excellent output quality.

Software Stability (5/5)
iLead DVD Ripper proved to be highly stable even when tested under the very minimum hardware requirements, it runs smoothly with no problems at all.

Summary (4.9/5)
Excellent output quality with fast conversion speed.
Adopt multimedia technology and optimized for different processors.
Supports many output video formats.
Rich customize settings.

If you are looking for a professional software for ripping DVD to any video formats, I highly recommend to you Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum. Following outstanding features I will list are its advantage. After downloading and running Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum, it shows us a bright green interface. In the main menu, there are four function buttons: Load file, Edit, Options, Tools, which is easy to handle for beginners. In the bottom of user interface, you can specify your output folder and format. On the right of UI, you can preview the converting DVD Video.

Besides friendly user interface, this DVD Ripper has a powerful functions including: rip DVD to almost all popular video and video formats, merge and split DVD chapters, video and audio editing (crop, trim, adjust). It lets you rip DVD movies to MP4, MP4 AVC, M4V, AVI, WMV, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, MPEG, FLV, WMA, M4A, MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, ASF, Vob, etc with excellent quality. You can split any DVD chapters/titles or join several chapters/titles into one file. It also enables you to crop the video image, tirm any part of your DVD movie, adjust video brightness and contrast, select subtitle, choose audio track and adjust audio volume. Completely support dual core CPU, Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum provides the converting speed up to 400%, which is faster to all its peers in the market.

It is priced at $39, low price tag for its excellent features. Getting a full version, then you can rip DVD to various video and audio formats, provided it is compatible for playback on iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, Archos, iRiver PMP Player, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone and so on. In my opinion, Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum is the best DVD Ripper software, and I would award it 9 rating out of 10 scales.

Many friends want to backup their favorite DVD movie into popular video formats, how to do? There are quite a number of softwares can do that job. Which one do you like to choose? One named ‘iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum‘ caught my eyes. I was attracted by its shining interface, which is different from common user-interface of similar softwares. I even can conveniently make skins for iSofter DVD Ripper through its color scheme system. Most importantly, with a simple mouse click, I can convert DVD to AVI, DivX, XviD, VCD, WMV, MPEG4 format video files with almost no-loss quality.

iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum can check your CPU type automatically so that ensure you can rip your DVDs with the best ripping speed. It is designed with external codec’s power feature for optimizing the output video quality. With vob scan support, you can open ifo file’s or rip your vob file to any video format. iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum supports most popular audio formats so that you can save as audio files, such as m4a, mp4, mpg, avi, mp3, wma, wmv, and 3gp. 
With optimized profiles, you can convert DVD Movie to iPod Video, Zune, Pocket PC, 3GP Mobile Phone or any other MP4 player or format only one click. You can rip entire DVD movie or just one or several chapters. In addition, this converter supports batch conversion, so you can select all files you want to rip and the DVD Ripper will copy them one by one. You can preview the movies before you begin ripping, even you can watch the movies simultaneity when you are ripping DVDs. However, there is no sound when you are ripping DVDs.
This DVD Ripper software is priced at $39.95, a versatile tool! It is suited for both veterans and beginners. Why not have a try? I would give it at 9 scale rating out of 1-10.