How do I rip a dvd to my computer - Computers & Internet

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Handbrake will be a good idea ...

But if the DVD's is encrypted by CSS, You can try this Daniusoft dvd ripper, it is able to rip dvds to computer in 1:1. it is also capable to save dvd to computer in regular video format. it can bypass all kind of dvd copyright protection schemes, so it is able to rip copyright protected dvd movies.

Not like some ordinary DVD rippers, it will not break the video into pieces, it will join all DVD titles and chapters and make them as one standalone video file, thus you can play it on your USB drive

You can download it here
http://daniusoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
Here is a guide about how to use it.
http://daniusoft.com/guide/dvd-ripper.html

There are several ways to do this, but you will have to have a DVD-ROM drive.  
Check the drive that you put discs into.  If it reads DVD-ROM or DVD WRITER on it, you can rip DVD's with it.

You will need some software to do it.  I recommend Magic DVD Ripper, though it costs money. See www.magicdvdripper.com .

A free utility I would reccomend, though it is considerably more limited in its features than Magic, is the aptly named Free DVD Ripper. See http://www.freewarezoom.com/archives/free-dvd-ripper for the download.

 The format (the letters on a file name after the dot, written as filename.format - i.e., magicdvdripper.exe, where exe is the format) I recommend you rip the DVD's onto is either MPEG or AVI.  With MPEG very high resolution is possible (in MPEG-4) and also medium resolution (MPEG-2, broadcast quality, or MPEG-1, lowering the quality quite a bit.)  AVI is only Microsoft Windows compatible, and is low quality, but if you plan to view on a portable media player, should suffice.