Contest Now Closed.

Thanks to the fine folks over at Digiarty Software, I have been given 10 license keys to give away which will unlock the full version of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum [Normally a $29.95 value].

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum can rip the content of DVDs to all popular video formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, etc. What’s more, it also owns the ability of ripping different DVDs (including encrypted DVDs) to Sony PSP, Apple iPhone, iPod, iTouch, Apple TV, Zune, Mobile phone, etc.

Read my review of WinX DVD Ripper here.

This contest will run until Monday, March 1st.

To enter: Simply leave a comment to this post including your name and email address. I will then use a random number generator to come up with 10 randomized numbers, and I will then match those numbers to the post numbers of the lucky winners.

Rules: You are only eligible to win one (1) license key. There is a limit of five (5) comments per person to keep things fair.

Winners:

• David
• Marc
• Julie D.
• Barbara W.
• Francesco
• Nikki
• Andrew G.
• Tracy H.
• Donna K.
• Christopher H.

Congratulations to them! And thanks to everyone who entered and helped support the contest. Watch in the near future for more great giveaways!

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum can rip the content of DVDs to all popular video formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, etc. What’s more, it also owns the ability of ripping different DVDs (including encrypted DVDs) to Sony PSP, Apple iPhone, iPod, iTouch, Apple TV, Zune, Mobile phone, etc.

The idea behind this software is to enable you to transfer your DVDs to an electronic format to be played on other devices. I loaded up one of my favorite movies, Law Abiding Citizen, to test it out.

Upon starting up the program you’re greeted with a user-friendly, well-laid out interface; It includes options to convert your DVD to AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, FLV, MOV, etc., and even allows you to make a perfect 1:1 copy of the DVD in 5 minutes.

To begin, just insert the DVD you wish to copy/convert into your drive and the interface will take you to the selection box to choose what part of the DVD you want to copy. You will be allowed to select the Audio Language, Subtitle Language, and the Output Folder; You will also need to select the file format that you wish to rip the DVD to.

After that is done, simply click on the ‘Start’ button and wait for the DVD to be ripped.

The movie I choose to test, Law Abiding Citizen, is 1 hour 48 minutes long and took roughly an hour and a half to rip, which is decent considering the quality of the sound and video; And although the filesize came in at a whopping 1.24 GB, this can be adjusted through the options before ripping, which will limit the size.

Pros:

• Easy to use
• Inexpensive
• Plethora of output options
• Video/Audio quality is superb

Cons:

• Ripping process is slow
• Large output size (But can be adjusted)

Conclusion:

DVD Ripper is a great program for users who want a fast, effective, user-friendly DVD-ripping solution and includes a host of options to accommodate almost any playback device. It’s loaded with useful features and is a bargain at $29.95.

Proprietary software helps you maximize your Internet experience, but is not open source. The software available includes Multimedia Codecs, Java Runtime Environment, and plug-ins for Firefox.

The Ubuntu Restricted Extras will install Adobe Flash Player, Java Runtime Environment with Firefox plug-ins, a set of Microsoft Fonts (msttcorefonts), multimedia codecs (w32codecs or w64codecs), mp3-compatible encoding (lame), FFMpeg, extra Gstreamer codecs, the package for DVD decoding (libdvdread3), and the unrar archiver.

To install, open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

And that’s it, with that one simple command you can now listen to MP3s, play DVDs, and much more.