When ripping a desperate housewives dvd, usually it is best to use the current frame size and keep the original aspect ratio. However, for online playback, it is necessary to change the pixel aspect ratio to square (1.0) pixels from the TV NTSC standard rectangular (.9) pixels. Without these options, your ripped media might look stretched or distorted. Since most DVDs are ripped to be viewed on a computer device, a good DVD converter/ripper should have these options for output.

This is the key to ripping high quality videos. Bit rate is the amount of information that is stored in one frame of video. A low bit rate creates small files that are highly compressed while a high bit rate creates large files that are less compressed. Rule of thumb: To rip a high quality video choose a high bit big love dvd, to rip a low quality video choose a low bit rate (500-800 kbps). Most DVD converters have video presets with attached bitrates, but most are without custom setttings to change video and audio bitrates. A good the simpsons dvd converter provides control over variable bitrates.

This is a great option if only a portion of the DVD is going to be used. Most DVD converters can selectively rip chapters but others can even go so far as to rip a section of a chapter. DVDxDV Pro (for MAC only) is a great tool for ripping specific timecodes but it's jinky interface and junky application is not worth the time it takes to do it. But, definitely choose a DVD converter that can at least rip selected chapters off a DVD versus the whole james bond movie box set.

Obviously, if the DVD allows for segmented ripping, then it should also offer a batch compression feature. If not, then another application should be considered. Roxio Toast the king of queens dvd is wonderful for selecting or deselecting multiple chapters to convert. In one session, it can handle ripping a batch of chapters without having to rip one at a time.

Conversion diversity is the total range of video files that the software can accept and convert into another video format. An author once gave us a folder of .VOB_TS files which are the files found on an authored married with children dvd. We had to find a DVD converter that could also convert these .VOB media files into editable .MOV formats for our own use. Luckily for us, Toast can also convert .VOB_TS files into any video format necessary. Not all DVD converters can convert files; this is definitely an asset of great DVD converters that makes them superior to good ones.