I've been using this software almost constantly since it was offered a couple weeks ago (Aug 20 I think) and I love it. I'm ripping my collection of DVDs (starting with Star Trek) to keep them from being scratched/damaged with kids in the house. The only thing that is troublesome is it takes a very long time to rip them and the files are huge. I can only fit about 8 episodes on my iPad (version 1, 16g). Thank you for offering it!

asked for reg number 3 times. said it would come in an email, but it didn't.

That was one of the worst registration processes I have ever endured. The invasion by MS IE from the Get Rego popup, which twice crashed my computer, was just unacceptable, and makes me doubt Aimersoft's products and processes. It's unnecessary and past its use by date. I will check out the software but that whole experience has colored my attitude to the product completely, and not in a good way.

Thanks.

I have had this software on my other computer for quite a while. I use it only to copy protected dvd's. It works great for that. For creating and burning dvd's to watch on my home or auto dvd player I have found none better than Ashampoo Burning Studio.

Can anyone tell me if this is better than Handbrake (Windows version) which is also free? I had read on tech sites and tech broadcast (such as Leo Laporte) that it was the "best" free dvd ripper. But that was a year or so ago.

Re Comment 15. Second attempted download installed successfully.

@dementing #31 - You say we shouldn't use or support this because it could be used for "piracy directly, or indirectly." Yes, piracy is a crime. How about making legitimate backup copies? Perhaps you shouldn't support companies that make cars, cash registers, computers, etc., as these machines can also be used to commit crimes. Good luck with that.

They're offering an upgrade to the full registered version with support for their Blu Ray ripper program for $9 to giveawayoftheday people who download and install today's free offer. They send a CD copy of it for $7 more. Unfortunately, it seems that you can't delete the CD copy from the shopping cart, but it's still a good price for a ripper that supports both DVD and Blu Ray ripping and future updates.

To be able to choose the best program according to our needs, it would be great to add on Aimersoft Website a table comparing all the features of the various ripping applications, i.e. Aimersoft DVD Ripper, Blu-ray Ripper, Aimersoft DRM Media Converter, etc., and Video Converter Ultimate.

If you go to the Modiac website to download their DVD Ripper, scroll to the bottom of that page and download from the link where it says its free. That may be the problem some of you are having.

steel

Everything sounds good, but the Aimersoft program doesn't run more than 5 seconds before it quits. Using copy & paste I even managed to get it to take the email & reg code (quite a feat in 5 seconds) but it gives a 1-second glimpse of a dialog saying the reg is invalid before it quits. If you do nothing, it still quits in 5 seconds.

I tried different variations in the order I did things with no change. I feel like I might have just wasted the last half hour finding, downloading & setting up the DivX and AC3 installs. With "no free tech support" posted here and on the Aimersoft website I'm wondering whether I need to just uninstall this mess and give up.

Who/what is 208.94.233.132 that keeps trying to run javascript on this page, anyone know?

Was unable to get a valid keycode after submitting downloading softare, installing it, and then submitting my email to Aimersoft. They sent me a code, but an error message popped up saying that it was invalid. I sent the company an email stating the above.

For those who would like to adjust the size of the screen go to this site for a free program that will re-size just about any screen that does not have that option http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/

I did download and try this program. It is very easy to use. Had no problem with registration. Tested several DVD's with DRM and had no problems converting to an MPEG1 file. What is nice is you can choose what vob files you want to rip. You can preview each file to make sure it is one that you want to convert. You can also rip multiple files into 1 file. Took about 30 minutes to do a 2 hour video. I definitely recommend this program!

I am guessing that #13 was referring to the 5 day giveaway that begun on the 19th. If you search for it, you should be able to find the link. I don't know what the rules are regarding linking to giveaways at other sites so I won't post it but "[Giveaway] Modiac DVD Ripper free for 5 days!" ought to yield results.

Since I already have both Daniusoft's Ultimate Video Converter and Wondershare's as well, there is no point in downloading this since they both include the DVD Ripper. Aimersoft recently sent an email saying that they had taken over Daniusoft. I guess there is a reason for all the different company names but they are still all affiliated with Wondershare. Even the whole register to get a key code is a Wondershare standard on this site. Wondershare products are generally good so you can't go too wrong with the affiliates or subsidiaries (whichever they may be).

In all fairness I tried both my normal ripper D**Fab & Amersoft before putting this review of today's download up.

Backed up an 1h 45m 'main movie' I bought a few days ago to NTSC.
Amersoft took 61 mins. to RIP + 8 more mins. to convert the movie from 6.1GB to 3.22GB when finished
Used 90% of CPU resources while ripping & 40-55% while converting on an XP 3.2 GhZ, w/2GB ram.
-vs- 15 mins when done ripping w/ D**Fab. Which used 8-32% of CPU resources while ripping, converting was done at same time, size 6.1GB to 4.19GB.
For 'burning' the movie through Aimersoft, not an option.
D**Fab takes an avg. of 12-16 mins to burn.

Aimersoft review: Longer than I expected to RIP, too bad it doesn't have write(burn) feature also :(
Took a few minutes to 'setup preferences', maybe their saved & will be quicker in future?
Smaller file size when finished, but don't know if larger file size has more quality?
Not bad but I think I'll stick to D**Fab... easier/faster to use, more familiar.

RE: @12: Ripped commercial DVD (Mel Gibson's "Passion") using GAOTD with DVD43 running in background. First 50 seconds corrupt. Rest of DVD seems to be perfect from what I could tell skipping around (didn't have time to watch whole movie!)

I don't know if it would work without the DVD43, but don't really have time to try it.

How long does it take to receive the email for authorization on the program. How do I receive one. Put in for one twice now. Thanks.

Seems a good program. As always lots of neg comments for a free program - this always amazes me. commnet #5 by Robert is a good post. This poster sticks to the facts and if I was in his position I too would stay with what I know best. However if you don't have that program #5 is on about (and it is a good program and I commend him for his of it) then this will do nicely.

Comment #37 is a work of art and is a practical and constructive post. If mike had said it was no good after that it would still be a good post because he has taken the time to give review.

Anyway it'll do fine for my purposes.

Peter

Installed successful on Win7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Get Code also worked as intended, the principal of which has merit of course, but was more cumbersome than necessary (unneeded webpage access?), and less intuitive than it should be (if only semantically).

Aimersoft does as advertised and pretty well (to my best knowledge), and has a very easy-to-use interface, with many output formats, preview, editing, and snapshot options. I successfully ripped a quality copy of a summer camp video I've needed to reproduce and share, and I also ripped parts of a licensed movie (for protection testing).

I haven't used many of these tools, but this is a great easy a nd "affordable" way to get started, and eventually compare to other worthwhile products.

Just a quick response to the advertisment by Giovanni #13:

From their website: "The conditions of the free trial version are shown below: The output video will be embedded with a watermark"

Thanks, but no thanks.

I will try the GOTD REALLY free ripper.

Aimersoft DVD Ripper is a decent, fast, video converter that accepts DVDs as input. On the plus side it includes MainConcept brand encoding -- on the downside installation can muck up your system... an unknown version of "ac3filter.ax" is installed, but you do not get the full/complete AC3Filter. AC3Filter is a nice, free AC3 decoder for those who can't play AC3 audio, but if you already have that capability, adding AC3Filter can mess things up -- the full version of AC3Filter includes controls where you can fix that, configuring if/when AC3Filter works etc. Downloading/installing AC3Filter [ac3filter.net] after today's GOTD *should* put most things right, overwriting *many* related registry entries etc., or alternatively you can just find "ac3filter.ax" [it should be in Windows' system folder] & rename or remove it... sometimes regardless any settings I've had AC3Filter break audio handling, even when set to off. Aimersoft DVD Ripper also installs an unknown version of Xvid along with a file named: "iconv.dll" -- I'd suggest installing the latest full version of Xvid afterwards [you can find it on the Tools page at videohelp.com].

Aimersoft DVD Ripper is supposed to handle DRM, but the only way to tell how well is to use it over time with many, Many DVDs -- it's nice then that the ripper will accept not just DVD discs but work with DVD files you've already copied to your hard drive [DVDFab &/or AnyDVD always work so well that they're more-or-less standards for that part of the job]. A hassle with most all rippers is detecting which file(s) make up the main title on a disc that may have dozens, & Aimersoft DVD Ripper is no different -- select one of the found titles based on total time or length & preview it to make sure. The Edit window lets you crop the video frame, add watermarks, add one of a few FX included [e.g. old film], & adjust color [though almost always you shouldn't... if the color's off on a DVD, 99 times out of a hundred it's your system, not the video]. The clip window lets you trim the length, both by dragging markers & entering values. Selecting a profile [a collection of settings for your output] works like it's supposed to, with a good selection of profiles to choose from, but double check & test 1st because at least one [for the DroidX] was incorrect. Rendering was fast, using about 70% of a AMD quad CPU, with GPU-Z showing no ATI graphics card involvement at all [often, even without AMD/ATI OpenCL hardware accel, the more generic DXVA is used, but not in this case].

The AimersoftDVDRipper.zip md5 = 816e19d24fcd8aec751a0fe1aa91edc8. Installation added the 3 files I already mentioned, plus the "Aimersoft" program folder with 151 files, 11 folders, ~38 MB. Aimersoft DVD Ripper itself uses one key for registration data, but an uninstall key & registering those 3 files meant a recorded 161 new registry entries -- not bad in that respect, if only the files registered were both latest versions and complete installs. Aimersoft DVD Ripper includes/uses an .ini file in it's program folder, & in win7 by default that's likely to be protected/restricted so it can't -- in win7 ult 64 SP1 this caused the program to not start, throwing an error unless I either set permissions for that folder or ran as admin. Running Aimersoft DVD Ripper in that same win7 without installing those 3, included files to the C:\ Windows\ SysWOW64 folder, the app ran fine & output looked very nice, but note that I already had the full version of Xvid installed, along with a previously installed copy of iconv.dll, so mileage may vary. And with just the one registry entry storing the key, it should work in the portableapps.com format. Note that once installed today's GOTD will not open as a trial, but requires a key from aimersoft.com/special-offer-for-giveaway-users.html -- the key did not show on that page, so I had to wait for the e-mail which was blocked by my ISP, Roadrunner... a 2nd attempt with another service got an instant response.

Additional notes... Aimersoft DVD Ripper includes switchable CUDA acceleration -- it lets some Nvidia graphics cards/chips take over some of the load of transcoding, may or may not speed things up, & may reduce quality, so if you have Nvidia graphics I'd suggest trying it both ways, on & off to see what happens. Mainconcept makes great mpg2 encoders, but their AVC versions can go either way in my experience -- I'd suggest a short comparison test, playing the results from this & whatever other transcoder on your intended hardware. Assuming you've already handled whatever DRM, the free DVD Shrink can copy a DVD to a folder on your hard drive without re-encoding, copying just the title, audio, & subs you want, trimming it at the same time, & most importantly copying that title to a single .VOB file that'll work with most video converters that have been on GOTD.

This company's software is some of the best I've used. I tried their Video converter when it was here and was blown away by how well it worked. I ended up buying it.

NO A/V SYNC ISSUES.

Multi-threaded and core-offloading.
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Plays nice with AMD's core management software to support multi-threading (supported in this software by default), to offload the tasks to specific cores/threads.

Runs on x64 OS.

@Giovanni - it is not free. I downloaded the so called "free" program and it asks me to buy a registration code.

Maybe this talk of a "built-in" function is really a mistake for Audio CDs? Windows has had built-in functions for ripping audio CDs for a long time, but it NEVER comes with DVD Copying support. There is no Microsoft program that copies DVDs.

What may have happened was you bought a computer with Roxio on it, which does copy CDs and DVDs, but it's not included by Microsoft. It's an extra program included by OEMs, mostly Dell. Windows does NOT have direct support for copying DVDs.

@13 how can I get Modiac free it asks for reg code?

Comment 13 -- The Modiac software you claimed to be better than the current Giveawayoftheday software Aimersoft. Where does it say it is free for a few days? People who are interested may want to compare between the two to decide for themselves.

Personally I feel that these types of programs should be done away with. It's good if you are going to use it honestly, but there are people out there who use these types of programs for piracy. I will not support any company that supports piracy directly, or indirectly.

That earlier reference to Modiac is about trialware, it seems. From the Website:

Where can I download the free version?
You can download the free version from the download page:http://www.modiac.com/download.htm You can try it, but the unregistered version has a watermark on the output file.

@13
True, Modiac has a "free" version, but it also add a watermark on your copy!
Not really free...

I am waiting.............

I didn't get an email so I went to the support area to ask for the code based on the email I supplied and up popped:

Sorry, we cannot find any order record in our system according to the information you provided.
Please confirm your e-mail address or order number and try again.

Hopefully their server will process my request so I can try this program.

@Giovanni - re:modiac - while it says download free it still asks for registration on install. is there a rego key available without using dark-side keygens and cracks?

Hey Giovanni, Modiac is not free. It's free to download but requires you to pay for registration to use it. If you don't, it puts a watermark on the video file.

Note that the GOTD readme.txt says your key # will be shown on the web page after entering name & e-mail address -- visiting http://www.aimersoft.com/special-offer-for-giveaway-users.html using Firefox 6 it did not display the number so had to wait for e-mail. Which brings me to Note 2: my ISP, Roadrunner, blocks their e-mail -- after waiting a few minutes I registered again using an address from a different e-mail service, & got the e-mail immediately.

This software is okay but right after received code and put in, and click register that should be open any browser as default not Internet Explorer. I am using Mozilla Firefox as default. They should check which browser is using.

I just downloaded and started using this software and it seems to be working well. Installation was simple and the software is intuitive. It seems to take forever to convert though.

Seems pretty good so far. Giovanni recommended Modiac, which I decided to try first. It's not free. This one is and does exactly what it says it does :)

Pretty decent. I downloaded it with low expectations, but it seems pretty good. I downloaded it mainly for ripping DVDs for my PSP, which until now I have done with a variety of tools over the years and never been overly happy with the lengthy process. With this tool it is fairly simple and straight forward. A quick tweak to the settings and it is now very quick for me to set it ripping, and it does the whole process very quickly too. Videos seem to be acceptable quality and file size etc.

Post #13... Modiac downloads for free, and says its free on their website, but then needs a registration code... WTF?

In spite of the convoluted registration procedure it went without problems.
One strange aspect of the program was that when I pointed it at the DVD drive it claimed it could not load, I had to actually point it to the video folder on the drive. When you do load it appears to attempt to choose the correct method to overcome the DVD protection.
After choosing Xvid-settings; I was very pleased to note that “keep original” was available in the most pertinent boxes, there is not much point in saving at a higher bit rate than the original, therefore I shall be keeping this program.
Darkside #6
I have never seen XP that contained a DVD ripper, and I think you’re correct when you say burner.

I've noticed it has a 'load' and 'save' ISO option, so can it rip game CDs too or just DVDs?

When I try to install this it says that the giveaway period is over, even though the website says 20 Hours and 35 minutes left to download and install this program. (Current time in NZ: 20 August 10:25pm)

Maxim has GOT to mean a Burner because NO version of Windows comes with a "Ripper" in the OS.

Today's giveaway is no bad but I believe that this one is more profesional, much better and faster than Aimersoft DVD Ripper:

http://www.modiac.com/dvd-ripper.htm


Oh yes...most powerful and simplest tool available in the market right now to rip and convert DVD video content to popular file formats, with SENIOR OUTPUT OPTIONS designed for professional operations if needed.

FREE for a few days only!!

Enjoy.

How does this do on DVD's with copy protection?

Are software/definition updates included?

after 5 mins the a web page poped up with the getkeycode
http://www.aimersoft.com/special-offer-for-giveaway-users.html

I get a Runtime Error (at 48:1068): Division by zero when I click the Finish button.
Had to crash the setup manually with task manager. Win7 64bit ultimate. I did find a new shortcut on the desktop when I click on it it runs and then just disappears while typing email address.
guess I'am not getting a change to try this one!

@darkside Yes DVD burner is the correct term. You can rip music cds by default but not dvds.

@Maxim: "Windows Vista/7/XP already have a dvd ripper built in"?? Am I missing something or do you mean dvd burner is built in?

I´ve used this before on my laptop to compress my daughter´s fav movies for her Creative Zen, and it works perfectly (unlike many other I tried). I was able to choose the specs that matched the player, correctly select which language stream we wanted, preview the results, and it played back flawlessly.
It´s not fast, but other than that I have had no problems with it.

I had to rebuild my laptop a few days ago, so I´ll definitely be downloading this again.