well, I downloaded this software to make backup copies of my DVDs...
Fact is, I could not get to the point to decide whether or not the copy is the same quality as the original, because BlazeVideo DVD Copy does not appear to recognize my DVD device. Although, I can load the original dvd, but as a target I am only allowed to choose my hard disk drive c:
How's that?

@17 The addition app that is requesting install of is in fact the Patin-Coufin driver from VSO.
This from their FAQ "Patin Couffin is a low Level driver; it is the interface between VSO software your hardware for burning. It is only needed for on XP machines with Service pack 2.
The current buring engine uses Advanced SPTI which is available in XP (with service pack 3), Vista, Windows 7 so the Patin Couffin driver is no longer necessary and does not need to be installed."
Has been around since the days of the original DVD X Copy from the infamous 321 Studios.

I agree with tc1uscg that there is noticeable degradation if the image in the copy process. When making 1:1 copies this is absolutely unacceptable. On the other hand, on a mobile device it wouldn't make much difference... Question is: "Is BlazeVideo DVD Copy really aimed at simply transcoding to mobile devices? or, is it aimed at making backup copies of the same quality as the original ( given the same DVD output size)?"

My tests bear out and corroborate comments above. This software does not support anywhere near a wide range of mobile devices; nor does it produce accurate 1:1 copies (ie. same quality video).

So my final opinion is that BlazeVideo DVD Copy fails on both counts and the user would be better seeking out other DVD copy solutions.

Hopefully future releases will measure up better... so thanks to the developer and GOTD.

BlazeVideo DVD Copy appears to be dead in the water on my Win 8 machine. Installed DVDFab, a "free program" according to some commentators, which is currently chugging along as advertised, slowing turning 'Capricorn One' into an MP4 file. By mid-May "free-wear" DVDFab will suddenly transmogrify itself into "time-wear", demanding money or the software is dead in the water. Hopefully, before then, Giveaway of the Day will give away another DVD ripper that is really free like BlazeVideo DVD, but works like DVDFab on Windows 8. I'm waiting...

Woot, woot woot this is a hoot. I think I can use this an regoin free DVD’s are and added plus, thank

Once in awhile, the DRM people feel the need to throw us a Piece of Software with the illusion we will not need to buy the same thing twice, or get spied on. This PoS is one of them.

The area of DVD copying is a bit of each to his own. Like many of you guys I have tried a number of copiers with varying success but nothing I really liked. More recently in desperation I purchased DVD Cloner 2013. To date I have had no issues running under Win7. Its simple..put the DVD in...takes about 15mins to read/decrypt...pops out...put the blank DVD in...writes in about 15 mins...quality in my opinion is very good. Does other things like copying 6 DVDs to a BD, compresses a DVD-9 to DVD-5 with supposedly no loss in quality...have not tried these as I am just interested in doing a basic 1:1 copy which I find it does well and relatively quickly. Shopping the net I purchased a copy for around $30.
Originally saw it reviewed here:-
http://dvd-copy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

EDIT #17. It's taken over an hour to convert from DVD to HD mp4. Good quality though.

@18. F Richard.. by default it will put your file in C:\users\NAME\Videos for Win7. But I did change mine to my media drive, F:\Roku_video. This is where my media is kept for my Roku's to pull from. I did a RIP option on the next run and used standard format MP4 and used a different movie. Went with default the ONE issue I did note, there is an black overlay on the START button. When you click START, the work Stop is transposed over the start button and is hard to see (Hope the developers read this). Seems the design department got sloppy and instead of turning the word Start into a Stop, they chose to just put a hard to see little word, Stop, over it. Ripping was slow to start. I had rebooted my PC so everything should have been cleared from cache and memory. It still took 30 minutes to do the conversion from movie disc to hard drive.

So where should I start? I know... I'll start where I stopped - after a second abortive install and run attempt.

To back-up my DVDs (whatever the region or the DRM) I use DVD Shrink (3.2) which I have used for years without any problems. I have an excellent burner: Ashampoo's Burning Studio 6 Free and of course the wonderful Format Factory which pretty much takes care of anything that I want to convert to another format.

The potential selling point of this for me was the claimed ability to convert a DVD into a single .avi file, something that I can't do. Ripping a DVD creates a bunch of files that I can convert one-by-one to .avi but I can't figure out a way of turning the entire DVD movie into a single .avi file in one automated step. (I once tried it using Windows' pre-installed Movie Maker on an XP desktop and the process was incredibly slow and frustrating. In the end I had to give up because the end file size was too big).

The download for this was very, very slow and the installation was even slower. There was also a moment of nervousness as it installed something called "Pcouffin" - but I was able to stop it with the task manager.

On start-up the program informs you that you have a 14 day limited trial (or some such) and you need to register an e-mail account and use your GAOTD activation code. Suspicious of the Pcouffin thing AND the e-amail/trial thing) I decided to uninstall and check my registry. Everything seemed okay, so I decided to have another go (I have been happy with very many giveaways over the years and assumed I must have screwed-up the registration procedure).

On reinstalling the exact same thing happened except this time (having googled Pcouffin and deciding that it was some sort of codec or driver or something - not malignant in any case)let it install and provided an e-mail address. To their credit, I haven't received any e-mails (yet).

What I DO have, though is a hideous GUI that seems to have at best limited functionality, and it's not resizeable on my netbook screen, so even though I can load a disc and chose my output folder and format? I can't go any further because I can't see the GUI to get any further through the process.

I'm not an expert like Ashraf or a genial militant library like Giovanni but as a middle-of-the-road and fairly competent computer user I was utterly disappointed by today's offering: the second uninstall will be the last. If anyone has any suggestions for an alternative that is capable specifically of ripping the main movie of a DVD into an .avi file I would be sincerely grateful.

Strange results with this one. As stated above, when I ripped one "chapter" at a time from an old dvd, it worked great. I checked the "combine" button and went to bed. (it was showing very slow progress with the task) When I got up this morning, it showed the job as completed, but I can't find the output file anywhere. I double checked where it said the output file was, and never found it. If the author of this software can get these bugs worked out, it would be a good program. I'll be watching for the next version with fingers crossed, but this time I'll have to pass. Thanks anyway to all.

DVDFab is timeware. Once you use the option, it expires on a specific date but in my book, that's NOT FREE. I'm sure one can uninstall and re-install but you can do that with others just as well. DVD43 has been around for a long time. It faded out for a bit when support for Win7/64bit put the brakes on it's development, but it's back and will work with NERO and other disc copying programs if said disc is copy protected.

@6. The software it wants to install is VSO-Software (VSO downloader) which is a app to let you capture online streaming from youtube, (like VideoGet) Pandora, etc.. You don't have to select the option if you don't want it installed. I've used it before and is 100% free but installs packet capturing and NDIS driver(s). I run it in a sandbox so it only gets what going to my "virtual" environment. It runs in the background so if you go to Youtube and start watching a video, it will AUTO download. Didn't check if you can turn off this feature.

Installed this program. Intel i7/2600k w/32gb ram.
Test: Converted MOVIE ONLY Private Ryan. 13 minutes to get 35% of disk converted. 30 minutes to complete copy to ISO and 1 minute to compete closing of ISO. This was a 2 step process that took 31 minutes to complete. Went with All defaults.
Used IMAGEBURN to burn ISO to a DVD+R. Movie turned out GOOD for a backup or take along in a vehicle so the orig doesn't get trashed (as I've had this experience ;-)) There is the expected quality loss. Sound was fine. As far as quality goes, in the van, on a 10inch LCD, it's fine. On a 120inch screen (home theater), you see it's not the same as the orig. Words have a "bleed" and it's not as sharp but the sound is fine. I would say this is useful and isn't crippled like some of the FREE apps listed earlier.

Especially these days, I just don't get rippers that only do DVDs. I would never buy a DVD if the Blu-Ray was available. And most movies and TV shows are now on BD. Sure, I can use a separate piece of software for that, but It would be better to have it all integrated.

Installed on W7 32bit but doesn't work

Does this need a physical DVDRW? Is there any programs I can use with Win XP CDRW & DVDPlayer?

@Giovanni - true, it does not support "Full HD - 1920x1080" but why waste the space anyway. This is a DVD based program and why waste the space for a HD output file if the input is SD only?

@all - I did find one small programming error -> the icons for subtitles (a "T") and sound (a speaker icon) are exchanged.

Otherwise this program does what it claims to do on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit.

I have a movie on my pc with subtitles. Can this program make a dvd of the movie and also how would I get the subtitles in.
I dont know if I am saying this right.

works very well on w7 64bit. Very good copies. A keeper.

Pros... none I can see

Cons... tried to install an extra
Chose a 2 second clip as the main movie to rip
Decided to rip whole DVD and then sort out which file I wanted, fail, fail, fail, fail.... you get the picture?
Just didn't work.

With its powerful functions and simple and user-friendly interface, copying DVD becomes extraordinarily...CRAPPY...LOL!!
Come on...this FIELD is SUPERSATURATED nowadays...but if what you offer is an APP supporting APPLE devices and other few ones with a very poor resolution (HD supported?? ah,ah,ah...must be a joke!!), it's useless even to review it!!

BEST (and BETTER) FREE ALTERNATIVES

http://www.dvdfab.com/hd-decrypter.htm + http://www.bluraytoavi.com/dvd-decrypter.html + http://www.dvd43.com

http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper
http://www.dvdsmith.com/dvdsmith-movie-backup.html
http://www.imacsoft.com/free-dvd-ripper.html
http://www.gilisoft.com/product-dvd-ripper-free.htm
http://www.bdlot.com/dvd-iso-master
http://www.4easysoft.com/free-download/free-blu-ray-ripper.html

Then to convert your ripped DVD to any other format you like:

http://www.videotovideo.org
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Video/Portable-XMedia-Recode.shtml
http://www.cuda-soft.com/video-converter/index.htm

Enjoy!!

My 2 cents for today's giveaway!!

Downloaded some other program with it. Easy to uninstall, but not happy with that. Activated with no problem. Ripped a few files (chapters)from a dvd that I have been trying to get into mp4 format for some time. Several free and GAOTD programs could handle the video, but not the sound. This Giveaway handled the conversions well. The sound is as good as the original. I don't know about any other options yet, but I'm happy to finally get my simple ripper I've been looking for.
One bug to look for though. The "Start" button gets a very small black (hard to read) "stop" written over it when the program is running and the mouse over still reads "start" making it hard to tell some times if the program is running. Look for the "converting" label to know if it's running when ripping.

not on startup sorry. whenever i try to DVDRip.

it keeps giving me the Send Error Report/Dont Send on startup. please help.

In my personal opinion, the freeware DVDFab HD Decrypter is even better.

Can it convert to MKV ?

Pros
*Copies DVD to DVD folder/ISO and rips to other video formats
*Can bypass DRM protection and region locks, according to the developer: “CSS, CPPM, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, and RPC-I/RPC-II/RCE”
*Allows users to pick if they want to rip/copy the whole DVD or just the main movie
*Supports basic video edits when ripping to other video formats

Cons
*Doesn’t work, as per my tests
*Poor support for electronic devices that aren't Apple
*No offline help

Free Alternatives
DVDFab HD Decrypter

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