Ritchi Freudenkinder, I don't know if you HAVE to, but I did and it works fine!

shothot, I tried installation without uninstalling the previous version. The old version disappeard without any hint during the new installation process. The new version works.

lm,

Not being a smart***, the answer is DVD. Older DVD players all play video DVDs, while some can also play Xvid &/or old DivX format video, which is generally lower quality. But that's it.

You can use WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro to convert the audio & video on a DVD into a more modern format like AVC, which might take up half the amount of file storage, but then you'd need something to play that video on your TV. There are loads of possibilities, from casting with a cell phone to Android boxes.

mike,

I meant format. AVI, MP4 or something else?

Lauren , it depends on the player software you are using. I havn't tried WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro however VLC Player (free) will play most formats. You can find the windows version here https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html There is also an Apple version.

Lauren , mike already said DVD, which is normally MPEG-2 format (can be called H.222 or H.262). There are players that also can handle MOV, WMV, and WMA but for that you need to have a look at each players own specifications.

Lisa,

The DVDs from a DVD recorder are in a slightly different format than the regular video DVDs you buy. Not every DVD player will work with them either.

What I used to do, when I converted all of our old VHS tapes to DVD, was use a different sort of app, PgcDemux, to copy the audio & video to a hard drive, then create a regular DVD from that. But that would mean extra work for you, just to get a video file you could convert in whatever video converter software. I'd suggest trying other free tools available at videohelp[.]com to see which works well to copy just the audio & video from your recorded DVDs -- it partly depends on the DVD recorder you used, since the DVDs they produce can vary a bit. Then once you have mpg2 video files on your hard drive, run them through your choice of converter.

mike, For me, the contents of a buy DVD (pressed) and a DVD on a PC or DVD-player / burner are the same, IFO, VOB and BUP, of which on a compressed DVD can get more information than a self-burned DVD that only has a maximum of 2 hours 30. And VOB is MPEG2.

Ivanovich, if Lisa recorded a DVD from TV, it is likely, that she recorded mpeg4 but a VOB

Ivanovich, yes, mpeg 2 is in VOB. However, Lisa recorded from TV, then the file will be likely a mpeg4 which is not a VOB. So Lisa couldn't get wonderfox to work with this recorded DVD.

Twisted, I just use my email and bypass fb.

Robert P Holley, Turn-off your anti-virus software prior to starting the install for the GOTD offered application.

Thank you for the solution. I didn't have to do this with my Windows 7 configuration.

Robert P Holley, for somebody who says he has been coming to this site for year, you sure act like you have never been here before. For the last 5+ years you have had to turn off you virus protection before you download and activate any program. They wrap their free stuff in something that acts just like a virus but really isn't.

Now you know.

Heidi Huggles, I'll repeat that I've never had to turn off virus protection on my other configurations contrary to what you say here. I have Symantec on my second computer and was able to install the same software for my spouse without turning off my Symantec virus protection. You sound like someone who is naive enough not to understand that different computer configurations act in different ways. Bob

Heidi Huggles, Don't be so hard on Robert Holley. I have never disabled my AV and I too have been on GOTD for years. Have never had a problem downloading software.

Robert P Holley, I am using Windows 10 home and AVAST free AV. Sometimes I can install without swithing off my AV. However, when installation doesn't work, it will work with swiched off AV.

Robert P Holley, I'm on Windows 10 here. I always choose to get link by notification. And yeah, most 3rd party anti-virus programs are problematic. I don't get those just using Windows Defender.

infi ... An ISO file is not normally viewable as is. It is a compilation or archive of all the files necessary to burn the ISO contents to a viewable DVD, or to another image file which will be viewable on your computer.

Jerry Guinn, you assume he doesn't know how to play an iso like a dvd. There are many, many ways to do this. Burning to dvd is likely a waste of time and the disk itself.

infi,

"I tried on my older dvd, it took long time to create iso."

I believe the purpose of WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is to take the audio & video from a DVD, wherever/however it's stored, and convert them to a video file in another size &/or format, e.g. convert a movie on DVD to AVC/H.264 to reduce the file size & make it playable using the player that came with your cell phone.

RE: ISOs... As Jerry posted, an ISO is basically an image of what data gets put on a optical disc. To access the ISO's contents without burning to disc you usually just mount the disc in Windows -- when mounted it appears as another drive in Windows Explorer. Mounting ISOs is built-in with win10, or there are special apps for earlier Windows versions. When DVDs were new to PCs, some players would only play them on a DVD disc, or stored as an ISO file on a hard drive. Windows 7 Media Center worked fine with DVDs stored on a hard drive in regular files/folders -- that how a great many people stored their DVD collections -- and apps like PowerDVD & VLC worked with those files/folders as well. At any rate, storing video DVDs as ISOs hasn't been necessary since win7 came out all those years ago.

mike,
Your post says/suggest that this giveaway only does reductions in size (eg to MPG4)
If that was the case, it would be no good to me.
However these web pages say (I believe) that today's giveaway will convert(save as) -VOB Files or ISO
https://www.videoconverterfactory.com/tips/dvd-video_ts.html
https://www.videoconverterfactory.com/tips/make-iso-from-dvd.html

Jerry Guinn,

Our giveaway version has no limits on functions. Could you pls send an email to our support team (support@videoconverterfactory.com)?

They will help you to solve this problem.

Thank you very much!

Kind regards,
Jenny

BAW30s,

I've never experienced that. While I haven't installed today's GOTD yet, Wonderfox apps normally don't do much of anything with Windows registry [where file type associations are stored], adding just the program's folder plus a folder in My Documents.

Mike,

Those are two different kinds of apps... Today's GOTD, WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro doesn't back up DVDs, but converts DVD audio & video to another size &/or format. A DVD copy app OTOH manages the DRM [if present], and copies the files on a DVD as a backup.

The same applies to Blu-ray discs, where you have copy apps & rippers {converters]. Blu-ray discs are more complicated than DVDs, and have much more intensive DRM, so DVD & Blu-ray copiers & rippers are normally sold separately.

If what you actually have is Blu-ray on DVD -- it exists but is a bit rare -- you would need Blu-ray copy software to back it up, as DVD software wouldn't know how to deal with the Blu-ray format.

Big Col,

Thank you so much for this useful feedback. It means a lot to us!

Kind regards,
Jenny

Hi Ah Ye Lee,

It's a lifetime license with no upgrades. Thanks. :)

Kind regards,
Jenny

Jenny, Is the lifetime license also valid if your computer crashes and have to reinstall the program?

Alex,

This instance of their application is ONLY good to install in this 24 hour window. OTOH, most of these vendors post their products here often enough that if you wait long enough, you'll likely see an updated re-posting to GOTD of their application.