To find a good dvd ripper that suites your need, seems and for sure IS, for most people harder then they might think eventually. The market is crowded with dvd ripper software and not all dvd rippers are equally created so to speak. To find a decent converting dvd ripper could take days and even weeks till you find the right dvd ripper for you.

- Your Investment/Budget

Many people do not know that most DVD ripper companies have trial versions, so you could testdrive the dvd ripper software. However, not all trials and full version do always work the same. This way you could test a trial and think it would work to your satisfaction so you would buy the full dvd ripper software version. but then it happens that the full version seem to have some issues that you did not experience in the trial version of that particular dvd ripper. Eventually you could end up with buying a new DVD ripper over and over again, paying many times more the price when you would have found in one blow the right dvd ripper software. trial versions are not always the solution and answer to find the right DVD ripper software for you.

- The problems you could face with a DVD ripper

To find the right DVD ripper software is a delicate process; many problems could arise searching for one. You could end up with a DVD ripper that has no view mode, so you can not see what you are ripping. You could have a dvd ripper of which some features would not work. But the worst problem you can face is that you would have a dvd ripper that would freeze or even more worse crash and in the worst case scenario crash your computer.

This happens because when using DVD combined with ripping the resources of a computer are put to the test and to the max. We talk here about RAM as well CPU. A DVD ripper software has to be build very precisely by professionals that are very skilled in how to build a software that uses a lot of computer resources. That is why a lot of amateurish build DVD rippers would cause a lot of problems or even damage to your computer because 'under the hood' they are not build equally compared with professional build dvd ripper software.

This all may sound like you never should use a DVD ripper, but off course thAt is not true. These are worst case scenario's, but most times you would experience one of the issues above with some of the DVD ripper software's. There are a lot of good DVD rippers on the market, the question is how to find and recognize a good dvd ripper software.

- necessary dvd ripper features

If you would search for a decent DVD ripper, then you should look for the following requirements/features within a DVD ripper software. First of all the DVD ripper should have an easy interface and be easy in use. Most of us want to have an easy solution, to convert a dvd to other file formats so we can view a movie on our computer for example. We are not directors or movie artists, so most of advanced features of a DVD ripper would not be used anyway.

Second of all you would need need a dvd ripper that gives you all types of file formats, so as well you as well your spouse or children could use it to convert a dvd to ipod, mp3 player, computer or psp and not only for the computer or audio -mp3. You will need a real dvd ripper software with all formats, so you could convert to any file type.

The third requirement that a DVD ripper should meet should be that you could view the DVD; there are a lot of DVD rippers out there, that do not have a small screen that allows you to look at the DVD that you have inserted and selected, ready to rip. It would be a bit difficult to be able to see what you rip.

That brings us to the 4th requirement of a DVD ripper, which is that you should be able to rip scenes or parts of a DVD and not only the whole DVD. Sometimes you only want to use your dvd ripper to rip your favorite scene for example.

The last but most important requirement is that the DVD ripper should not force the computer to give all the capacity away to the dvd ripping process. this could result in crashing of the DVD ripper software or freezing up the pc or even worse crash the computer. You should as well be able to do other things while your DVD ripper runs in the back ground.

- How to find an excellent DVD Ripper

The way to find your perfect DVD ripper suited for you is off course because someone that you trust recommends you a DVD ripper and shows you how it works. Do keep in mind that the capacity of your computer can be different then the computer of the person that recommends, Do not forget that. If your pc has a better performance, is newer then the recommending friend's computer, then you can be confident that that DVD ripper would not give troubles at your computer. But if it would be the other way around, then be cautious.

Then a solution could be to find a forum / message board or find reviews of software done by users for users. Some will even give you a demonstration with a how to video, which they supply for free as bonus when you buy their recommendation.

If you stick to above mentioned points you will succeed in finding your DVD ripper and sometimes this could even be within the hour because of some good old fashion reviews or recommendations. and after that, it is simply, installing the DVD ripper software, running it, insert the DVD, a few simple steps on the DVD ripper and you are already ripping your first DVD and soon watching your first movie on Ipod.