libdvdcss is a free software library for accessing and unscrambling encrypted DVDs. libdvdcss is used by VLC media player (not included in the Windows version) to view DVDs, and can be used by Handbrake to rip DVDs.
MakeMKV Alternatives
MakeMKV is described as 'Rips DVD and Blu-Ray discs to MKV, preserving all video, audio, chapters, and subtitles without compression, with support for disc decryption and streaming' and is a very popular DVD Ripper in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MakeMKV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best MakeMKV alternative is HandBrake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MakeMKV are MKVToolnix, File Converter, Shutter Encoder and Format Factory.
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SmartRipper is a freeware software application that can be used to create a copy of a DVD on a hard drive. The program supports three copy modes: Movie (copy the movie only), Files (copy selected files only) and Backup (copy whole disk).



Elegant Converter is a native macOS app that helps quickly convert multiple audio and videos files to many formats.


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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac


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AutoGK is a very simple and powerfull tool for making DVD rips. It comes with almost all you need to create excellent quality backups of your DVDs.
AutoGK includes everything you need to rip DVD to AVI/DivX/XVid in very easy-to-use interface. It also supports other MPEG2 sources.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows


BDtoAVCHD is a tool to create AVCHD discs from Blu-Ray or MKV files. As output we get the folder structure ready to burn to a DVD5 or DVD9. The software compresses the video to achieve the desired overall size of 4.7 GB or 8.5 GB with the highest possible quality.

Thoggen is a DVD ripper for Linux within the GNOME project. It is based on GStreamer and Gtk+. The current version can back up DVDs by encoding them using the Ogg Theora video codec.



Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Android


Finally, video conversion made easy. Ready any video type for AirPlay, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox, PlayStation and just about anything else.


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bitRipper is FREE DVD to AVI software that allows you to back-up your DVDs as AVI files on the hard drive. It can be used for one-click ripping as good as for advanced modes. You are free to choose whether to use default configuration values or to set them manually.


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Simple x264/x265 Launcher is a Video Converter & lightweight GUI front-end for the x264 H.264/AVC as well as the x265 H.265/HEVC encoder, based on the Qt toolkit.


Simple x264 Launcher vs MakeMKV Comments


- Simple x264 Launcher is Free and Open Source





































lol its a front-end, not decrypter