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Cnet free cd ripping software software#

It's Windows only right now, but Real says it's looking into a Mac version as well. Additional licenses (for watching movies ripped to your external hard drive on up to 4 other computers you own) will be $20 a pop.

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It will cost $40-50 (the software will be available as a download and, later, as a shrinkwrapped offering), but Real will be offering it at an introductory price of $30 for a limited time. RealDVD is a completely standalone program-it's not integrated with or related to the company's RealPlayer software or Rhapsody subscription music service.

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(OK, you can do this and more with underground DVD rippers, but the point is that RealDVD is offering a reasonable degree of viewing flexibility, instead of locking the movies onto just one computer.) And thirdly, the software is easy to install and use-anyone familiar with, say, iTunes should have no problem ripping DVDs with RealDVD. Secondly, it's transportable: you can rip the discs to an external USB hard drive and watch them on up to four other PCs on which you've installed the program. (Real is standing on the precedent set by the Kaleidescape's 2007 court victory.) So you shouldn't have to sweat a prison term for copyright violation next time you're toting your laptop through airport security. First off, it's legal: That's because the program retains the DVD copy-protection, and even adds a further layer of DRM to the files.

Savvy PC users will ask, 'What's the big deal? I've been ripping DVDs to my PC's hard drive for years.' Fair enough, but RealDVD adds some relevant bullet points to the equation. Videos can only be watched in the program's built-in software player, but you can toggle to full-screen viewing, and videos autoresume wherever you last left off. (We say 'movie,' but RealDVD works just as well for TV shows on DVD as well.) The files are uncompressed, and include everything on the disc-all the extras, and all of the surround sound and alternate audio tracks.

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Whether you're at 37,000 feet or you're accessing the program on a home theater PC hooked up to your TV, you need only click on the movie you want to watch, and it'll start straight away. You can copy as many as your hard drive will hold, and the program's browsing screen gives you the cover art and relevant metadata (cover art, stars, directors, plot summaries, ratings).

Depending on the read speed of your computer's DVD drive, the operation will probably take 15-20 minutes (for dual-layer discs that house 7 to 8.5GB of data). Once the RealDVD software is installed, just pop a DVD into your PC, and the program will copy the entire disc to your hard disk. The company will be unveiling the RealDVD software at Monday's DemoFall conference in San Diego, but CNET got an early look at the software. RealNetworks will soon let users rip DVDs to their hard drives-legally. Related coverage: Could Apple add RealDVD-like DVD-ripping to iTunes?