Trying to rip the content of your Blu-ray disc? You need a tool for this.
There are a lot of Blu-ray rippers out there. And we picked out the most commonly used few and made a comparison of them — VidCoder, HandBrake, WinX DVD Ripper, DVDFab, and Leawo Blu-ray Ripper. And the following are what we’ve found out. They may help you decide which one you should use, so take a look.
The feature table of these rippers
To make it easier for you to understand the difference between these rippers, we’ve made a table* of feature comparison below:
| | VidCoder | HandBrake | WinX DVD Ripper | DVDFab | Leawo Blu-ray/DVD Ripper |
| Price | Free | Free | $29.95 (1 year) $47.96 (lifetime) | $79 (DVD Ripper) $119 (Blu-ray Ripper) | $44.95 (1 Year) $99.95 (lifetime) |
| DRM Removal** | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Rip BD/DVD | ✔ | ✔ | DVD only | ✔ | ✔ |
| Output formats | Limited | MP4 MKV | Widely used formats and 350+ device presets | Widely used formats and device presets | 180+ formats and Widely used device presets |
| Modern formats (4K, multi-track MKV/MP4) | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| Video/audio conversion | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Video editing | ✔ | Limited | Limited | Comes as an extension | ✔ |
| Title, audio track and subtitle selection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Preview player | | | ✔ | Comes as an extension | ✔ |
| 2D to 3D conversion | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Hardware acceleration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
VidCoder and HandBrake are rippers totally free of charge. They include the basic ripping and conversion functionalities that may satisfy your daily needs.
On the other hand, WinX DVD Ripper, DVDFab and Leawo Blu-ray Ripper contains more advanced ripping conversion functions. And some interesting features like 2D to 3D conversion. So you can do more with these tools, but you also need to pay more.
* Some of the information in this list may not be accurate. Please leave a comment below to let us know any mistake you’ve found in this list.
** We list “DRM Removal” here to show the fact that whether these tools include the ability to remove the DRM protection. We by no means endorse this behavior, and we suggest you comply with the relevant copyright laws and regulations.