dvd ripper

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One hour? You'd be insane to wait that long (no offense Rob, but that's waaaay too long). Just rip and burn with DVD Decrypter UNLESS you have a DVD-9 source (dual layer DVD...they won't fit onto a standard DVD-5 disc unless you use DVD Shrink...in which case you'll need that program. I think I've used it twice in my life and I've ripped/burned well over 100 DVDs...once for my copy of "Hero" and again for a copy of "Chappelle's Show"). It's a good prgram to have handy just in case, but certainly not necessary. There's no need for Nero if you have Decrypter since it also has a write mode (click on "Mode"-->ISO-->write to write a disc) and will burn .iso files perfectly. Remember...a .iso file is just a virtual image of any given file (much like a .bin file, but more detailed) so any program that burns them should burn the same as any other program. Plus if you want to use Nero for free (without cracking it), it comes pretty neutered and has lots of useless clutter. Decrypter is very straight forward and, in my opinion, better and more powerful anyway. Just rip the image to your HDD, switch modes, insert blank disc, burn away.