Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Becomes Amazon’s Best-Selling Kids Movie

Walt Disney Co. (DIS:US)’s animated picture “Frozen” has become Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:US)’s best-ever selling kids movie, the online retailer said today.

The film is No. 1 in both DVD/Blu-ray disc sales and digital downloads, Stacey Keller, a spokeswoman for Seattle-based Amazon, said in an e-mail. The sales include advance orders which, for the DVD versions, began on Nov. 27.

Disney’s two-disc Blu-ray and DVD pack sells for $19.96 on Amazon.com, while the digital download costs $14.99 for the standard version and $19.99 for the high-definition version through Amazon Instant Video. The Blu-ray and DVD versions were released yesterday, according to Disney.

“Many of the buyers have already seen the movie and want to watch it over and over again with their kids,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst for the research firm Rentrak Corp. “This film is unstoppable.”

Disney, based in Burbank, California, made “Frozen” available for digital download on Apple Inc.’s iTunes store as part of the introduction of its Disney Movies Anywhere application on Feb. 25. The movie was first available for advance ordering on iTunes when it opened in wide release in November, according to Christine Monaghan, an Apple spokeswoman.Box Office

Bob Iger, Disney’s chairman and chief executive officer, said yesterday at the company’s annual shareholder meeting that “Frozen” would pass the company’s own “Toy Story 3” to become the top-grossing animated film of all time. The movie has taken in $1.03 billion worldwide since its Nov. 22 release, according to researcher Box Office Mojo.

Amazon’s sales of the film were first reported by the Wrap.com.

Disney fell 1.8 percent to $80.52 at the close in New York. The stock has risen 5.4 percent this year.

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'Frozen' on DVD and 5 More Disney Movies With Great Messages

"Frozen" comes out on DVD this week, and we can't think of a better month for the film to be released. Not only did the $1-billion-grossing phenomenon just win two memorable Academy Awards on March 2nd, but let's face it, for a bulk of the country, it's been a frozen state of mind this winter -- even as we supposedly approach Spring on the calendar. March is also Women's History Month, and "Frozen" is one of Disney's most girl-empowering Princess films. But of course, the movie's inspiring messages about conquering your fears and letting love guide you are universal, so we're celebrating "Frozen's" DVD release with a tribute to it and five other Disney films with exemplary messages for viewers of all ages.

Since "Frozen" was loosely inspired by "The Snow Queen" (by Hans Christian Andersen), Elsa was originally going to be a villain. But the filmmakers believed that keeping Elsa as the typical "Snow Queen" antagonist would shift the story's focus away from what they believed was it's most important message.

"We loved the powerful idea of love versus fear, but the minute Elsa became evil, the good versus evil theme took over, and it was really frustrating for us" director Jennifer Lee told Moviefone. "I think 'Let It Go' allowed us to show ourselves and the other story artists and filmmakers that there was more to do with Elsa, that it was more exciting when we made her complex and conflicted and not a villain."

So the filmmakers went back to the drawing board (literally), and rewrote the story with Elsa as the character who has to "let go" of her fears and embrace her sister Anna's love. And for the directors, each of the main characters represents a different form of love, from Olaf's childlike innocence and Anna's eternal optimism to Kristoff opening himself to Anna, and of course the over-arching bond between the two sisters.

"I believe that the story comes down to: don't be afraid of who you are. Embrace what makes you you, because standing out can be a powerful tool for your voice to be heard," director Christopher Buck told Moviefone.

Did You Know? The filmmakers, including executive producer John Lasseter, director Buck, producer Peter Del Vecho, and art director Michael Giaimo took research trips to Canada's famous Hotel du Glace in Quebec City for inspiration. The visits helped the Disney animation team accurately depict ice structures.

"There's so much of this place in Elsa's palace. You can really see the inspiration and how it helped us," Buck said of the Hotel du Glace.

More Positive Messages: Each movie has several messages and themes, but we've chosen to highlight one from the following five Disney films from the last 10 years.

Disney Movies With Positive Messages:

1. "Brave"


Be true to yourself.

Clever, wild-haired Merida is not the least bit interested in dressing like an uptight royal, securing a politically beneficial betrothal, or otherwise acting like a "proper" princess. Much to her mother Queen Elinor's chagrin, Merida wants to remain independent and free – not forced to marry some rival clan's firstborn. Although she makes some selfish mistakes (um, like accidentally turning her mum into a bear), Merida (and the Queen) realize that even an honor-bound princess can be plucky and utterly herself. (Also see: "Planes," "Ratatouille")

2. "Monsters University"

Failure can ultimately lead to success.

It's rare for a kid-friendly flick to deals with failure and disappointment, but leave it to the folks at Pixar to explore how an unrealized dream can actually be a good thing. Mike Wazowski -- as we all know from "Monsters, Inc." -- becomes one of the top scare assistants in all of Monstropolis, but once upon a time the clever little monster hoped to be an actual scarer. That dream doesn't work out, but he befriends Sulley, rallies the Oozma Kappa brothers, and learns that the path to success is unpredictable.

3. "The Princess and the Frog"

Don't judge others based on superficialities.

Prince Naveen (in frog form) assumes Tiana is a princess, because of how she's dressed. Tiana thinks Naveen will transform back into a prince and help her buy her dream restaurant space. Both are wrong about each other, but eventually Tiana sees past Naveen's vanity, and Naveen realizes Tiana is much more than "just a waitress." Sometimes it's not an obvious "beast" you have to see beyond, but an initial misconception about a person's worth or character. (Also see: "Beauty and the Beast")

4. "Tangled"

Don't be afraid of your strength.

Like Elsa in "Frozen," Rapunzel possesses a magical power that she's not exactly sure how to wield or control. Rapunzel's "mother" taught her to be afraid of others out to use her magical healing tresses for their own greedy needs. But after Rapunzel meet-cutes Flynn Rider, she seizes her hair to help and protect herself and her new friend. She isn't frightened of her strength, and for the first time, discovers just how powerful she is without her overbearing Mother around to control her. (Also see: "The Incredibles," "Mulan")

5. "Up"

Unexpected friends can change your life.

Lonely widower Carl Fredricksen is pretty antisocial in his grief. All he wants to do is travel to Paradise Falls in his beloved Ellie's memory, and he has zero time to entertain Wilderness Explorer Russell, who hopes to earn a merit badge for assisting the elderly. But when Russell winds up an accidental passenger on Carl's flying house, the two unlikely travel partners eventually learn to trust, help, and rescue each other. As a result of their unforgettable adventure, the curmudgeon and the scout become like family. (Also see: "Finding Nemo," "Monsters Inc.")

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Transformers Energon: The Complete Series DVD Collection New Cover and Release Details

TRANSFORMERS ENERGON: THE COMPLETE SERIES
Relive the Adventures of This Classic Animated TV Series in One Complete Set
Featuring All 51 Action-Packed Episodes

OWN THIS COLLECTIBLE 7-DVD SET ON MAY 6, 2014 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY

This spring, get ready to relive some of the most exciting classic action battles of the AUTOBOTS through the complete series release of TRANSFORMERS ENERGON. In 2004, TRANSFORMERS fans were introduced to the animated series TRANSFORMERS ENERGON, the second part of the rare UNICRON Trilogy – consisting of ARMADA, ENERGON and CYBERTRON. The heroic OPTIMUS PRIME, his legions of AUTOBOTS and their human friends are in search of the valuable substance Energon, which they find on Earth. A mysterious force has discovered the Energon as well and will stop at nothing to gain control all of it. It’s up to the AUTOBOTS to save the fate of mankind and planet Earth from total destruction.

On May 6, 2014, Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will release TRANSFORMERS ENERGON: THE COMPLETE SERIES on home entertainment shelves, featuring all 51 unforgettable episodes collected in one deluxe 7-DVD set. Whether discovering this series for the first time or reliving the childhood memory, this collectible DVD set is a must-have for every fan and collectors to complete their TRANSFORMERS home entertainment library. TRANSFORMERS ENERGON: THE COMPLETE SERIES is priced to own at $44.99 SRP. Pre-order is available now at www.amazon.com

Synopsis:

The UNICRON Trilogy Continues…

Ten years of peace have passed since UNICRON’s destruction, but all of that’s about to change. A mysterious enemy has unleashed the TERRORCONS on the AUTOBOTS’ cities, gathering energy for plans of total domination. Enter a newly revived MEGATRON and the universe is in for a war unlike any it’s ever seen between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS. And once again, Earth is caught in the middle!

Can OPTIMUS PRIME and his valiant AUTOBOTS — alongside their human allies — protect the Earth against this new threat? Find out with the complete series of TRANSFORMERS ENERGON!

About Hasbro Studios

Hasbro Studios is the Los Angeles-based entertainment division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS). The studio is responsible for entertainment brand-driven storytelling for the company across television, film, commercial productions and short-form. It develops, produces and distributes TV shows based on Hasbro's world class brands, including TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, LITTLEST PET SHOP and FAMILY GAME NIGHT. Many of these shows air on the Hub Network, a U.S. television network for kids and their families, that is a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Hasbro Studios shows can also be seen on networks in more than 180 territories globally. Since its formation in 2009, the studio has received seven Daytime Emmy wins and 16 nominations. On the film side, the studio is developing and producing a number of features based on Hasbro's brands, including TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (Paramount), G.I. JOE 3 (Paramount) and CANDY LAND (Sony). The studio team also oversees the production of commercials that feature Hasbro's brands as well production of short-form content that can be seen on all of the major digital and social media platforms globally.

About Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD and Blu-Ray™ offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials in lavish packages crammed with extras. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com



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Backup "In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission" Blu-ray to MKV/MP4 with audio tracks and subtitle streams

If you want to convert Blu-ray to MP4/MKV, and save the multiple audio tracks at the same time, you've come to the right place. The following article will show you how to transcode "In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission" Blu-ray to multi-track mkv/mp4 for playback.

"In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission" was the best movie I saw in a theater so far from 20th Century Fox.

This time, it’s in a fantasy meets science fiction movie with “In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission” It is sequel to the video game inspired fantasy movies. For this film Dominic Purcell stars as Hazan Kaine, an American hitman who tries to enter into his final contract, but it takes him back in time to the middle ages where he will battle an evil medieval army and reclaim a stolen kingdom.

It is director Boll’s venture back to the video game movies, which he was known previously for like “Bloodrayne,” “Alone in the Dark” and “House of the Dead.” And now he has directed unique cult movies like “Rampage,” “Blubberella” and “Postal.” This “In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission” has been released on 26 February 2014.

Want to buy "In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission" blu-ray disc for collection or play at home on Windows, Mac, HTPC, Laptop, Blu-ray Players or Home Theatre System. So how? At first, you need a software to get it done. Much software can work for you, such as Blu-ray Ripper, Video Converter Ultimate.

But what I want to recommend is Pavtube ByteCopy, because it is not only capable of helping you to transcode blu-ray discs to various output formats, but also it can transcode Blu-ray to MP4/MKV with multiple audio and subtitle tracks. Suppose you are good at both English and Francia, and want to preserve both of them from original Blu-ray discs when converting, that is what Pavtube ByteCoy can do for you. And you can select the audio you want when enjoying movies.

* Best Blu-ray Ripper Review: MakeMKV vs ByteCopy vs DVDfab

Now let's go to following guide to see how it transcode "In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission" Blu-ray to MP4/MKV with multiple audio and subtitle tracks. If you wanna a Mac version, please go to Pavtube Bytecopy for Mac. After you have download and installed the software, just refer to below details.

Step 1. Launch the best Blu-ray Ripper and load Blu-ray discs.



Step 1. Click "Format" to find "Multi-track Video" catalogue, select "Multi-track MP4 (*.mp4)" for playback on your pc/tablet. Or find "Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV(*.mkv)", which support saving lossless mkv files with all multiple audio and subtitle tracks.

• Go to learn more about complete lossless Blu-ray to MKV.

 

With output default settings you can get all audio tracks preserved. In addition, if you want more customization, you can also uncheck the audio tracks you do not need to output. Just find "Audio" under "Settings" button, then uncheck the undesired audio.



Step 3. Click "Convert" to start backing up "In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission" Blu-ray to MP4/MO4 retaining multitracks, when completed, click "Open" to find the generated files

Obviously, it is easy to use software without any audio and video out of syn issue. You may wonder what else this software can do for you. Of course, it combines all features in Blu-ray Ripper, including various output formats selection, editing options support. Worthy to point out that it also supports lossless quality output. Please see following introductions:

Tip:

Directly Copy supports lossless blu-ray M2TS backup from original BD with multiple audio tracks preserved. If you want to backup Blu-ray main movie for further playback or editing, Directly Copy fits you best.



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2014 Top 6 Best DVD Ripper for Mac Review - Which Be the Most-Coveted One

Which one is the best DVD Ripping software on Mac? Here lists Top 6 DVD Ripper for Mac. Choose the Most-Coveted one to convert DVD movies on Mac to accrding to this article. 

Instruction 

If you are any thoughts of entertainment, you should not miss the idea of watching DVD movies on a big screen TV rather than heading to the cinema, or getting some superb equipments to play back DVD movies with crisp, clear image and sound anytime anywhere. Better picture and sound quality and overall the ability to have the ultimate movie experience with your DVD discs. Isn't it fantastic?

However, you may realize the fact that many devices lack DVD driver and are powerless to play DVD video directly. Here we suggest you to choose the way to convert DVD collection most common format which could be accepted by most of your devices before transferring them for playback.

To accomplish this, you just need to find a powerful DVD Ripper. If you are just a Mac user, hold on reading. This article is the very one to share with you top 6 best DVD ripper for Mac 2014, so that you can pick out the optimum DVD ripper for Mac in 2014 according to your specific needs.

1. Pavtube Free DVD Ripper for Mac

This free DVD Ripper for Mac offers you a fun, easy and fabulous way to rip DVDs, according to Pavtube, the giveaway version has all the features of regular DVD Ripper except it cannot output as MP4 nor does it have specific output profiles for electronic devices. 
Features:

• Rip DVDs to MOV, MKV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WMV, FLV, etc with fast speed.
• Helps edit DVD and add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to DVD movies. 

Price: 0 
Requires: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5


2. Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate for Mac

Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate for Mac is an all-in-one program which will provide you the ultimate solution to rip recent released DVDs and convert any video (including TiVo) and DVD to MOV, MKV, MPG, AVI without problem. Also it support adding external subtitles.

Features:

• Rip DVDs and videos to MOV, MKV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WMV, FLV, etc with fast speed. 
• Helps edit video and add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to DVD movies. 

Price: 0

Requires: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5

3. DVD Ripper for Mac

Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac is top DVD Ripper which can rip latest DVD discs/floder/ISO/IFO image files to any formats you need with super fast speed on Mac. Then you can transfer DVD movies to hard drive for freely watching on your Android/Apple/Windows tablet or smartphone, or other playable devices.

Features:

Rip DVD to MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV and more video formats.
Convert DVD Disc, DVD Folder, DVD IFO/ISO to fit iPhone, new iPad 3, ATV 3, Nexus 7, Galaxy Tb 3, Galaxy Note 10.1, PS Vita, etc.
Edit DVD movie with different features including trimming, cropping, merging, splitting, adding watermarks.
Fully backup DVD disc for DVD burning
Extract audio from DVD as MP3, WMA, WAV, etc on Mac.

Price: $35

Requires: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5

4. Blu-ray Ripper for Mac

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is highly recommended as one of the best BD/DVD disc handling tools for Mac users on the market, integrates disc backing up and ripping skills to make it standout.

Features:

Mac Blu-ray Ripper + Mac Blu-ray 3D Ripper + Mac DVD ripper.
Directly Copy Blu-ray 3D/2D main movie without extras.
Full Disc Copy 3D/2D Blu-ray Disc with original disc structure.
Convert Blu-ray 3D/2D movies to MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, MKV files for iPad 4,ATV 3, iPhone 5, iTunes, QuickTime player, Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, Nexus 7, Galaxy Note 10.1, etc.
Convert BD/DVD to iMovie, Final Cut Express/Pro compatible video format.
Convert/rip/shrink/copy the latest releases of Blu-ray/DVD movies.
Support adding *.srt or *.ass subtitles in BD/DVD movies.

Price: $39.2

Requires: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5

5. ByteCopy for Mac

It's an easy-to-use tool to backup files from Blu-ray discs and standard DVDs to MKV container format with multiple audio tracks and subtitles included on Mac. More than lossless output, it is possible to recode the source movie into MKV/MP4/MOV/M4V video with certain video/audio codecs. Give it a try and you will be in love with it.

Features:

Backup Blu-ray and DVD movies to MKV on Mac with multi audio tracks, subtitles, and chapter markers without quality loss.
Convert/rip/shrink/copy the latest releases of Blu-ray movies for playback on iOS/Android/Windows devices and HD Players.
Produce a decent 1080p MKV file in the original 16:9 ratio from BD movie.
One-click to copy/backup the full disc to local with super fast speed.
Add SRT, ASS, SSA subtitles to BD/DVD movies.

Price: $42

Requires: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5 


6. iMedia Converter for Mac

With this program, you can easily enjoy Blu-ray/DVDs movies on smartphone/tablets with family and friends; playback family’s memory video on computer &tablets &smartphones &other devices, or smoothly transfer your camera footage to editing program without any format problems, etc. on Mac.

Features:

Watch your favorite Blu-ray/DVD movies and videos on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
Preserve high video quality using native codecs for Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere and more
Backup 100% intact Blu-ray/DVD movie to Mac without extras
Supports 140+ video and audio formats for video/DVD converting
Do it all – full disc copy, rip BD & DVD, convert and edit video & audio

Price: $65

Requires: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5 

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What's DVD Copyright Protection and How to Remove Copy Protection from DVD Easily

Do you have bought some new DVD movies with copyright protection? To prevent these valued DVDs from any loss or damages, most people wonder whether it is legal to rip these DVDs with a ripping program. The answer is in the below article. 

How can i copy a protected DVD? When i simply copy it, it says it is protected. Usually i back up the dvd and then burn the image file. I have been using DVD SHRINk to copy it. Unfortunally it's not working now... Any suggestions?

From: forum.videohelp.com

Many people may have big original DVD collections of favorite actors and most of these DVDs are copyrighted. To prevent these valued DVDs from any loss or damages, the best way is to keep them well on computer. But there is one problem when they start to rip copy protected DVD. Are you clear about DVD copyright protection? Now hold on reading.

Basic Knowledge of DVD Copyright Protection

DVD copy protection is a blanket term for various methods of copy protection for DVDs. Such methods include DRM, CD-checks, Dummy Files, illegal tables of contents, over-sizing or over-burning the DVD, physical errors and bad sectors. Many protection schemes rely on breaking compliance with DVD standards, leading to playback problems on some devices.

From: Wikipedia

Detailed DVD Copy Protection Types

The knowledge of DVD copyright protection is just a tip of the iceberg. There are mainly six types of copy protection technologies applied to commercial DVD discs, including Disney New DVD Copy Protection,The Analog Protection System (APS), Commercial DVD CSS encryption, DVD Region Code, User operation prohibition (UOP), and Sony ARccOS DVD protection. Here we will have a look of these DVD copyright protection schemes in brief.

• Disney New DVD Copy Protection: Commonly known as Disney X-Project DRM, it is probably the most complicated DVD copyright protection schemes used by Disney that even many professional DVD ripper or copy software cannot handle. Generally, the DVD encoded with Disney new copyright protection comes with 99 titles that many software fails to select the right one. And newer DVDs appear in an oversized way, up to 50GB, making it impossible to make a backup of it. Worse still, the Disney new copy protection scheme may lead to crash halfway during DVD copying process in many famous DVD rippers like Handbrake.
• The Analog Protection System (APS): Another DVD copyright protection system originally developed by Macrovision. Videos copied from DVDs encoded with APS become garbled and unwatchable.
• Sony ARccOS DVD protection: A copy-protection system used on most Sony DVDs. The system deliberately creates corrupted sectors on the DVD, which leads copying software to produce errors (see bad sector).
• Content Scramble System (CSS) Encryption: An encryption system capitalizes on a proprietary 40-bit stream cipher algorithm, which was introduced to stop byte-for-byte copies of an MPEG (digital video) stream from being playable. This DVD copyright protection measure has been superseded by newer DRM scheme like CPRM that has 56-bit or 128-bit key sizes, providing a much higher level of security than the weak 40-bit key size of CSS.
• DVD Region Code: This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region. However, region-free DVD players, which ignore region coding, are also commercially available, and many DVD players can be modified to be region-free, allowing playback of all discs.
• User operation prohibition (UOP): A form of use restriction on DVD discs. The viewers are prohibited from performing a large majority of actions on a DVD that is restricted by this scheme. Generally, copyright notices and FBI warning (in the United States) will be displayed if any of these actions are attempted. Some publishers also encode "protected" (i.e., "unskippable") commercials on their DVDs.Remove DVD Copyright Protection, Legal or Illegal?

Generally, backing up and ripping protected DVD to video formats stored in your own computer should not be a problem as long as you own the original. But making them available for upload or share them otherwise may be illegal, depending on the country you live in.Then what program should be used to rip these copy protected DVDs? Especially now when new copy protection technology are widely used in movies/DVDs released by Hollywood, Disney, Paramount, Warner Home Video, etc. The newly released film like Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Men in Black 3, Transformer 3, Up, and many other are well protected with the latest copy protection, it is difficult to copy and rip DVD to hard disk as common videos.

Recommended DVD Copy Protection Removal Software

Technically, DVD ripping programs are widely available, but here I recommend you to choose Pavtube DVD Ripper - The best ripping tool for removing copy protection from new DVDs easily.



Pros:

1. Successful loading all new released DVD. Pavtube DVD Ripper recognizes all kinds of DVD sources: physical DVD, DVD ISO and IFO file, protected DVD Disc and unprotected DVD Disc. Moreover, and it successfully detects main movie by default.

2. "Full disc copy" feature. I use Pavtube DVD Ripper to back up DVDs with original structure to hard disk for various usages without damaging or scratching my special editions.

Tip: I used another Pavtube program called ByteCopy to backup my DVDs without quality loss. Meanwhile, several audio tracks and subtitles are preserved so I can switch language when watching movies.

3. Various output profile presets. Many people like me own would love to enjoy movies and TV shows from physical discs to more than one mobile phone and tablet. You can count on Pavtube DVD Ripper because it offers so many output formats that you would find the suitable one eventually.

4. Video Editor available. Another reason I like Pavtube is it ships with many video editing features, and usually I use it to cut off black bars of original DVDs and play full screen on my HD TV at home. Besides, it does more than that. It trims off unwanted commercials from TiVo recordings, add watermarks as copyright protection to your source file, and more.

5. Other small but essential functions. Pavtube application takes advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA technology and AMD APP technology, and the conversion speed can be increased up to 6 times faster than ever before. Moreover, Pavtube programs support adding *.srt and *.ass subtitles into video and merge into one file for output.

Cons:
1. It allows you to trim a certain section from original DVDs, but you cannot split more than one segment at the same time.
2. It hasn't included the new devices such as iPhone 5S/5C, iPad Air, etc in Format menu yet. While you could get these missing profiles by downloading Pavtube Profile Patches.

User's Reviews:

Your profile works just great and the picture is clear, well as always you guys are fantastic with your products and please work on being able to burn to DVD once the user has made their conversation that is something that your competitors can not do directly and that would be awesome and I would love to be your beta tester.

It is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my DVDs. I really like that I can turn up the volume on my DVDs. It is a great feature! I also like that it gives me a lot of options when choosing how to copy and convert my DVDs. I tried some other DVD software and researched others and this seems to be the best! I am glad that I bought this software!

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Rip and Copy Protected DVD The Lego Movie in a Few Minutes with No Quality Loss

Want to keep the 3D DVD Disc "The Lego Movie" on your Hard Drive for storage? Check out this article to learn how to backup/copy DVD/DVD discs onto hard drive with the best 3D DVD Backup Tool.

The Lego Movie Review

Everything is indeed awesome for anyone connected to The LEGO Movie. The much anticipated LEGO Movie debuted this weekend with a with a dynamite $69.1 million.  In terms of scheduling, The Lego Movie has the kid-friendly movie market to itself for exactly a month before DreamWorks Animation DWA -1.41% debuts Mr. Peabody and Sherman on March 7th.

Copy The Lego Movie DVD for Forever Keeping

The film has received worldwide applauses and many movie addicts are anticipating its DVD version even though it's expected to be released three months later, it will bring us an imaginative fantasy realm straight into our room without going to the cinema. Need to back up your favourite DVDs like "The Lego Movie" on your hard drive, then you can easily get the 3D movies playback on any device?

At first, to backup The Lego Movie DVD Disc to Hard Drive, you need to a third-party software to backup DVD discs without sacrificing the picture quality seems to the best choice for you. And for those who rent lots of movie of discs, it is also a great way to copy the discs for future watching.

Here Pavtube DVD Ripper is a professional program in making digital copy of DVD. It can rip the latest DVD movies and convert to various video formats for some popular smartphones and tablets as well as editing software. Simple interface and CUDA acceleration will bring you an easy but effective conversion. The following guide will show you detailed steps.

Now you can have the trial version to try all the functions firstly, and then download the retail version to install it. (Mac users go to get DVD Ripper for Mac).

How to convert/copy The Lego Movie DVD Disc to Hard Drive for enjoying

1. Import DVD source.

Click "Load file" button to import the inserted The Lego Movie DVD disc. After few second, it will be imported successfully and you can preview the whole movie in the preview window.

Then, you need to select the subtitle and audio track for output. As DVD movie contains multiple audio and subtitle tracks, you could choose your favorite one for output.

 

Note: Force subtitle can be checked for output so as to help you to read the unknown language and fully enjoy the DVD.

2. Choose output format.

Now go to "Format" menu to select output format there. A variety of options are listed such as many portable devices, video editing software, various HD video formats, etc. Choose the one you desired.

For instance, if you simply want to back up Blu-ray to external hard drive, here are two solutions: 

1. Click the "computer" icon on the top to output 1:1 Blu-ray file exactly the same as original. 

2. Select "Copy>Directly Copy" in format list to output an intact m2ts file of the main title. 

 

By the way, if you want, you can adjust output video and audio parameters according to your own needs. You can change bitrate, frame rate, channels, etc. Click "Settings" button to set output profiles.

3. Convert The Lego Movie DVD disc.

Now it's time to start conversion. Click big Convert button on the interface and then you will get a conversion dialogue box to show the exact progress, like time left, estimated size, state and so on.



Note: If you are bothered about waiting for conversion to finish, you can choose to check "shut down computer after conversion". Then just let it alone, you are free to go out to do anything you like.

Now you have copied The Lego Movie DVD onto your hard drive. With the best DVD Backup and copy tool, you can take your favorite The Lego Movie DVD anywhere and enjoy them whenever you want to. Just try it now!

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