• Website
• Free Trial
• Buy Now (40% off)

Feature Set (3.5/5)

Compared with other more complete solutions, the iSofter DVD to Youtube converter lacks a lot of features, being the most noticeable a larger support for output formats. The application outputs DivX or XviD videos that follow Youtube’s recommendations for video uploading, that is, 320×240 resolution videos with MP3 or WMA audio. Several pre-set optimized profiles allow you to produce different sized videos for playing in any MP4-compatible portable device.

Luckily, the only job this software performs is done extremely well, at high speeds and with an outstanding output quality. The software can automatically detect your computer’s CPU and optimize the conversion process accordingly, to achieve the best possible speed. Additionally, the application doesn’t depend on codecs installed in your system, as it comes with all necessary codecs built in, although it has the ability to use external codecs if you prefer to do so.

The software also lets you easily choose the scenes you want to rip from a DVD disc, and another nice feature is its user interface, very modern looking yet comfortable to use.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

Despite having a great looking interface, its use is as simple as it can be. Just select the output profile and you will be able to generate a Youtube-compatible video with just one click.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Extremely easy and quick installation; the software is lightweight enough to be installed in a matter of seconds.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)

The produced videos have an excellent quality that will please any Youtube user. The conversion results are better than Youtube’s own conversion process, so if your online videos need to have a high quality this application will be of help.

Software Stability (5/5)

The application ran flawlessly on every test we performed, behaving extremely well even under heavy loaded systems with many tasks running in the background.

Summary (4.7/5)

• Excellent quality.
• Super fast.
• Limited output format support.

• Aimersoft Website
• Download Aimersoft DVD Studio Pack
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 30% off)

Feature Set (4.5/5)

The Aimersoft DVD Studio Pack runs under Windows NT4, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista, and there’s even a Mac version (which is a different product, has three applications instead of four, and has less features than the Windows version). It requires an Intel Pentium II at 350 MHz or later and at least 512 MB of RAM. These low requirements make it cheaper if you need to build a PC exclusively for DVD ripping and creation.

The applications included in the suite support several input and output formats, including: MP4, AVI, MPG, MPEG, VOB, WMV, XviD, MOV, DAT, VOB, IFO, 3GP, 3GPP, ASF, FLV, WMA, M4A, MP3, WMA, AC3 and WAV. In addition, DVD Creator can burn several types of disc: DVD–5 and DVD–9; DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM. It also can create ISO files.

The Aimersoft DVD Studio Pack also has CPU autodetection, taking advantage of multi-core CPUs, 64bit CPUs (both Intel EM64T and AMD64 chips), as well as older CPUs. This results in an ultra fast operation both when ripping and when burning DVDs.

Serious video fans will appreciate the iPod copy manager included, which makes it easy to transfer files between the computer and the device in a fast and safe way.

The software also allows applying basic effects (brightness, contrast and saturation), as well as cropping video edges, and clipping (partial video selection).

The only drawback: some experienced users may find this suite “too easy”.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

Aimersoft DVD Studio Pack is extremely easy to use; just a few clicks are enough for any task. In addition, the whole suite is multilingual, a feature that non-english speaking users will appreciate.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Aimersoft DVD Studio Pack has a standard Windows installer that works with no surprises.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)

The suite can import high definition formats, and produce impressive results. Any effects you choose are applied exactly as you intended in the output video, and the default settings are more than enough, even for the most demanding users.

Software Stability (4.5/5)

The only undesired operation we found when testing the DVD Studio Pack was a system crash, which happened when running many heavy applications at the same time, and it was caused by a resource drain (the system ran out of memory). This did not happen again in further tests, so the cause was probably another application.

Summary (4.8/5)

• Great speed.
• Great quality.
• Can import high definition video.
• Extremely easy.
• Low system requirements.

• Cucusoft Website
• Download Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 40% off)

Feature Set (4.5/5)

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter can produce files in several audio and video formats. These formats include: H264, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, RM, 3GP, FLV, SWF, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, VCD, SVCD, DVD, AC3, AAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, RA, WMA. This capability to create FLV and SWF files from videos makes this application an ideal solution if you want to easily embed your videos on your web site, but don’t want to place them on public sites like YouTube or Google Video.

It supports ripping an entire DVD disc or just some clips, and it also supports selection of just a part of a video for extracting.

Another nice feature is the ability to use .IFO DVD description and menu files as input, which basically lets the user grab some additional information about the video from the DVD itself.

The ripping process is indeed fast even with the default profiles, but it can get faster by tweaking some settings.

The whole process of converting a DVD is easy enough to ensure no user will be confused, yet there are advanced settings that will please power users and those who like to tweak everything.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

The Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter is very simple and easy to use. No matter how much previous experience the user has, there will be virtually no problems learning to use this application. Select file, select videos you need to rip, select the output format and start the process. It’s as simple as that.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

The Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter installs just as easily as any other program; run the installer, follow the steps, and you are done.

Quality Of Copy (4.5/5)

The preset output profiles are more than enough to produce high quality files, but it gets even higher if tweaked a little. However, the improvements will only be perceived by a good eye, and if the target device is a small-screen portable device like an iPod or a mobile phone, then you’ll find that the default settings are perfect for you.

Software Stability (5/5)

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter proved to be very stable even when running the conversion process along with other tasks. It does not drain the system’s resources or create unstability in any way.

Summary (4.8/5)

• Good speed – can be improved.
• Good quality – good quality vs. file size ratio.
• Can read IFO files.
• Can produce flash files from video!

• Xilisoft Website
• Download the Xilisoft Media Toolkit Ultimate
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 25% off)

Feature Set (5/5)

The Xilisoft Media Toolkit Ultimate is packed with useful features, but not to the point of confusing the user. Indeed, all the applications in this pack are thought to make it really easy for an inexperienced user to take advantage of their power, yet many features are configurable, which will please the advanced user.

Of course, different applications have different features. For instance, DVD Ripper Ultimate allows you to clip, add effects, choose a subtitle, add a watermark or crop a movie before ripping; Audio Maker lets you choose the format and quality of the output audio, Video Converter Ultimate lets you import subtitles from a text file, and the last version adds DirectShow decoding support.

Both DVD Ripper and Video Converter have the ability of auto-selecting the appropriate settings based on the desired output file size. There is also a function that allows backing up a movie from a DVD-9 disc to a DVD-5 disc.

All the applications in the Xilisoft Media Toolkit Ultimate are now multi-CPU ready, which gives a great speed boost.

Codecs, frame rate and bit rate are fully configurable. The pack supports various formats, including: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, RM, MOV, 3GP, VOB, FLV, MP3, WMA, H.264/AVC, MKV and AVCHD.

Ease Of Use (4.5/5)

All applications in the Xilisoft Media Toolkit Ultimate are extremely easy to use, with clear and organized menus and easily identifiable functions. The design follows a natural flow, making it obvious even for the inexperienced user what to do next.

Maybe the less intuitive program featured in the Xilisoft Media Toolkit Ultimate is Audio Maker, but after a couple of minutes exploring it anyone can master it.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

The Xilisoft Media Toolkit Ultimate has a standard installer, easy as any other Windows program setup utility. It is rather convenient, because it installs all five applications in the same process, thus eliminating the need to run five different installers.

Quality Of Copy (4.5/5)

The output quality is quite good with the default settings for the encoders (DVD Ripper, Video Converter and Audio Maker), although it can be significantly improved by tweaking the available options. DVD creator can generate professional DVD menus and intro screens.

Software Stability (4.5/5)

None of this pack’s applications caused any undesired effects; the only thing to note is that when running on a single-core CPU system, sometimes video conversion gives the impression to “hang up” the computer for a few seconds; however this is just an impression due to the intensive processing. On multi-core CPU systems, this process is smooth and uninterrupted.

Summary (4.7/5)

• Great speed / Good quality
• Easy to use, yet configurable
• Multi-core CPU support / Multi-CPU support
• Needs to be tweaked a little for outstanding quality
• All-in-one package

• Xilisoft Website
• Download the Xilisoft DVD to iPhone Suite Trial
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 20% off)
• Or get the Mac version here (Special Offer: 20% off)

Feature Set (5/5)

With variable settings and good converting speed, Xilisoft DVD to iPhone Suite is an affordable, easy to use iPhone converter with high quality. The Xilisoft iPhone Video Converter can and will convert all video files such as MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB, 3GP, WMV, MPEG, AVI to iPhone movies, and it also converts iPhone music MP3, WAV, M4A from popular music files, such as WMA, MP2, OGG, RA, AC3, APE, CDA.

The default properties and variable settings should serve both beginners and the experienced well enough. However, a less experienced user may have some trouble in the beginning. Although, the software is easy to use, it may take a few hours to fully understand how to convert video and audio files.

The auto-split feature can be very useful if you want to output a file to several files to fit your CD-R or other device. The batch conversion and multithreading, so that you can convert multiple files at the same time. Multithreading is a feature that is missing from many converter programs, so users will enjoy its capability in this software. The testing also shows that the default settings and/or customizing settings with parameters of the video and audio codec is more than sufficient.

Some features that draw attention, are the optional movie zoom mode, the preview support and the special multi-language (Chinese, English and Japanese) support.

Ease Of Use (4.5/5)

Xilisoft DVD to iPhone Suite is easy to use if you have previously used this type of software programs. If someone is new to using an iPhone and has never used the iPhone converters previously, they may find the software somewhat difficult to use at first.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Very simple to install, the Xilisoft DVD to iPhone converter will only require a few clicks to install.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)

The software provides several default iPhone video profiles for different output video users needs, such as minimal size video, high quality video, iPhone MP4 widescreen etc. Regardless of the size chosen, this software always manages to output quality video and audio files.

Software Stability (5/5)

Both the Xilisoft DVD to iPhone Converter and Xilisoft iPhone Video Converter are higly stable. You can have other hardware requesting applications working in the background and it will not fail.

Summary (4.9/5)

• Auto-split feature
• Optimized settings for video files
• Video and audio codecs
• High quality video

• Cucusoft Website
• Download the Cucusoft iPhone Video Converter Suite Trial
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 40% off)

Feature Set (4.5/5)

The Cucusoft iPhone Video Converter DVD to iPhone Suite has the basics: two running modes (direct and batch), support for almost all of the DVD to iPhone formats, almost all video files including DVD, vob, DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI, dvr-ms, etc. to iPhone video (MP4 format) and it supports custom output video file sizes and video quality.

In this “DVD to iPhone Converter” you can select different subtitles (English, French), audio tracks and supports splitting output video by DVD chapters, as well as titles. It also fully supports MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs. Users can easily customize the video properties and the output profiles are flexible.

The video crop mode comes with various ratios: 16:9, 4:3, full screen and it also has a video resize mode to “Keep aspect ratio” and/or “stretch to fix screen”.

There are however two key features that make that will make a small difference. The Video Converter software support “Drag and Drop” in Apple TV and Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter is, indeed, the easiest-to-use and fastest DVD to iPhone converter software for Apple iPhone on the market due to its basic features. This software can and will convert almost all kinds of DVD to iPhone format.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter is very easy to install. It does have many windows, there will be simple setup messages and once it’s installed, users will enjoy their favorite DVDs on their iPhone as a DVD Player.

Quality Of Copy (4.5/5)

The quality will impress beginners, but expert users may have to look for other software types, if they would like more features and editing capability.

Software Stability (4/5)

Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter proved to be stable, but some error messages appeared along the process of converting due to the codecs or the format file.

Summary (4.6/5)

• Fair price-quality report
• Optimized settings for video files
• Special support “drag and drop”
• Good quality

• Aimersoft Website
• Download the DVD to iPhone Trial
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 30% off)

Feature Set (5/5)

Aimersoft DVD to iPhone Converter has loads of common features, but there are some extra features that highlight the product. Just as any other converter that deserves to be taken into consideration, Aimersoft fully supports dual-core CPU with a fast conversion speed and you can easily convert DVD movie to iPhone. So far, so good, till you check out the rich options such as customizing file size, DVD movie trimming, DVD video crop, subtitle selection, audio track selection and so forth.

With the adoption of a powerful DVD to iPhone encoder, you don’t have to be an expert to convert DVD to iPhone. With a pretty good speed and quality, the software converts DVD movies to iPhone Videos MP4, MPEG-4, M4V format, easily extracts and rips audios from DVD to iPhone audio MP3, M4A and AAC using all encoders/decoders built in to rip DVD movie to iPhone supported formats.

Fully supports Windows, converting DVD to iPhone on multiple systems: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista with affordable hardware requirements like Intel Pentium II 350MHz or any Athlon and 64 MB RAM. No limits above… needless to say.

The best features are yet to come! Aimersoft DVD to iPhone Converter is able to convert DVD to iPhone with flexible video and audio settings: adjustable video brightness, contrast, volume etc. It gets an A plus for the high level of customization: resolution, frame rate, video bit rate and sample rate, and full support for PAL and NTSC TV standards. Tests results proved great flexiblilty in various video aspect ratios such as 16:9, 4:3 and full screen, and just like a movieplayer application it allows you to select target subtitle and audio track.

I have also remarked a gadget feature, beginners would surely enjoy: they can capture pictures from the DVD movies and save them as jpeg and bmp.

Last, but not least the video trimming and cropping are the winners. That means that the users can set the start and end time to capture their favorite movie clips.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

It has an attractive user interface that guides you to convert DVD to iPhone with just a few clicks of your mouse.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (4.5/5)

A bit demading, but not that hard. What we are going to appreciate is the posibility to automatically shut down our PC after conversion. No more waiting around.

Quality Of Copy (4.5/5)

If you are a beginner, then you cand trust the presets. If you are already an expert, then you’ll have fun stting your own preferences.

Software Stability (5/5)

Very powerful and fast.

Summary (4.8/5)

• Support for three Apple devices: iPhone, iPod and Apple TV.
• Flexible video and audio settings.
• Support for video trimming and cropping.
• Automatic PC shut down after conversion.

• Avex Website
• Download the DVD to iPhone Trial
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 40% off)

Feature Set (4.5/5)

Avex DVD to iPhone Video Suite will convert all your DVDs and create high video/audio quality iPhone files even for highbrow users.

You name the extension and take any DVD, MPEG, Tivo, WMV, AVI, DivX/Xvid, RM, MOV videos and it will convert them to iPhone MP4 videos. Top video values are the 480×320 sizes, 700Kbps at 30fps for H.264 video output. The MPEG4 video in MP4 format used in Apple iPhone is just an incredible feature. Depending on the quality one user may choose, there are several media codecs available, but just several.

When it comes to speed of conversion, there is no better software out there on the market so far. Using the Built-in X!-Speed transcode technology, Avex DVD to iPhone Video Suite will work up to 3x faster than any other conventional converter. This feature is maybe the most important to consider when purchasing the suite.

The Avex DVD to iPhone Video Suite is fully optimized for both Dual-Core and HyperThread Processors. The tests show this application can and will use the two virtual processors at high percentage. Of course, such optimization includes support for SSE2/SSE/MMX/3DNow!

There are also special optimizations for playback on iPhone and on TV screen as well: adjustable video size and optimized settings for superb video playback on Video iPhone. If you are looking for support conversion in batch mode, you now have it.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

To use Avex DVD to iPhone Video Suite is a kid’s playground. The interface is very clean and easy to use if you are a beginner. But I’m sure the experienced users will enjoy the suite, as well. All you need to do is to check out the preset profiles and you’ll see this is no learning chess software.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Read the box pack and you’ll find that Avex DVD to iPhone Video Suite is indeed a One-click, All-in-One solution. I was intrigued by the promotional message, but there was no pitch – it really takes one single click to install and setup.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)

Users can trust the preset profiles to achieve a really good output quality, but with a little use and couple of hours of software experience, they will see that Avex DVD to iPhone Video Suite will produce those high quality files they were looking for.

Software Stability (5/5)

Once you’ve opened the application, only a power failure can “corrupt” the stability. There are simply no bugs.

Summary (4.9/5)

• The fastest conversion speed.
• Optimized settings for video playback.
• One click conversion.

• iSofter Website
• Download the DVD to iPod Free Trial
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 40% off)

Feature Set (4.5/5)

The iSofter DVD to IPod converter is able to convert your DVDs and produce high quality files that can be played by any IPod user.

This application can take any kind of DVD disc as input and produce MOV, MP4, M4V, AAC, MP3 and many other files. Supports H.264 video output up to 320×240, 768Kbps at 30fps; MPEG-4 video output up to 480×480, 2.5Mbps at 30fps. The iSofter DVD to IPod converter can also use external media codecs to achieve better quality.

The user can highly customize the output files by choosing the resulting file size, the DVD segment to extract, the subtitles track to use, the audio track to rip and many other things.

Speed of conversion is not bad at all, but could be better. However, the built- in optimized profiles are a great feature to consider, especially if you are not an expert DVD ripper.

The iSofter DVD to IPod converter is optimized for Intel’s Dual Core HT processors, being the only application we tested that is able to use both virtual processors up to 100% when converting. It’s also optimized for processors that support SSE/SSE2/MMX and 3Dnow! Compatible microprocessors.

Special optimizations for graphics acceleration video cards and audio specifications as Dolby and DTS Surround complete the feature pack.

The iSofter DVD to IPod converter supports the new 30GB and 80GB iPods with a 640 by 480 resolution for MPEG-4 Videos.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

The iSofter DVD to IPod converter is indeed simple to use. The fact that the application can be fully customized will attract experienced users, and beginners will just love to use the preset profiles.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Installing the iSofter DVD to IPod converter is very easy, as with most other Windows applications. Just a few clicks separate the user from using the software.

In our tests we have found that the iSofter DVD to IPod converter installed completely with no hassles or undesired incompatibilities, as long as the computer meets the minimum requirements.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)

The iSofter DVD to IPod converter is capable of producing very high quality files, especially when playing with the settings a little. When one of the preset profiles is used, the output quality is extremely good too.

Software Stability (5/5)

The iSofter DVD to IPod converter proved to be highly stable, showing no undesired operation. Even when tested under the very minimum hardware requirements, it functioned with no problems at all.

Summary (4.9/5)

• High level of customization.
• The best output quality.
• Optimized built-in profiles.
• Optimized for several types of processors and their multimedia-specific instruction sets.
• Good speed, but could be better.
• Can use external codecs.

• iSofter Website
• Download the DVD Ripper Deluxe Free Trial
• Buy Now (Special Offer: 40% off)

Feature Set (4.5/5)

This application supports Audio and Movie DVDs and is able to convert them with no problems. The iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe can convert your DVDs into AVI, DivX, WMA and VCD formats. Although most other formats can be used thanks to the external codec support, it includes many built-in codecs, so any user can start ripping immediately after installation.

The iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe can successfully read those DVD discs that are tainted or damaged, thanks to the use of a very efficient error correction algorithm. This allows you to recover those discs that are no more played by your DVD player or computer, making a high quality back-up copy of them to watch in your monitor’ screen.

Power users will like this application very much, due to its high level of customization: every setting can be adjusted manually to ensure that “geeks” will be able to tweak everything to their exact needs and desires. In case you are not a power user, the default settings also offer outstanding quality, great compression and a more than decent speed.

The iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe performs CPU auto detection and automatically applies specific optimizations that will ensure accurate conversion and better processor usage.

As said above, compression is really great. Although not as small as advertised in their website, iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe produced very small files when tested by us.

The application also allows the user to select the interval to be ripped, and supports VOB scanning.

Ease Of Use (5/5)

The interface of the iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe is very nice and well organized. It somehow resembles the appearance of Windows Media Player, and certainly features its simplicity and usability. This makes the iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe a very easy to use DVD-ripping application for beginners, as the default settings are usually enough to create great quality media files.

Advanced settings are available for experienced users too.

Ease Of Installation And Setup (5/5)

Installing the iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe was a breeze in every test we performed. As simple as double-clicking the installer, clicking a few times and that’s it. It just doesn’t get simpler than that.

Quality Of Copy (5/5)

Amazing, simply amazing. We were surprised to find that it is possible to rip a DVD into files with near-DVD quality, yet compressed several times.

Software Stability (5/5)

No problems were found when using this application. The iSofter DVD Ripper Deluxe was also found to be compatible with all popular antivirus and common applications.

Summary (4.9/5)

• Impressive compression rate.
• You can customize everything.
• Recovers damaged discs.
• Excellent quality of resulting media files.
• Auto-detects CPU type and speed, and auto-applies optimizations accordingly.
• Is able to use installed external codecs.