As far as i know, if your DVDs are protected, you need some way to defeat that. In no uncertain terms, that's not always possible. You may want to look at AnyDVD s/w and see how that works, as it's sold for this purpose. You then use whatever other converter s/w like HandBrake to finish the process. I'm sure there are "1 pkg. bundles" available if you get into this area of video storage, but I don't do much more than use the basics which may or may not work.
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