Leawo DVD Ripper 2.2 fuels high definition MP4 video life

Leawo DVD Ripper 2.2 is released featuring in DVD to MP4 conversion the most DVD-like or even better output in picture quality.

Shenzhen, China – Leawo Software (http://www.leawo.com), the enthusiastic and professional video format solution provider, today is delighted to announce Leawo DVD Ripper upgraded to version 2.2 with major improvement in DVD to MP4 video output quality. The conversion algorithm has been improved on the same profile settings. Thus without any hassles, users will enjoy DVD-like quality MP4 movies after ripping the DVD to MP4 format file with Leawo DVD Ripper.

What’s new of Leawo DVD Ripper 2.2?
1. Improved MP4/H.264/AVC codec output quality. With the improved conversion algorithm, even small details in dark parts of the video picture will be preserved and enhanced. Thus the DVD to MP4 replicate will have a matched picture quality to the original DVD source.
2. Improve video edit performance. This new version has solved problems of refresh delay with video watermark functions so as to give user an accurate and responsive feedback on the modification.
3. Optimized profile menu with more distinguishable icons.
4. Fixed bugs of unexpected loss of data or audio in conversion to some formats.
5. Optimized video/audio synchronization when using MP4/H.264/AVC codec.
6. Fixed some minor bugs during conversion process.

"Leawo DVD Ripper has become a matured product after years’ development, but we won’t cease any perfection that will make it 100% reliable and valuable software for our fellow users, especially in output quality and user experience." Said Wylove, senior engineer with Leawo’s R&D Department.

Pricing and availabilities:
Leawo DVD Ripper is priced at $29.95 per license. It is to install and run with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. Instant purchase and free evaluation are available on Leawo’s official site. 5% to 10% discount will be endowed in volume purchase of over 5 licenses. For more information, please visit Leawo website.

Leawo DVD Ripper: http://www.leawo.com/dvd-ripper/
Download URL: http://www.leawo.com/download/dvdripper/dvdripper_setup.exe
Email: contact@leawo.com

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How to rip CSS-protected DVD to AVI format for DVD backup?

First of all, to rip CSS-protected DVD to AVI format is possible with DVD decrypter program, but is confined to legal use of the DVD only. CSS-protection measure has long been the practice for preventing commercial DVDs from being copied to hard disk or cloned to reproduction. But we are allowed to use DVD decrypter to clone our expensive store bought CSS-protected DVD for DVD backup. As for DVD backup, it only makes sense to rip DVD to a format with DVD-like quality, smaller size and high portability. So this is why we are going to rip DVD to AVI format for the best DVD backup effort.

Normally, we need a DVD decrypter and a DVD converter to accomplish the task. But now we have an integrated program with comprehensible interface. It is called Leawo DVD Ripper.

Leawo DVD Ripper is highly compatible with any CSS-protected DVD. CSS-protected DVD will be recognized and automatically decrypted without our interference. So let’s focus on how to rip DVD to AVI format in high quality, that is, DVD-like quality, smaller size and high portability.

Here is the Download link to the software. Need more checkups, please visit the DVD Ripper’s page.

This is a very comprehensible DVD decrypter/ripper program. Feed the CSS-protected DVD in the DVD-ROM drive and use the "Load DVD" function on the program main interface. Then you will see the complete titles and chapters rolled out on the list more or less like the screenshot below.

Click open the "Profile" dropdown box, navigate to "Common Video" to make a choice on AVI profiles. We are going to use "Xvid Movie (*.avi)" profile, for the DVD-like picture quality and excellent sound quality. Based on MPEG-4 compression, it can guarantee the best ratio of quality to file size. As Xvid is an open-source codec, Xvid encoded AVI video is highly portable to be played on other PC easily.

Then click "Settings" to open codec control. You will see a list of codec parameters: Video Codec, Quality, Bit Rate, Video Size, Frame Rate, Aspect Ratio, etc.

There are quite a number of parameters set to "auto". It means to program will conduct the Xvid encoding with optimal settings. For beginners, this is a very handy design. But for veterans, it might not be enough to meet your picky demands. So let’s explore the optimal settings for ourselves and gain a better understanding of how the DVD to Xvid AVI conversion works. I am going to manifest the difference among the settings of Bit Rate, the key factor which influences the video quality and file size, by a field-test experiment. Feel compelled to follow me?

In this experiment, I will rip a 9 second segment of DVD to Xvid AVI in different Bit Rate settings. It is a repetitive action and I think it makes more sense to jump to the conclusion now.

It is all right if this conclusive data table confuses you. It got me, too, in some senses. LOL. What is behind these data is an equation: File Size = (Video Bit Rate + Audio Bit Rate) * duration /8. If you are perceptive, you would notice this is not an accurate equation and there is small discrepancy between the custom video Bit Rate and the actual video Bit Rate. It is because the Video Bit Rate is vibrant but constant. The actual Video Bit Rate reflects the average of Video Bit Rate. The longer duration of the video is converted, the more approximate the actual Video Bit Rate is to the custom Video Bit Rate.

Take a 2 hour DVD movie for example, you can be assured to count on the custom Video Bit Rate, say 600, with 128kbps Audio Bit Rate to come up with a 650MB AVI video. ((600+128)*7200/8=655200) By doing this, you have reduced the 4GB DVD movie to 1/6 in size!

Of course, DVD backup won’t be a valuable one if it doesn’t have DVD-like picture quality. Take a look at the comparison of the screenshots from 600Kbps Video Bit Rate setting, Low Profile, Medium Profile and High Profile.

Click the links to view the screenshots in full size 720*406.

• 600Kbps Video Bit Rate setting
• Low Profile
• Medium Profile
• High Profile

600Kbps and Low Profile have just been crossed off because of interior picture quality, while Medium Profile and High Profile are almost the same. If you take the 1.5 times file size multiplication lightly, High Quality Profile is your best choice. Otherwise, Medium Profile is the optimal choice for ripping DVD to Xvid AVI format for DVD backup, with good balance of video quality and file size.

In conclusion, rip CSS-protected DVD to Xvid format with Medium Profile in Leawo DVD Ripper is the optimal choice for DVD backup. However, this article encourages you to look deeper into the video conversion and use the DVD decrypter/ripper program well. It gives you a picture of how picture quality is in connection with Video Bit Rate. Try to experiment with any Bit Rate setting you want, then you can get the most desirable DVD backup copy of your CSS-protected DVD!

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Five recommended Christmas Movies to watch around Christmas holiday

Note: Want some tips on Christmas movies? Here are 5 recommendations. To watch them in house, you can rent the DVD from video shop or just download the video from the video site. You can also rip the DVD or convert the video to playback on your portable players with Leawo’s Christmas discounted video converters.

Christmas is the most appealing gift-giving and happiness-sharing holiday of the year. The best Christmas gift for your family especially your children is to stay with them, take them along with you to a hiking camp, a pleasure ground or just sit back with them in a cozy sofa to watch Christmas themed movies. It is a good time for your curious kids to learn more into Christmas legend stories and develop a joyful and positive character influenced by Christmas truth. As grown-ups, the movies can recall your fading dream of Christmas and the happy moments you ever have in your childhood. Just open your heart and enjoy the sentimental influence of these good movies.

Here are the top 5 Christmas Movies we recommend:
The Santa Clause 1994

This is a cheerfully corny family comedy which binds the theme of Christmas and Santa Clause. It tells about a story of Scott Calvin who transformed from the role of an ordinary divorced father to the worldwide beloved Santa Clause. The story sheds lights on secrets of toy factory and the elf town in the North Pole. It depicts how Scott Calvin overcame the difficulties of assuming Santa Clause’s job and finally decided to act in line with a qualified Mr. Santa. This is a magical movie aimed at the children to extend Christmas joyful sentiments. The introduction of the part of the parents adds to the success of this Christmas comedy.

The Polar Express 2004

This 3D computer generated motion pictures describe the extraordinary journey to the North Pole. It conveys the pure crystal dream of children in which they believe the elf world and Santa Clause do exist in the North Pole and they would receive gifts made in the toy factory and deliver by Santa Clause. The movie also appeals people to keep a pure belief in Christmas legend so as to have a happy time over Christmas.

Bad Santa 2004

This is an exception of the movies which give good pictures of Santa Clause delivering gifts on his reindeer sleigh. It has nothing to do with the Christmas legend and North Pole, but the story of two misdoers committing all kinds of bad things one can imagine in the cover of Santa Clause and an elf. Finally they were awaken by an eight-year-old boy and came to realize the truth and spirit of Christmas. They forwent the bad deeds and became good people.

Love Actually 2003

This is a good film with an affectionate theme. It tells the stories of love affairs happened on different people in different places in the days just before Christmas. With the scenes of success, joy, luck, sincerity and harmony, the movie is brimming with love that actually can be spread like a fire to all people whether they know each other or not. Watching the movie can also ignite the fire of love in your heart and have everything done smoothly with love around Christmas.

Elf

Elf is a warm-hearted Christmas comedy that tells a story of a baby boy who was mistakenly brought to the North Pole in Santa Clause’s bag. He grew up in the elf world and had a wish to go back to his true family in New York. When he returned, he discovered the world was not as peaceful as he had imagined. The Christmas was losing its influence on the busy and lack of affection New Yorkers. He decided to help the world resume the sentimental path which the world was walking off.

Having got the titles but don’t know how to get the movies? There are multiple ways:
1. Get the movie DVD by purchase in a video shop or online movie supermarket. It is the best way to obtain the best audiovisual entertainment. You can play the DVD on computer with a DVD-ROM or a HDTV set with a DVD player, either could output to a wide and large screen for group watching.
2. Download the movie from the internet P2P sharing network. This is an alternative when the DVD copy of the movie is hard to get. The video quality is usually very near that of the DVD copy and the video can be easily shared again via home network or portable storage devices.
3. For portable media player users, if you are looking for software to transfer the movie to your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP and even mobile phones and ensure a smooth playback.
To convert from DVD movies, Leawo DVD Ripper is a cutting-edge solution. It can convert DVD to all kinds of popular video formats easy and fast, and it has a build-in library of 100 on-demand profiles plus extensive customization features.
To convert from videos, Leawo Video Converter is the right solution, relieving your worries upon handling troubles and extending the ability to play the movie anywhere you want.

Get professional solutions from Leawo now can save your money up to 40%. Visit Leawo Christmas offer for more information.

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Christmas blockbuster: Leawo kicks off up to 40% discount on all video converter products

Note: Leawo debuted Christmas offer with up to 40% discounts applied to all of its products, including Leawo Video Converter, DVD Ripper, Mac Video Converter and a series of AVI, MP4, 3GP, iPod/iPhone and PSP converters. It is a real boon to those who are searching for video format solutions.

As a professional media format solution provider, Leawo Software today debuted a full-scale discount on all of its video converter products, boasting an up to 40% rebate rate for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Leawo applied discounts to all of its video converters for Windows, DVD rippers and converters and video converters for Mac. The discount is available through direct online purchase page on Leawo official site. The offer will last till Jan 1st. For those who would like to convert their holiday videos, it is the best opportunity to get an effective solution yet with great savings.

"We have received compliments and good suggestions from our Thanksgiving promotion, which has been our confidence to do it better in this Christmas offer. All of our products are embraced in this discount. We wish all of those who have selected us a merry Christmas with our offer and welcome any valued suggestions to help us work out much better products." Said the manager of Leawo Marketing Department.

Product discount information and pricings:

Leawo all-in-one Video Converter, which features Windows 7 compatibility, over 100 convert profiles, HD video conversions, convert parameter settings and edit & trim & crop & watermark customizations, is now at $19.95 per license.

Leawo DVD Ripper, which features Windows 7 compatibility, copying and converting protected & commercial DVD, subtitle and soundtrack selections, convert parameter settings and edit & trim & crop & watermark customizations, is now at $29.95 per license.

Leawo Mac Video Converter, which features Snow Leopard compatibility, over 100 convert profiles, HD video conversions, convert parameter settings and bi-window customizations on edit & trim & crop & watermark, is now at $29.95 per license.

Buy more, get more. More discounts are available for bunch purchase. Please contact Leawo to request the value you deserve.

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Rip sounds from Halloween thrillers to spook people

Thrillers abound on and around Halloween to involve people in a horror atmosphere. If you are fond of spooky effect, there is a better way than just watching the Halloween thrillers. That is, to rip hair-raising sounds from Halloween thrillers and play them by a PMP or cell phone hidden in a place hardly found. People can keep their eyes from seeing horrible things, but can’t shut the eerie sound out of their ears. It can be really spooky when you let out a screaming sound from the dark attic, odd voices inside the wall or cunning laughter in the bathroom. When people are going to watch thrillers, they have already known what is to come and prepared for it. But they can hardly hold themselves when the surprise jumps out from nowhere. So if you have a friend who boasts he has never been caught by the thrillers, you can easily knock out his unskilled guise by inviting him to your elaborately set spooky house.

First things first, you can’t spook people with tousy sounds that can be recognized at once, right? Sounds with electronic noises are just out of the effect and can spoil your strenuous trick easily. To avoid unnatural results, you should look for video sources from HD videos or DVDs. Then you use a good effective extractor or converter program to split the sound and cut segments from it.

The meat is ready and a good cook is expected. We recommend Leawo DVD Ripper for you to cook your DVD “meat” and Leawo Video Converter to cook your HD video “meat”. They are both qualified converter tools that are experienced in multi-directional video and audio converting. In this case, they are used to extract and convert audio from the videos, which is just a piece of cake to them.

How to rip sounds from Halloween thrillers with Leawo DVD Ripper and Leawo Video Converter?

1. Run Leawo DVD Ripper or Leawo Video Converter to import either DVD source or local video source.

2. Select an audio output profile, for example, MP3 or WMA. Then enter the codec setting panel via “Settings” button. Video codec settings are not available in audio conversion, so you only need to put up the parameter, which means good quality.

3. Use customize panel to cut an exact sound segment to your liking. The adjustment precision is at millisecond so you are not necessarily bothered by the inaccurate timing of the cut segment.

4. Start the conversion and get the ready sound files from the program folder via “open” button.

Tips: You can always review your Halloween pranks by recording how great the impact is on your visitors. Just enjoy Halloween!

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