COSMI DVD Ripper (Windows)

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Summary: never buy this one!
Review: buy COSMI DVD Ripper Suite (Windows) insted of this one. this one works not as fast.

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Summary: Spyware alert!
Review: Do not buy this or any Cosmi or Starshine software. It installs Spyware on your computer and it will take an expert to get rid of it. Don't make the same mistake I did!

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Summary: Been a long time
Review: First of all this does convert dvd movies to mpeg I wanted this so I could leave the movie on my laptop with out taking the disk with me. It takes 3.5 to 4 hours to copy them to the computer. This is the drawback.
If you want to copy the movie to a disk the program compresses the movie so much it is useless sometimes leaving part of the movie out.

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Summary: this stinks
Review: I bought it and tried to rip a dvd.It didnt work. I kept trying and trying. Nothing worked. Idont recommend it.

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Summary: abysmal
Review: I bought the full retail "suite" at $19 which also includes this product. It doesn't do anything-- just like some other reviewers say on this and the retail package. It wouldn't even recognize that there was a DVD in the DVD player. I don't mean that it wouldn't see the player-- I mean it couldn't read DVDs at all. Apparently, judging from other posts, it simply is incompatible with some DVD players. Also, when you run the program the display is all squeezed together so that you cannot change many options. Customer service sent me on the run around for another week and finally just about admitted that they know their software doesn't do anything. They also would not refund my money. I threw this junk software away-- it is so bad that I couldn't bring myself to foist it on someone used. Go with shareware instead. I will never buy another product from COSMI.

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Summary: I would give it a negative one star if I could
Review: I first burned a short film as a test. Unlike their claims, it does not play in every dvd player. It worked in 2 out of the 3 dvd players I tested. Secondly, the quality is the equivalent of watching tv with rabbit ear antennas with weak reception. Not appropriate as back up for an original dvd. I tried a longer movie and began the burning process before leaving for work. 10 hours later when I arrived at home it was still burning. I had to manually shut down my machine to get it to stop (program not responding.) I was afraid that it might have damaged my burner since it ran all day long, but luckily it seems fine. Given the quality of the first test copy, I decided it wasn't worth trying again. Then, of course is the spyware issue. I read the other reviews and searched the internet and found that cosmi has been allegedly associated with a firm that bundles adware with certain programs. If true, this is reason enough not to buy a product. However, my spy-remover software did not detect any suspect programs spyware/adware. Though upon uninstalling this DVD ripper, I noticed that there were programs and files left behind without an uninstall option. And if that all is not enough, be aware that you cannot copy encripted DVDs with this product anyway... which pretty much rules out every single comercial DVD ever released. Unless of course you obtain additional software to get around this. Such software is generally not available commercially due to a recent court ruling, but there is always freeware. Regardless, do yourself a favor by a real DVD burner and use different burning software.

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Summary: DVD Ripper
Review: I gotta brag on this product. So user friendly with a simple 4 step process. Does everything I want it to do, and more. The previous comments about slow speed are not entirely correct, and certainly it should be said that the moderate speed of this software contributes to its stability, versus the other brand software which is not as reliable. I say go for it. I did and am not disatified with it. If you like DVD's, or do not want to invest in a DVD recorder, this is the CHEAPEST METHOD TO BURN CD'S FOR YOUR DVD PLAYER.

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Summary: The 2003 Version of DVD Ripper Works Just Fine
Review: I suspect the 2004 version of "Cosmi DVD Ripper" had the DVD-decoding software removed so you can no longer rip copyright-protected DVDs because of that Federal Court Ruling in February (Maybe the US Supreme Court should sort this whole DVD-burning/fair use/copyright-thing out).

I purchased the original version of "Cosmi DVD Ripper" in the fall 2003 and it made decent back-up copies of my DVDs. However it is very slow and only copies about 100 minutes worth of movie material. But for $10, it does the job.


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Summary: wrong item
Review: I was trying to copy "The Butterfly Effect," but the DVD Ripper didn't do anything. On the other hand, I was able to copy the movie with DVD Ripper Suite. You know, there are two different products on the market: DVD Ripper and DVD Ripper Suite(this one works). Make sure you buying the right one.

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Summary: Not bad for under $10!
Review: It took me a while to get the hang of DVD Burning, but now that I've gotten it down, it's so simple. The three problems with this software are (1)Spyware - Never a good thing to have, but removable; (2)Speed - Takes several hours for one DVD (but hey, it's so inexpensive!) and (3)It does not burn encrypted DVD's, like most programs. However, there are programs out there that "override" encryptions. Once you find the right one to work with this program, burning is a snap!