For a Linux user who is also a DVD collector, OGMRip maybe a familiar DVD ripping tool. It is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM, MP4, or Matroska files using a wide variety of codecs. But if you are a Mac user, you will get disappointed because OGMRip can't run on Mac OS. Fortunately, although you can't rip DVD with OGMRip on Mac, there are other DVD copy applications which can support to rip DVD on Mac including macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra and El Capitan. Now, let's see these OGMRip Alternatives for Mac.
Part 1: Free 5 OGMRip Alternatives for Mac
#1: HandBrake
HandBrake is the best DVD Ripper on Mac for it is the most welcomed free DVD Ripper. It can rip unencrypted DVDs, compressing the files in the process. HandBrake can run in Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, BSD, Xfce. If you are a Mac user, you can take it. What is more, HandBrake support of chapter selection, support of subtitle, picture cropping. However, The output of HandBrake supporting is limited. It only can support output file format: MP4 and MKV
#2: FFmpeg
FFmpeg is an open source project that develops libraries and programs for handling multimedia data. FFmpeg is the home to libavcodec, a codec library used by a large spectrum of programs, and libavformat, a mux and demux library for containers. On Mac OS X, FFmpeg can copy DVDs and convert some video from one format to another format like AVI to MP4, WMV to MP4, etc. Although FFmpeg is called “fast forward”, the speed is not as fast as it said. And the output quality will loss a lot of images.
# 3: Any Video Converter
Any Video Converter is designed with no limitations and zero costs. It lets you effortlessly convert any video files to any format for FREE! Any Video Converter can run in Windows 8/7/XP/Vista and Mac OS X 10.7 or later. It can convert almost all video formats including ASF, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP4 and it also can rip DVDs.
# 4: MacTheRipper
MacTheRipper is the real free DVD ripping software that works on Mac and copy DVDs easily. It's damn easy to use MacTheRipper to rip DVD to DVD files on Mac. Simply insert your DVD disc to the drive, run MacTheRipper, make necessary settings and you're ready to go.
# 5: RipIt
RipIt can run in Mac OS X. RipIt is a free DVD Ripper software developed by The Little App Factory. It enables users to create a playable copy of the contents. What is more, you could compress the DVD videos to a small file on your device with RipIt. It could save some place for you keep another video. However, RipIt only can rip DVD video. It does not have any option to remove region codes, nor does it allow the option to select certain features or chapters for extraction.
Comparison of 5 Free OGMRip Alternatives for Mac
Main Features |
HandBrake | FFmpeg | Any Video Converter | MacTheRipper | RipIt |
Easy to use | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Speed level | Slow | high | Slow | Slow | Low |
Output Quality | Some blocks | Some blocks loss some images | Loss few images |
Has blocks Loss few images |
With lots of loss |
Supported input formats | 23+ popular formats | 30+ popular formats | 50+ popular formats | 30+ popular formats | Only rip DVD formats |
Edit function | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Rip encrypted DVD | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Part 2: 5 Paid OGMRip Alternatives for Mac (macOS High Sierra included)
No. 1 Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac
As a DVD Copier, it is the best I think and so does as a Blu-ray Ripper. It can lossless rip DVD to MKV file with all chapter markers and copy DVD with multiple subtitle and audio tracks. When copying DVD, it can keep AC3 6 channels and AAC 6 channels. It can rip both Blu-ray and DVD to lossless/uncompressed MKV files and multi-track MP4/MOV/AVI. It has another more unique feature, that is to extract SRT subtitle from Blu-ray and DVD movies.
No.2 Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac
This is not a DVD Copy software but also a video converter. It can convert DVD even Blu-ray and video to any other popular format as you want. You even can edit your Blu-ray, DVD and video with built-in video editor. You can trim video footage, crop video black area, merge fragments to a whole one file, split a single file to many clips, add subtitle and watermark, etc.
No.3 Pavtube BDMagic for Mac
It can 1:1 backup Blu-ray/DVD with original video structure and also directly copy Blu-ray/DVD main title to M2TS/VOB files. It can convert Blu-ray and DVD movies to H.265/HEVC, MP4, MKV, MOV, WMV, AVI, 3GP, TS, FLV, etc and extract MP3, AAC, AC3, FLAC, WMA audio from Blu-ray and DVD video. Batch conversion feature will save you a lot of time when copying Blu-ray and DVD.
No. 4 Pavtube DVDAid for Mac
Pavtube DVDAid only can rip and convert DVD. It can convert DVD to SD/HD MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, 3GP, FLV and 3D SBS MKV, 3D SBS MP4, 3D SBS WMV,etc for your Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift CV1, HTC Vive and 3D TVs. Pavtube DVDAid can copy commercial DVDs and online rented DVDs by removing DVD encryption including CSS, region code, RCE, Sony ArccOS, UOPs, Disney x-project DRM, etc.
No.5 DVDFab HD Decrypter For Mac
The HD decrypter for Mac enables you to remove all the DVD protections and part of Blu-ray protections. It also has the functionality to either copy the full disc or just copy the main movie. It is also flexible and customizable as you can edit the settings and get the special effects that you like for your video copy.
Brief Comparison of Top 5 Paid OGMRip Alternatives for Mac
OGMRip Alternatives for Mac | iMedia Converter for Mac | ByteCopy | BDMagic | DVDAid | DVDFab HD Decrypter |
Supported Input Files | Video, DVD, Blu-ray | DVD, Blu-ray | DVD, Blu-ray | DVD | Blu-ray, DVD |
Remove DVD Copy Protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Full Disc Copy DVD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Directly Main Title Copy DVD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Supported Output Files | |||||
.mkv .mp4 .mov .wmv .avi .3gp . flv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
H.265/HEVC, M3U8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
4K MKV/MP4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
3D MKV/MP4/WMV/AVI/MOV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
lossless/uncompressed MKV | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Encoded MP4/MOV/AVI with multi-track subtitle/audio | No | Yes | No | No | No |
.mp3 .aac .ac3 .flac .wma .mka | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Other Features | |||||
trim/crop/split/merge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
add subtitle/watermark | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
extract subtitle | No | Yes | No | No | No |
bath conversion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
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