I looked at the DVDFab website and am confused by all the choices.
Did you buy one of them? Which one? Are any of them free?
Thanks, cb
Although they sell everything individually, its actually one program that you use, regardless of which license(s) you buy. You are actually just buying licenses to unlock certain features and abilities of that software. I will refer to them as individual programs for simplicity of explaining it only.
I realize their website isn't the world's best at explaining what things are... Let me break it down for ya...
DVD Copy and
Bluray Copy are used to make copies of DVDs/Blurays. These can copy a DVD/Bluray disc to another disc of the same type or copy a DVD/Bluray to a disc image on your computer (either as an ISO or Folder style). These don't output any video files.
Bluray to DVD Converter can take a Bluray disc and reformat the movie to fit on a DVD. This is very useful but again won't output any video files.
DVD Ripper,
Bluray Ripper, and
Bluray 3D Ripper are the programs that output video files. These programs are INCREDIBLY powerful. They can output DVD/Bluray movies (even 3D Blurays) to video files that can be played by various devices, ranging from PS3, Xbox 360 to iPods and Cell phones (what we want to do). The license you buy will determine the source of the video, not the destination device like other DVD/Bluray ripping programs I've seen.
What I've been talking about in this topic is primarily the
DVD Ripper program. I don't yet own the
Bluray Ripper program, though I will be soon.
The good news is that you can download their program (the program that runs ALL their licensed things) and try each and every piece of it out for 30 days. It will run at full capabilities during that 30 days but any output, disc or video file, will have the DVDFab logo watermark in the corner every so often. Once you buy the licenses and re-do the conversion, the logo goes away.
When you go to buy the licenses, you'll notice a Subscription period question. This subscription period is the length of time you are given free upgrades to that licensed program. Once you subscription runs out, you no longer have access to newer releases. It may be that once the subscription runs out, you'll no longer be able to run the program at all. I will admit, I'm not entire sure which of these happen when the subscription runs out because all the licenses I own are lifetime ones.
Although its a bit more money, I would honestly suggest to buy Lifetime licenses. They are actually very good at coming out with updates and upgrades to their software so once your subscription expires, you will get behind very quickly.
I hope this helps... I know my replies are never that short... sorry... I can't help it...