Joboshare DVD to DivX Converter can rip DVD videos. It specializes in converting movies to DivX, which can help you benefit from the high compression and quality of this format. This will not only save storage space but also allow you to watch your favorite movies on different device types.
The program has a nice interface whose visual layout guarantees its usability by establishing a logical workflow. This way, you will be ripping video from your discs in just some basic steps: selecting the source, choosing a format and starting conversion.
Three different sources are supported, so you are allowed to convert video from a disc, a DVD folder or an IFO file. Unluckily, DVD ISO images cannot be opened. Once one of these sources has been selected, the program will automatically show its contents, namely titles and chapters. From these, you can pick the ones you wish to extract. If you do not wish to convert the whole clip, you can simply trim it to the desired segment. In addition, if the DVD contains various audio tracks, subtitles or angles, you can also make your choice about that. The selected subtitles will be embedded onto the video so that you can watch your movies on devices not supporting external subtitle files.
Besides DivX, this application supports converting to a much wider range of output formats, which have been classified into such types as common video, common audio, picture and animation, and others. Perhaps you would like to hear it can convert to Flash formats like SWF and FLV. Despite the availability of an extensive number of output profiles, the program allows you to create customized profiles and save them for later use. Different types of zoom can also be set. In addition, you can establish a file size limit so that the resulting files would be split to fit the available storage capacity. Expert users can also configure other parameters via the settings menu.
In general, Joboshare DVD to DivX Converter can do its job right. When tested, it extracted some titles from a DVD folder successfully.
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