


In this case, you can simply press the big blue Run button. You also have the option of cloning the entire DVD, chapters and information and all, simply by selecting the Full DVD Disc Backup option. Click the image for an example of video quality! Yeah, I ripped Hitch onto my computer - definitely one of my favorite DVDs and one of the funniest and the most well-made romantic comedies (chick flicks) of all time. Nonetheless, the resolution and quality of the video is really quite nice.

The entire clip of the movie is a 5GB mpeg-2 file, which is pretty hefty given the typical sizes of. This is extremely useful, because editing a movie can take a lot of processing power! I once wanted to rip a specific clip from my copy of 21, but my computer could barely load the whole movie in the editing software, let alone make the edits. If you want to select a specific chapter, the boxes inside BDlot change to allow you to select which chapter. You can choose which parts of the DVD to rip, and options range from the full movie to specific chapters, or video and audio only as seen in the middle section 2 of the screenshot. I didn’t find the need to modify this part at all, but some of you who want to get into specifics might. The bottom left section 3 allows you to manually select which parts of the DVD you want to copy. There are three main parts of this function, called DVD Title Backup (clicking the highlighted button 1 in the screenshot will take you to this screen). There’s a very simple tool that allows you to extract only the film part of the DVD, and leave out the chapter information and DVD menus in order to save storage space. The primary function of BDlot is to rip movies from DVDs. For one thing, it makes ripping DVDs a very simple process, and has a bunch of unique capabilities.

I know the name isn’t exactly the most original or entertaining, but it’s actually a very decent piece of software. One tool that came to my attention is BDlot DVD Clone (referred to BDlot from this point on).
