VidCoder is an alternative to handbrake[ DVD ripper freeware ]

HandBrake is an excellent DVD ripper free software, but if you are a novice user, you may find that it’s too configurable, VidCoder is a free DVD ripping software which is based on HandBrake’s encoding engine, and supplies more friendly user interface. VidCoder requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4, and supports Windows XP / Windows 7.

VidCoder has all the functions that HandBrake has, and gives you a better user experience. It allows you set output size of the video / pause and resume encoding / preview the video / adjust bit rate of the audio / resize or crop the video. VidCoder supports multiple processors and multi-thread.

Features

• Multi-threaded
• MP4, MKV containers
• H.264, MPEG-4, Theora video
• AAC, MP3, Vorbis, AC3 passthrough audio
• Target bitrate, size or quality for video
• 2-pass encoding
• Multi-angle support
• Decomb, detelecine, deinterlace filters
• Batch encoding
• Instant source previews
• Creates small encoded preview clips
• Pause, resume encoding

Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4 from Microsoft.

Download VidCoder from codeplex.