Fast DVD ripping speed is considered one of the crucial factors while digitizing a DVD. Although the ripping time is partially dependent on the size of DVD and the computer specs (mostly CPU and GPU), it has a lot to do with the DVD ripper itself. Averagely, a DVD ripper takes about 40 min for every single disc ripping. I bet you won't want to sitting around your Mac for the lengthy transcoding, especially when you have collected hundreds of extensive DVD discs and wish to build your DVD digital library one-off. If you want a fast DVD ripping solution to save your precious time, here we will review the fastest HW accelerated DVD ripper - MacX DVD Ripper Pro v6.0.0, along with the speed test and comparison with other top rated DVD rippers for Mac. Well, first things first. Why is this hardware accelerated DVD ripper ranked No.1 fast? How does HW acceleration affect DVD ripping speed? You're suggested to read the below illustration if you have no idea about hardware acceleration. Or jump directly to Part 2 if you know a thing or two about it.

MacX DVD Ripper Pro is built in a powerful transcoding engine at the heart. Specifically, it applies high-quality engine to ensure the highest possible quality after DVD ripping, and utilizes the innovative multi-core CPU tech (support up to 8 cores) and hyper-threading techology to make full use of CPU for instant DVD conversion.

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That's not enough. DVD ripping is a time-consuming process and meanwhile a compute-intensive task, as well. To make your DVD ripping faster and more lightsome to your desktop, MacXDVD further optimizes MacX DVD Ripper Pro with the advanced hardware acceleration techs Intel® QSV/Nvidia/AMD so that you can, for example, make the utmost of your computer hardware configurations (esp. GPU processor) to hardware decode, process and encode DVD to digital formats at much faster speed than before. Yet, how does hardware acceleration affect DVD ripping speed? Well, you might need to spend 1 minute here reading the below concise explaination and you will be instantly enlightened.

It's known to all that the general DVD ripper software mainly applies its software decoding and encoding capabilities into DVD ripping process, no speed advantage. Things become much better when DVD ripping relies on 3-Level hardware decoding, processing and encoding (instead of merely software transcoding), especially hardware accelerated DVD ripping on GPU processor. That's because GPU (graphics processing unit), with SIMD architecture and throughput oriented design, is dedicated in large-scale parallel processing, which is beneficial to dramatically shorten DVD conversion time. DVD ripping is exactly the process involved with compute-intensive parallel processing. Therefore, the DVD ripping speed will be much faster than before if both your DVD ripper software and computer support GPU hardware acceleration technologies.

The most popular hardware acceleration techs include Intel QSV, Nvidia and AMD. Essentially, they're all designed with the same purpose: take full advantage of dedicated media capabilities of GPU to handle DVD ripping and conversion task and ease the burden of CPU for more tasks to ensure a better responsiveness. A slight difference lies in that Intel Quick Sync Video is embedded into Intel Core CPU processor and integrated graphics while Nvidia and AMD are the discrete graphics cards to perform the GPU hardware acceleration. You can install more than one discrete graphics card to further improve DVD ripping speed if your computer hardware configurations are good enough. Of course, to activate the acceleration, there are some entry-level requirements for your computer hardware configuration. Check the full guide of hardware acceleration to see if your desktop supports 3-Level techs.

You can eventually utilize these GPU acceleration techs in DVD hardware decoding, processing and encoding once you fire up MacX DVD Ripper Pro on your HW acceleration supported computer. And then have the chance to experience the several times faster DVD conversion speed than before. How fast does this HW accelerated DVD ripper run on earth? The following speed test will give you the answer.

This innovation transfers a large part of the DVD decoding, processing and encoding to graphics chip, thus unburdening your CPU for other tasks and therefore boosting the ripping speed - up to 5X faster - for ripping DVD to MP4/MOV/M4V H.264. This accordingly delivers up to 5-8x quicker conversion for iPhone, iPad, Android and other portable devices, and freeze-free work on your computer during DVD ripping. Below is the side by side DVD conversion speed test between the HW encoder enabled ripping and normal DVD ripping.

• • Tests carried out by MacXDVD Software. Computer specifications: macOS Sierra (10.12); 4.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7; 2TB Fusion Drive; Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200.
• • Hardware encoding performance also depends on the size of DVD and computer configuration. A highly configured computer brings about fast ripping performance.
• • Disc name: A Touch of Frost; Duration: 01:33:34; File Size: 4.1GB .

The above test shows that the HW acceleration enabled MacX DVD Ripper Pro can rip DVD movies at 5X faster speed than HW-disable mode. This should give the credit to MacX' 3-Level GPU acceleration techs - hardware decoding, processing and encoding, activated by its internal Intel QSV/Nvidia/AMD GPU acceleration techs. Well, some of you, esp. laymen, may be strange to the 3-Level hardware acceleration and wonder the differences among 3-level, 2-level and 1-level HW acceleration. To help you better understand them, here we make an overall comparison and list out the world-class GPU accelerated DVD rippers in the current market.

Level 1 - Hardware Encoding

DVD video encoding is the most compute-intensive part in the whole DVD conversion procedure and would consume large amount of CPU usage and power if DVD video encoding purely relies on CPU processor. That partly explains why almost 90%﹢ DVD ripper software supports GPU hardware encoding DVD movies to H264 format to ease CPU burden.

Level 2 - Hardware Decoding & Encoding

It's no more a secret for DVD ripping procedure. After the DVD encryption tech is removed by your professional DVD decrypter, the DVD conversion enters the next phase - DVD video decoding. It used to apply software decoding to decode DVD file data with restricted speed (affected by DVD ripper software DVD conversion engine and algorithm). Speed gets much faster when it applies GPU hardware decoding in DVD ripping, at least 1X faster than software DVD decoding. To further boost DVD conversion speed, hardware encoding comes into play in the following work, improving speed up to 2-3X faster . The only drawback is that the 2-Level HW supported DVD rippers are less than 50% of the DVD ripper industry.

Level 3 - Hardware Decoding, Processing & Encoding

Between DVD hardware decoding and encoding, there is another phase called DVD video processing, the top priority of which is to deal with the DVD post-processing tasks, including deinterlace, 3:2pulldown, doppler principle, DVD video scaling, brightness, etc. Though DVD video processing is nowhere near as high-demanding as DVD video encoding, it still occupies a lot in CPU usage and places certain burden on CPU processor. Therefore, hardware processing also matters a lot to tremendously improve DVD ripping speed. And the 3-Level hardware accelerated DVD ripper can make DVD conversion 5X faster speed than normal DVD rippers. Currently only MacX DVD Ripper Pro delivers 3-level hardware acceleration performance in DVD ripping and converting, which beats the pants off its competitors like Wondershare, Movavi, Any Video Converter, DVDFab and Handbrake.

Just as the old saying goes, 'oral expression in words cannot be taken as evidence'. To be objective and persuasive, here we round up the HW acceleration techs that 6 popular DVD rippers adopt and analyze the capabilities of different GPU HW acceleration techs. What's more, we conduct two DVD ripping tests (homemade DVD & commercial DVD) to let test data speak for themselves.

It's clear to see that there is no big difference among the GPU hardware acceleration techs the DVD ripper programs adopt. 5 out of 6 DVD rippers (except Any Video Converter) support Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration tech; 4 out of 6 DVD ripping tools have the power to activate Nvidia (CUDA) HW acceleration on your computer and 3 out of 6 DVD copy software work seamlessly with AMD GPU graphics card to boost DVD ripping speed. And only MacX DVD Ripper Pro gives strong backing to latest Nvidia (NVENC/NVDEC) GPU hardware decoding/processing/encoding tech. Which Nvidia GPU acceleration is stronger, CUDA or NVENC/NVDEC?

The answer is NVENC/NVDEC. To be specific, CUDA does it duty via hybrid processing (CPU + CUDA) while Nvidia NVENC is fully hardware accelerated, no burden to place on CPU. What's plus, the performance of CUDA is greatly affected by CUDA cores while NVENC provides high performance with lower power, barely no demands on CPU/GPU & bandwidth/memory. BTW, Nvidia NVENC is responsible for DVD movie hardware encoding and NVDEC accounts for DVD movie hardware decoding. And generally speaking, the capability of GPU hardware acceleration can be ranked like this: Nvidia (NVENC/NVDEC) > Intel QSV > Nvidia (CUDA). As for AMD and DXVA, you can compare them via actual DVD ripping speed test if you feel curious about them.

Part 3.1: Rip Homemade DVD to MP4 H.264

Owning to the revolutionary 3-Level hardware acceleration techs, now the DVD ripping process is conducted more on Intel QSV/Nvidia/AMD GPU than on the computer's CPU. Therefore, the ripping time is greatly shortened and more CPU resources are spared for gaming, web browsing, etc. In our test, the average conversion frequency of MacX DVD Ripper Pro reaches to 320 FPS during DVD to MP4 H.264 transcoding. That's nearly 2-4X faster than the other rippers including Handbrake under the same test condition with the same settings, leaving the competitors in the dust. Below is the side-by-side DVD to MP4 conversion speed test between the top-rated DVD rippers for Mac.

Part 3.2: Rip Copy Protected DVD to MP4 H.264

So far, nearly 90% of DVD discs are encoded with copy protection schemes that are hard to crack with generally DVD ripper for Mac. These discs include the latest DVD movie releases such as I Am Wrath, Manchester By the Sea, Zootopia, the 99-title DVDs like workout discs, and some other DVDs with formatted dissimilarly to UDF like the AV DVDs that even VLC cannot play. So in our fast DVD ripper test, we also go ahead the speed test with I Am Wrath which is talked most regarding to DVD ripping. Just check the comparison below.

Besides the speed test mentioned above, we also list other factors users concern most when selecting a right DVD ripper for Mac. Here is the side-by-side specs comparison among these most-favored Mac DVD ripping software.

Owning to the powerful transcoding engine, hyper-threading tech, multi-core CPU, coupled with the innovative Intel QSV/Nvidia/AMD GPU hardware acceleration technology, MacX DVD Ripper Pro is marked as the fast DVD ripper for Mac, and its ripping speed reaches a new height. Additionally, its ability to support all types of DVDs and always the first to crack new DVD copy protections, conquer new discs, along with the intuitive interface, makes MacX the easiest, best and fastest DVD ripper for Mac. You can follow the step-by-step guide to learn how to fast rip DVD on Mac in 5 minutes.

Windows Migration Assistant transfers your contacts, calendars, email accounts, and more from a PC. It migrates this data to the appropriate places on your Mac. After migrating data to your Mac, authorize your computer for iTunes Store purchases. It’s important to authorize before you sync or play content that you download from the iTunes Store.

If you're migrating from one Mac to another Mac, follow the steps to move your content to a new Mac.

Before you begin

To prepare for a smooth migration:

• Make sure that Windows is up to date. Migration Assistant works with Windows 7 and later.
• Make sure that you know the name and password of an administrator account on your PC.
• Connect your Mac and PC to the same network, such as your home Wi-Fi network. Or connect an Ethernet cable between the ports on your Mac and PC to create a direct network connection. Some Mac models require an Ethernet adapter, such as the Belkin USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter or Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
• If you're using Microsoft OneDrive on your PC, follow Microsoft's instructions for uninstalling OneDrive before continuing. You can reinstall OneDrive after migration is complete.

Then use the check disk (chkdsk) utility on your PC to make sure that your Windows hard drive doesn’t have any issues:

1. Right-click the Start button, then click Run.
2. Type cmd and press Enter. Command Prompt opens.
3. At the prompt, type chkdsk and press Enter.
4. If the utility reports that it found problems, type the following, where drive is the letter that represents your Windows startup disk, such as D:
   
5. Press Enter.
6. At the prompt, type Y, then restart your PC.
7. Repeat this process until the check disk utility reports no issues. If the utility can't fix every issue that it finds, you might need to have your PC serviced. Then migrate your data to your Mac.

Move your data

This section guides you through migration, post-migration, and what to do if the steps don’t work for you.

How to move your information from a PC to your Mac

1. On your PC, download and install the appropriate Windows Migration Assistant, based on the version of macOS on your Mac:
   • Windows Migration Assistant for macOS Mojave or later
   • Windows Migration Assistant for macOS Sierra and High Sierra
   • Windows Migration Assistant for OS X El Capitan or earlier
2. Quit any open Windows apps.
3. Open Windows Migration Assistant, then click Continue.
   
4. Start up your Mac. Setup Assistant automatically opens the first time you turn on your Mac. If you’ve already set up your Mac, open Migration Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
   
5. On your Mac, follow the onscreen prompts until you get to the migration pane of the assistant. Select the option to transfer your information “From a Windows PC,” then click Continue.
   
6. When prompted, enter an administrator name and password.
7. Click Continue to close any other open apps.
8. In the migration window on your Mac, select your PC from the list of available computers. Then wait for the PC to show the same passcode that your Mac shows.
9. When both computers display the same passcode, click Continue on your PC and Mac.
10. Your Mac scans the drives on your PC to build a list of information to migrate. When the scan completes, select the information that you want to migrate to your Mac and click Continue. Learn about some of the data that you can transfer.
    

You can watch the progress and estimated time remaining on both the PC and your Mac. They tell you when migration is complete.

After you move your data

When migration completes, close Windows Migration Assistant on your PC. Then log in to the new user account on your Mac. The first time you log in to a user account migrated from your PC, you’re asked to set a password. You can use the same password that you used on your PC, or create a new password.

After logging in to the user account that you migrated, your computer for iTunes Store purchases. It’s important to authorize before you sync or play content downloaded from the iTunes Store.

If you have issues moving your data

• Quit all open apps on your PC, then try migrating your content again. For example, you can press Alt-Tab to choose an open application, then press Alt-F4 to quit it.
• If your PC doesn't appear in the Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant window on your Mac, make sure the computers are connected to the same network. You can create an network by connecting a single Ethernet cable between your Mac and PC. If that doesn't help, check for firewall software on your PC and turn it off. Firewall software can block network ports needed during migration. After migration completes, you can turn firewall software on again.
• If Migration Assistant doesn’t open on your PC, turn off any antivirus software on your PC. Then try to open Migration Assistant again. After migration completes. You can turn that software on again.
• If you still can't migrate your information successfully, you can use an external drive or file sharing to manually copy important data to your Mac.

What data can I transfer?

Migration Assistant lets you choose the data to move to your Mac. Here’s what moves over for specific apps and data types:

Email, contacts, and calendar information
Email messages, email-account settings, contacts, and appointments move based on which version of Windows you're using and which accounts you have.

Outlook¹
Data from 32-bit versions of Outlook in Windows 7 and later move as follows:

• People move to Contacts²
• Appointments move to the Calendar app
• IMAP and Exchange settings and messages move to the Mail app
• POP settings and messages move to Mail²

Windows Live Mail
Data from Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 and later moves as follows:

• IMAP settings and messages move to Mail
• POP settings and messages move to Mail²

Windows Mail
Data from Windows Mail in Windows 7 and later (excluding Windows 8) move as follows:

• IMAP settings and messages move to Mail
• POP settings and messages move to Mail²
• People move to Contacts

Bookmarks
Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Safari for Windows, and Firefox move to Safari.

System settings
Language and location settings, and custom desktop pictures move to System Preferences. Your web browser homepage moves to Safari preferences.

Pictures
Photos and other images move to your home folder. You can then add them to Photos, or open Photos and let it search your Mac for photos to import.

iTunes content
Migration Assistant transfers your iTunes media as follows: music to the Apple Music app, videos to the Apple TV app, podcasts to the Apple Podcasts app, and audiobooks to the Apple Books app. What happened to iTunes?

Other files
Migration Assistant also moves these files:

• Files from the top-level folder of the currently logged-in user’s home directory
• Non-system files located in the Windows or Program Files folders
• Top-level folders located on the Windows system disk and other attached disks

1. Migration Assistant doesn’t support 64-bit versions of Outlook. You can manually migrate Mail, Contacts, or Calendars from Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016 by signing in and entering the content on your Mac manually.

2. Migration Assistant transfers only the Mail or Contacts data that belongs to the logged-in Windows user. To transfer data from another user account, use Migration Assistant again while you’re logged in to another Windows account. Each time you migrate, your Mac creates a new user account.