The dvdrip application is an easy way to rip a DVD to your hard disk drive. To install this application, run this command.
~$ sudo apt-get install dvdrip
Then run the dvdrip application.
![The dvdrip main window.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dvdrip1.png)
Now read a DVD disk and setup the various options to transcode the DVD to your hard disk drive.
![Setting up the dvdrip application.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dvdrip2.png)
Now we are ready to transcode the video to the hard disk drive. Rip the selected title to the hard disk and this will complete stage one of this process.
![Ready to transcode a DVD.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dvdrip3.png)
Now click the transcode button to transcode the ripped video file into the final video format.
![Transcoding a ripped video file with dvdrip.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dvdrip6.png)
I have chosen to define the video output by quality, and setting the value to 0.55, this will give a larger file size, but good quality.
![Playing the finished product in mpv.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rambo.png)
Now I am playing the finished product in mpv and it turned out very well. This is how easy it is to rip a DVD in good quality on a Linux machine.