23.05.2018
Semalt - What Is A Data Ripper?
Ripping, often referred to as digital extraction is a process of copying audio and video content from CDs, DVDs, and other streaming media to a computer drive. The process is done using speci c software called rippers. The ripper program uses an encoder to compress the le and then stores it on the computer drive. Most ripping programs have converters. The converter program changes the le format to other formats. The process of copying the ripped data into a recordable le is referred to as burning. Some of the programs can rip and burn the le in one step by reencoding the le in the process. The name ripping has no relationship with the slang phrase "rip off" which means "stealing." The term is often used due to speed especially when compared to the time required to re-record and CD or DVD. Others believe that the name stemmed from the Raster Image process (RIPping). The generic meaning was analog to digital conversion of media, especially in tape audio and vinyl. Today, it often means capturing any media and converting the same to a different format. Nowadays, conversion of les is digital-digital than analog-digital. An example is ripping an audio CD containing 16-bit, 44.1 kHz LPCM-encoded audio. The software instructs the CD drives rmware to read the le and parse out the LPCM samples. The software renders the data in WAV or AIFF le formats. It can as well feed them into a Codec to produce an MP3 or FLAC le. Ripping can be done a track by track basis or all the tracks at once. Some tools may have the capacity to detect and rectify error during and after ripping. DVD rippers often function the same way as the CD rippers, but DVDs do not contain data les for use in computers. The commercial DVDs are encrypted to prevent authorized access to the les. They are also large making it inconvenient to copy to ordinary DVD-R. The ripping software can re-encode though there will be some loss of quality during compression. http://rankexperience.com/articles/article2454.html
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