What do you consider to be best? The speed will largely depend on your computer and not the specific application. Ease of use? lots of features?

http://handbrake.fr/ is what I use because it is easy and doesn't slow down my computer.

looks like I found the same site as easyeboy. it just shows that it must be good. http://lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools also has some great info on the most popular dvd ripping applications.
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erm.. I would say ArcanistTube
Source(s):
ArcanistTube.net i think.. or .org
Google it

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For Macs: a free tool called MacTheRipper, from http://mactheripper.org/

For Windows based computers the best ripping software for any media (DVD, HD DVD, CD etc...) is made by the company called SlySoft. You can get them at http://slysoft.com/ . They were the first ones to break BluRay DVD encryption algorithm as well.
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The free I found best is handbrake

And the shareware I use for a long time is aimersoft dvd ripper, it works really perfect, such as editing function, fast conversion speed, etc, it's surely worth a try.

http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper.html#123
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As a good dvd ripper it should convert DVD by customizing file size, ripping any DVD clip, selecting target subtitle and audio track, ripping long movie , cropping DVD video, captures a particular sceen from DVD when preview and rips dvd with s few clicks.

As ripping dvd, I use Daniusoft DVD Ripper, it comes with all my request and rips dvd without lost.

http://www.convert-video-dvd.com/dvd-ripper.html#115
Source(s):
http://www.convert-video-dvd.com/dvd-ripper.html#115

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Another vote for Handbrake
http://handbrake.fr
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There are many ways to rip a DVD, but all I could say is that using DVDDecrypter is the best way. With DVDDecrypter you can rip your DVD then file or folder it with FolderISO > Burn it with DVDDecrypter... Fast and easy!
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DVDDecrypter and DVD Shrink on a PC
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Personally I love DVD Shrink for being able to take a dual-layer DVD and shrink it to fit on a single layer DVD, without losing any substantial quality.
Source(s):
http://www.dvdshrink.org/

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For ripping to a file I still like to use FairUse. (Not sure it can be found anywhere legal any more ..it was a commercial product, but the company was sued into oblivion by the movie-industry lawyers.) Only does DivX or XVid, no H264, but it's got many options and the cropping and editing are quite good.

Handbrake is probably better overall these days (especially now it can transcode.) But I still think in file-sizes rather than bitrates, so I often go back to FairUse. (Must learn Handbrake better. Handbrake is free too)

So, objectively, for ripping to files: Handbrake. Though I put FairUse a close second.

Now, for Ripping a DVD-9 and creating ISO's, vob-files, or burning single or dual-layer DVD-R's directly (with NERO), without a doubt DVD Shrink is king. Brilliantly easy to use, it can auto-recompress the whole DVD (giving the main movie the best quality), or write just the movie. It's free, and gives a great result. Love it.

If you want to rip BluRay stuff, I believe SlySoft's AnyDVD HD (commercial) is the best out there. (They're not American, so the get to dodge the legal issues somewhat.) ;)

And, finally, if you've ripped DVD's to files, and you want to make them back into a DVD, use the free DVD Flick. Easy to use and works beautifully (and quickly.) You can even make flashy menus with it if you want.

Oh, and finally finally :) ..if you want to transcode between formats and want every option under the sun, the free MediaCoder might be worth a look. It's a complex beastie, but if you know what some of the video and audio formats are, their containers, and what some of the options mean, you can recompress, scale, edit, and convert a lot of things with this. (I recompressed a lot of my DivX .avi files with this so they would fit on my wee GP2x handheld gaming system, and they ended up tiny.) :)
Source(s):
www.slysoft.com (AnyDVD HD .. Blu-Ray ripping.)
handbrake.fr (Handbrake, DVD ripper and video-file transcoder.)
www.dvdshrink.org (DVD Shrink .. DVD-9 to DVD-5 or 9 copying.)
www.dvdflick.net (Convert video files to proper movie DVD discs.)
FairUse can be found out there somewhere, I guess. :)
mediacoder.sourceforge.net (Media coder, ultra-powerful transcoding.)

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DVD::rip - http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/

Its totally free and I've been using it for years.
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definitly DVD ripper and DVD shrink if space is a concern.

If your just want to make a copy of the disc, or just digitize the disc make it into an .iso using ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/ its free,

ImgBurn, rip the dvd as an iso. you can always mount the image using powerIso (also free) and rip it at a later point, or just burn the iso onto a fresh disc, or just mount the iso and play it as if you just inserted the DVD into your disc drive.

I preferr using ImgBurn as it doesnt eat up CPU cycles, your just read the disc and make an image of it. No muss no fuss.
Source(s):
Personal Experience

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I don't see CloneDVD on here yet
Source(s):
http://www.slysoft.com

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