Ripping

:For the process of sawing wood along the grain, see rip saw

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Ripping is the process of copying the audio and/or video data from one media form, such as Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) or Compact Disc (CD), to a hard disk. While the original media is typically digital, the extraction of analog media such as VHS video or vinyl records to a digital format can also be referred to as "ripping" by extension. The copied data, called "rips", are usually encoded in a compressed format such as FLAC, MP3, WMA or Ogg Vorbis for audio or MPEG-2, MPEG-4 or DivX for video in order to conserve storage space.

Wood: :This article describes the material produced by trees. For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation)....

Rip saw: This article is about the tool. There is also a style of music called ripsaw music....

Audio: Audio can mean:...