Rippin' Discs Hosted by Gareth Davies and Joe Ressington The Mind Tech Podcast is your weekly dose of tech, privacy, security and conspiracy. Each week we'll talk about the very latest tech news and the continued threats to internet freedom. Mind Tech News: No, this isn’t a scene from Minority Report. This trash can is stalking you Every Important Person In Bitcoin Just Got Subpoenaed By New York's Financial Regulator Hannah Smith suicide: David Cameron writes letter to grieving dad promising action against trolls Ripping Blu Rays and DVD's The two pieces of software used to rip your media are: MakeMKV - 30 days Free, $50 after that MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise called "transcoder". It converts the video clips from proprietary (and usually encrypted) disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way. The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information and preserve chapters. There are many players that can play MKV files nearly on all platforms, and there are tools to convert MKV files to many formats, including DVD and Blu-ray discs. Handbreak - Free, Open Source Handbreak is a general-purpose, free, open-source, cross-platform, multithreaded video transcoder software application that can used to convert video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. Both applications are available for Mac, Linux and Windows. Contact us via Bitmessage!  Here's our address: BM-2D827QEqWztqKZaRW4xkL8z7WPGu3qryyM The Mind Set Facebook group The Mind Set Google+ group Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate