How to Rip DVD on Mac for iPod/iPad/iPhone/iMovie

The following guide shows you how to rip DVD on Mac to sorts of video and audio formats for iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iMovie, iDVD, YouTube, etc. using DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Launch DVD Ripper for Mac and add DVD Movie ( free download )

Drag & drop DVD disc icon on the desktop to the program. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Load DVD" to locate the DVD movies (including DVD Video, DVD IFO file, DVD folder, dvdmedia file) you want to add.

The defaulted setting only read main feature of the DVD movie for conversion, without DVD menu and the movie just starts playing right away. If you want to import the whole DVD, go to "Preference" and unchecked "Load main title of the DVD".

Subtitle: Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select the one you prefer so that you can convert DVD with subtitle on Mac. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting 'No Subtitle'

Audio Track: Select an audio track from the available audio tracks of your DVD movie.

Step 2. Output Settings

Select an output format: For example, you can select 'MOV' when you want to rip DVD to QuickTime on Mac, and the default setting works great. This DVD ripper for Mac can also rip DVD to MP4, AVI, M4V, 3GP, MPG, MPEG, FLV on Mac OS X and convert DVD from PAL to NTSC. If you don't know much about video formats, you can select a format according to the name of your portable player.

Set Video and audio solutions: If you want to resize output video files or tailor settings for specific use, you can click the "Settings" button to open the Settings window and set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc.

Step 3. Start DVD Movie Conversion

After the output settings, you can just hit the Convert button to start converting your movies. You can choose to shut down your computer or open the output folder after the conversion.

There are a few tips and tricks you won't miss out on while using this DVD Ripper for Mac to rip DVD on your Mac machine.

If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, move the pointer over the thumbnail of the DVD you want to split and choose "split" from the pop-up menu. In the Split window, you can choose split DVD into chapters automatically. Or you can drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click "scissors" icon. When the settings are done, close the window and click "Yes" in pop-up dialogue to save the settings.

You can also crop the DVD video, apply a video effect, capture pictures, etc.

It is recommended that you choose iMedia Converter for Mac if you want to both rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.