Submitted by maccolar on 26. October 2009 - 6:16
This step-by-step guide will show you how to use DVD Ripper for Mac to rip general DVD (copy-protected included) on Mac OS X (Leopard Supported).
What you need is DVD Ripper for Mac; you can download it directly for free from here:
If you want to learn more features about it, you can refer to this page: http://macdvdripper.mac-dvd.com
Step1. Download and install DVD Ripper for Mac. Insert your DVD disc into DVD drive, then run the software, click "Load DVD" button to import the DVD file. You can also load DVD folders from your hard drive by clicking “Load IFO" , DVD folders files name appear like "Video_TS" .
Tips: This software supports converting by selecting chapters or customizes conversion time. If you just want certain part of the DVD movie, you can check the chapters you want or trim the movie.
Step2. This software can convert DVD to various video formats such as MP4, MPEG, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV, etc. Click the "Profile" drop down list to select a format you want.
Tips: If you don’t know much about video formats, you can select a format according to the name of your portable player. For example, you can select "iPod Touch MPEG-4 (*.mp4)" when you want to rip DVD movie for iPod Touch, and the default setting works great. This software also includes the DVD Audio Ripper function, so you can extract audio from DVD movie to MP3 or AAC for web using or other portable player.
If you want to customize the output video quality, you can click the “Settings button next to the format field to open the Settings window and set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc. See the figure below: