How to convert and edit DVD and Video files on Mac?

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1.How to convert DVD or Video files on Mac OS X?

2.How to split DVD movie or video clips?

3.How to crop DVD movie or video clips?

4.How to merge several titles or chapters into one?

5.How to capture pictures (BMP, JPG) from video?

6.How to add image or text watermark to DVD movie or video on Mac?

1. How to convert DVD or Video files on Mac OS X?

Step 1: Launch iMedia Converter for Mac 2.0 and Add DVD or Videos

Drag & drop the DVD disc image or video file(s) to the grey area. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Load DVD” or “Add Video/Audio files” and navigate to the files you want to add.

After a DVD or video files are imported successfully, you will see all of them listed in the program with respective thumbnails:

Note: 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”

Step 2: Simply click the format icon to open output format list.

iMedia Converter for Mac can convert both DVD and video to any popular video or audio format for playback on ipod, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch, PSP, PS3, Cell Phone, Apple TV, Zune, Creative Zen, MP4 players, MP3 players and so on.
Choose a format from the format drop-down list before the conversion.

This smart Mac DVD&video conversion application provides a list of optimized default setting for a series of portable players and iLife (including iMovie and iDVD), so if you don't know what formats your player supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.

Choose the audio format (MP3, WAV, AC3, OGG, APE) if you just want to extract audio from videos on Mac and then specify a directory to save the output files.

If you don't want to use the default video and audio encoding settings, just click “Settings” button to customize settings.

Video: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a bit rate and a video encoder.

Audio: Set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, a bit rate and an audio encoder.

Note: you can also customize the video size by manually inputting the resolution values.

Step 3: Start DVD/Video Conversion on Mac

When you are ready to convert the added DVD or videos on Mac, Click the “Convert” button to start conversion. This excellent Mac Video Converter supports multi-threading and batch processing, so you can convert several video files in one go and enjoy the fastest conversion speed ever!

2. How to split DVD movie or video clips?

Step 1: Move the pointer over the thumbnail of DVD or video you want to trim and choose "split" from the pop-up menu.
Or you can go to “Edit” menu and choose “Split”.

Step 2: Drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click “scissors” button.

Step 3: Close the window to save the settings.

3. How to crop DVD movie or video clips?

Step 1: Move the pointer over the thumbnail of DVD or video you want to crop and choose crop from the pop-up menu. Or you can go to “Edit” menu and choose “crop”.

Step 2: Select an output aspect ratio and the available options are: Keep Original, Full Screen, 16:9 and 4:3. You can also drag the rectangular selection frame to set your favorite displaying area.

4. How to merge several titles or chapters into one?

Step 1: Drag video clips to the program, and you can change the order by simply dragging around.

Step 2: click the format icon to open output format list. Choose an output format

Step 3: Hit the “Convert” button to start conversion.

5. How to capture pictures (BMP, JPG) from video?

Step 1: In preview window, click “Snapshot” button to capture picture from DVD or videos

Step 2: Go to “iMedia Converter” menu, choose “Preference” to open the snapshot files folder or to change the snapshot files folder path or image format (JPEG, BMP).

6. How to add image or text watermark to DVD movie or video on Mac?

Step 1: Move the pointer over the thumbnail of DVD or video you want to watermark and choose watermark from the pop-up menu.

Step 2: In “Edit” window, check “enable”. You can add image the video, or type the words in your favorite font in the text window and click enter to add text watermark. By dragging the slider left and right, you can easily change the position and the size of the watermark. Add stylish watermark to announce the authority of your movies now!