How to rip DVD movies to iPod video and audio on Mac OS X?

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Without purchasing movies from itunes store, you can download free movies from your DVD disc to iPod nano, iPod video, iPod classic, iPod touch. With Wondershare DVD to iPod Converter for Mac, you can download free movies from your DVD disc to iPod video format easily. It is not only a DVD movie converter, but also rich in movie editing options. Now, following the steps below to learn how to download free DVD movies on your iPod:

1. Download Wondershare DVD to iPod Converter for Mac and run it on your Mac

Wondershare DVD to iPod Converter for Mac is able to rip regular DVD movie discs. Besides, it is able to download the following DVD movies to iPod.
1. A DVD folder, sometimes you may store the DVD folder in your hard drive, it appears like "Video_ts" "audio_ts" folders. You can load it by clicking the "load DVD folders" button.
2. A DVD ISO image, you can mount the iso file in your virtual DVD emulator, say Daemon Tools, and then load the DVD movie in Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum.
After the movie is imported, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.

Step 2: Output Settings

After your DVD movie is loaded, you can start to set output settings:
1. Select an encoder type from the format drop-down list according to the device you want to put the video on.
2. Click the Settings button to set the video and audio parameters.
3. Name each title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the suitable subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters if you want.

Note: You can check the “Merger into one file” option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.

Step 3:Click the Start to convert DVD movies to iPod video format, then you can upload free DVD movies to iPod nano, iPod video, iPod classic, iPod touch.

Tip 1: Trim Movie

If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the Trim icon to capture a clip. In the Trim window, you can trim the length of the current title/chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

Tip 2: Crop Video
If you DVD video has black sides, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window, and set the crop area by dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).

Tip 3: Movie Effect

If you are not content with the original effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, and audio volume. You can also choose to apply a special effect to your movie video from effects including Gray, Emboss and Negative.