How to rip DVD to MP4 Video format on Mac?

Tags: Converter MP4 DVD Wondershare

This step by step guide is showing you how to rip DVD to all popular video and audio formats like QuickTime .mov, YouTube .flv, iMovie .mp4 etc on Mac OS. The output video and audio support plauback on your iPod, iPhone, PSP.

Free Download DVD to MP4 Converter for Mac and install it.

General steps

Step 1: Load DVD

Launch DVD to MP4 Converter for Mac, click 'Load DVD' or 'Load IFO' to add DVD files.

Step 2: Select the optimized output format

After loading DVD to the DVD to MP4 Converter, choose the chapters or titles you want to rip, then click 'Format' to select the output format from the drop-down list.

Step 3: Start conversion

After all the settings, click the 'Start' button to start ripping DVD to destination format.

Tips

Tip 1: Load DVD resource

You can load DVD files either from your DVD-ROM or the copy of DVD folder in your computer. By selecting IFO files from VIDEO_TS folder in DVD, you can press COMMAND+A to choose all the IFO files. For 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 for Mac program.

Tip 2: Set output video and audio parameters

Click the Settings button to set the video and audio parameters

Tip 3: Preview, Capture pictures

You can preview the whole DVDs and capture pictures in the Preview window.

The DVD to MP4 Converter for Mac supports .jpg and .bmp picture formats. You can change to the other by openning 'Preferences' from 'Wondershare DVD to MP4 Converter' menu and choosing a format you want.

Tip 4: Merge output videos into one file

Check 'Merge into one file' to join all selected DVD titles and chapters into one video after the conversion.

Tip 5: Change output video file name

Rename each title/chapter in the ‘File name’ field.

Tip 6: Select subtitle and audio track

Select the subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters if you want.

Advanced functions

1. Trim segments

If you just want to convert clips 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 dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders.

2. Crop output video size

If your DVD video has black sides or you just want the certain scene, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window, and set the video crop area by choosing optimized proportion from Zoom or dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).

3. Adjust effect of the output video

If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, and even audio volume. You can also apply a artistic effect to your movie video from the Filters including Gray, Emboss, Negative etc.