How to rip DVD to iTunes and convert video to iTunes for iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod video, iPod nano, Apple TV, etc on Mac OS X?

This step-by-step guide will show you how to use DVD Ripper for Mac to rip general DVD (copy-protected included) and convert, trim, combine and edit video on Mac OS X (Leopard Supported).
Part 1: Rip DVD to MP4, WMV, MOV, AVI, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, M4V, etc for iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
Part 2: Convert video to MP4, WMV, MOV, AVI, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, M4V, etc to for iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod video, iPod nano, Zune, PSP, etc

It is easy-to-use and the converting speed is fast! After testing, all formats conversions work well, the output audio and image quality is excellent! Let's view the steps.

Part 1: Rip DVD to MP4, WMV, MOV, AVI, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, M4V, etc for iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc

Step 1. Download the latest version DVD Converter Suite for Mac or DVD Ripper for Mac and install it. You can download about it by referrring here. 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.

Step 2. 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:



Step 3. Select Subtitle and Audio
Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select one you prefer. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting “No Subtitle”. Selecting Audio is the same.



After the above steps, click “Start” to start conversion. When the conversion finished, you can click “Open” to locate the file in your hard drive.

Part 2: Convert video to MP4, WMV, MOV, AVI, MPEG, 3GP, FLV, M4V, etc to for iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod video, iPod nano, Zune, PSP, etc

Step 1. Download the latest version DVD Converter Suite for Mac or Video Converter for Mac and install it. You can download about it by referrring here. Click the "Add" button to import your videos. This Video Converter for Mac support batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time.


Step 2. This software can convert video to various video formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, cell phone, etc. Click the “Format” drop-down list to select the format you prefer for each added file. If you don’t know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name.



If you want to customize the output quality, click the “Settings” button to open the Settings panel, where you can set resolution, frame rate, video bit rate, audio bit rate, sample, etc. Since Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, you can use different profiles for the added video files to save your time. If you don’t want to do these settings, the default settings will just work perfectly.



Step 3. After the above steps, click “Start” to start conversion. When the conversion finished, you can click “Open” to locate the file in your hard drive.