Someone has sent you a homemade DVD or you have some camcorder DVD movies and now you want to rip the DVD to your computer for easily sharing on Facebook, YouTube or watching on iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.? Unfortunately, you don't know how to rip homemade DVDs rightly and Google how to do it. That's why you come here. This article will introduce two ways to rip homemade DVDs to computer, iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc. Just keep on reading to find out the best way to rip your homemade DVD movies.
Part 1. Rip homemade DVD with Handbrake for free
Since homemade DVD movies are usually not protected, it'll be easy to rip them using Handbrake. Download the latest version of Handbrake at http://handbrake.fr. After download the program, install and launch it. Then follow Handbrake Windows (Including Windows 8) Tutorial or Handbrake Mac Tutorial to rip your homemade DVD movies to MKV and MP4 (M4V) with ease. If you want to convert the DVD to more video formats like WMV, FLV, AVI, MOV, ASF, etc. please turn to part 2.
Part 2. Rip homemade DVD to any popular video format on Mac and Windows (Windows 8 compatible)
To rip homemade DVD to computer, iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc. or any popular video format, you can use Aimersoft DVD rip software. It is a powerful DVD ripping software you should never miss to rip both homemade DVDs and commercial DVD movies. With rich presets for the output profiles, you can easily and fast rip homemade DVD video to MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, AVI, WMV, MPG, etc. or get optimized quality video for playback on iPhone, iPad, iPod, PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, Archos, iRiver, Blackberry, Pocket PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Nokia, Apple TV, and more. The equivalent Mac version is Aimersoft DVD ripping software Mac, which allows you to rip homemade DVD on Mac OS X, including Mountain Lion.
Steps to convert homemade DVD on Windows-based computer
1Load DVD files to the program
After successfully installing Aimersoft DVD Ripper on your computer, launch it. Insert your homemade DVD into the computer drives and click the Load DVD button to import the DVD files you want to rip. Just note that IFO/ISO files or DVD Folder can also be converted.
2Choose an output file format
If you want to play DVD movies with Windows Media player, you can choose WMV as the output file format. If you want to rip homemade DVD to watch on iPhone or iPad, just choose iPhone/iPad optimized preset as the target format. More optimized presets for mobile devices like Samsung, Blackberry, LG, Nokia, PSP, Zune, Xbox and so forth are also provided. All you need to do is to designate the one you need as the output format.
3Begin ripping homemade DVD with a simple click
When all settings above are done, simple click the Start button to begin converting homemade DVD to play on iPhone, iPad, etc. without any hassles. The ripping process will finish in a few minutes, which depends on the DVD file size. Very easy and fast!
If you'd like to edit the videos before ripping, you can also use the built-in editor to touch up you DVD videos in clicks. You can trim the videos to get rid of the part you don't like, crop videos to cut the black bars off, rotate videos to get a better video watching experience, add watermarks, etc.
Below is the video tutorial on how to rip home DVD:
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