DVD discs can easily get corrupted and isn't supported by most portable devices. Thus, ripping movies from DVD is necessary if you want to back up your content as digital videos or watch your favorite DVD movies on your iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc. In this tutorial, we'll explain how to rip videos from DVD to MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, etc. within just a few clicks.
To rip DVD to video files, a professional DVD ripper is needed. Here Aimersoft disc ripper is strongly recommended by thousands of hundreds customers to rip videos from DVDs. With it, you can fast extract video files in virtually all popular video formats from DVDs and play them on iPhone, iPad, iPod, PSP, Zune, Xbox 360, Android phones/tablets, etc. while keeping the video quality. What's more, the built-in video editor enables you to personalize your DVDs by trimming, cropping, adding watermarks, etc. If you're a Mac user, simply turn to Aimersoft Mac DVD ripper to rip videos off DVDs on Mac OS X (including Lion and Mountain Lion). Now download the program and check out the tutorial below to rip movies off DVDs.
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How to convert DVD to videos
The guide below uses DVD Ripper for Windows (Including Windows 8) screenshots. The steps to grab video files from DVD on Mac is the same. Just make sure you have got the right version according to your situation.
1Import DVD movies
Insert the DVD disc into your computer's DVD drive and run Aimersoft DVD Ripper. Then click "Load DVD" to import the DVD files. As you can see, you can select the chapters you want to rip and merge them into a big one single file.
2Select output profiles
Click "Profile" and choose the output video/audio format you like. You can either choose MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, WMV, AVI, MP3, WMA, OGG, etc. as the output format or select the icon of a device/software to get videos with optimized settings for a certain device/software like iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Samsung Galaxy S II, PlayBook, Galaxy Tab, HTC Sensation, Motorola Xoom, PSP, Xbox, etc.
Tips: You can also edit your DVD movies by trimming, cropping, rotating, adding watermarks, adjusting video effects, etc. To edit the DVD, simply click "Edit" button to open the "Video Edit" window.
3Start ripping
When all the settings are OK, click "Start" to begin ripping your DVD movies. When the conversion completes, click "Find Target" to located the ripped videos and enjoy them anywhere you like.
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Ripping video from DVD usually takes a long time. But here it can be done fast and quick saving a lot of time for the user.
I've been messing around for ages trying to grab clips from films with various degrees of success and anguish. If only I had known this product existed a few months ago, I'd have saved myself hours of frustration. This works straight out of the box. Just put your DVD in the drive, choose your format and away you go. And it works quickly, not like rippers that take as long as the film. What really impressed me though, was the ability to select and grab a clip from a film. So easy and tremendous quality. Thanks guys.
No, game DVDs are not supported. ^_^
Will this rip a video game from the disc onto a hard drive for use later?
This is good for long trips, I can rip movies onto both of my devices and have enough entertainment for the entire flight! I recommend buying the full version if you are going to be using it a lot.
Hello, Aubree. If you want to save the movie to your hard drive. Please designate the output folder before start the conversion.
Can I rip the movies directly to an external hard drive or do I need to download them to my laptop first?