How to rip a DVD and edit DVD on Mac/Windows

chic Jan 31, 2009

For both Mac and Windows users, this guide will show you how to rip and edit your DVD to all other video and audio formats for all the portable players. The output formats mainly include: MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MKV, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, RA, RAM, RMVB, etc.

Part 1: For Mac users: how to rip and edit DVD using Tipard DVD Ripper for Mac

Step 0: Download and install Tipard DVD Ripper for Mac (Intel Version) or (Power PC Version)
Step 1: Load your DVD

Step 2: Choose the output format and set the exact parameters
Click “Profile” drop down arrow to choose the output format you want.
Click “Settings” to set the exact video and audio parameters to fit for your player.

Step 3: Click “Start” button to begin the conversion
Wait a short moment, the conversion will be finished soon.

More editing functions:
1. Set audio track and subtitles for your converted video
“Audio Track” and “Subtitle” are under the preview window
2. Get any time-length video clips
Click “Trim” button to open the trim window, you can set the exact begin and end time for your clips or just drag the slider bar.

3. Adjust the video play region
Click “Crop” to open the crop window to crop off the black edges around your video or adjust any video play region. You can also set the video play ratio when playing on player: keep original, full screen, 16:9, 4:3.

4. Set the video effect
Click “Effect” to adjust the video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume for you to get the perfect playing effect.
5. Join several chapters of your DVD into one file
Select the chapters that you want to join, and then pick “Merge into one file”. After conversion, these chapters will be saved into one file.

Part 2: For windows users, how to rip and edit DVD using Tipard DVD rip software
Here is the more specific guide to show you how to rip a DVD

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