rip DVDs and convert videos

How to rip DVDs and convert videos?

This article is something about DVD ripping and  video converting. It consists of the following two parts:

Part 1. How to rip DVD movies to iPod, iPhone, Walkman, Creative Zen, BlackBerry…
Part 2. How to convert between various video formats for playback on iPod and other portable players?

Sometimes, you may want to enjoy some fantastic movies on your media player such as your iPod, Zune, PSP, Walkman, or on your smart phone such as your iPhone, BlackBerry etc. Or you may want to share some amusing videos downloaded from internet (usually in FLV format) or burn them to DVDs, you will find these tasks troublesome. In fact, these tasks can be finished with Wondershare Video Converter Suite easily. Which bundle with two most popular programs – DVD Ripper and video converter.  Here below are the steps and some tips which will be of great help to you.

Part 1. How to rip DVD movies to iPod, iPhone, Walkman, Creative Zen, BlackBerry…
Download Wondershare Video Converter Suite, install and launch DVD Ripper Platinum.

Step 1: Load DVD movies
Loading DVD movie will be your first step. And it will be finished by clicking "File" in menu list or "Add" button. You are allowed to load DVDs from DVD Rom/Folder(data DVD)/IFO/ISO  files respectively.

 

 

Step 2: Select output settings
The second and the most important step is to select output settings. Here it is necessary for you to select the following output settings.

 

1) Output format

For output format, you can select it from the categorized output format list provided by the program.  You can find them in "Profile" drop-down menu in "Format Preset" drop-down menu in "Settings" window after clicking .

2) Subtitle
Usually, DVD movie has several subtitles, such as English, French, German, etc. You can select anyone according to your need.
3) Audio Track
Make audio track the same as select Subtitle.

Step 3: Start conversion
The last step will be conversion. Click "Start" button, and all the tasks will be done. During the whole conversion, you can have a clear idea of the conversion process such as converted length and time in the "Converting" window popped up.

Besides the above simple operation of conversion, there are some tips which may be of great help to you.
Tip 1: Merge multi-files into one

If you want to keep all the titles contained in the DVD folder and make them into a whole. You should check the "Merge into one file" option, and then you will get a complete DVD video after conversion by joining these multi-titles.

 

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Tip 2: Rename the output file

If you want to change the name of output file in order to avoid confusion, you can easily finish it by inputting the new name under "Destination File" column.

 

Tip 3: Play the movies in full screen
There is a DVD player embedded with this program, after adding the DVD files, you can click the "Play" button to preview your movie. You can also watch the movie in full screen by double clicking on the preview window.

Part 2. How to convert between various video formats and audio formats for playback on Zune, iPod , iPhone, PSP?

If you have downloaded some amusing videos form internet,(usually they are in FLV format), and you want to enjoy them on your media player or your smart phone.  Here, you can launch Video Converter Platinum.  The basic operation steps are similar to DVD Ripper Platinum. But first, you should be clear about what kind of videos you can import for conversion. You will find them from the list below.

 

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The conversion process will be smoothly preceded as long as you follow the steps of DVD Ripper Platinum. Besides the basic steps, there are some tips which will be of help to you:

1. You can add multiple video files at one time, for this Video Converter Platinum supports batch conversion.

2. You can resize video, adjust video effect or trim video to get your desired video clip with the embedded powerful video editing functions.

 

 

3. You can capture a picture while playing videos. And the pictures you've captured will be saved as JPG or BMP formats. (.JPG is the defaulted format)

4. You can convert video file to MP3, M4A and AAC audio, so you can set it as your ringtone for your cell phone such as iPhone, BlackBerry, Gphone etc.

5. If you have got some videos with the corresponding plug-in subtitle file (usually in SRT format), you can add the subtitle to the video under "Subtitle" tab.

 

Note: The source file you import should be MKV file, and the plug-in subtitle file should be in SRT format. And you still have to put the MKV file and subtitle file in the same folder with the same name.