Share: Easy way to Rip DVD and remove DRM media on Mac and Windows

Author :  effecty
Product : Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum

 

There are tips of the easy way to rip dv and remove DRM on Mac and windows. Mostly, it's for audiophile and film-goers. The introduced tools here are Apple iMovie HD and DVD Ripper Platinum.

Before part one:

What's DRM?
DRM(digital rights management) is a restriction on the use or copying of files, imposed by the copyright owner. For example, songs and videos purchased from the iTunes Music Store have DRM protection and can only be used according to the license agreement.(From google define)

Blu-ray and HD DVD:
What that means to you is that no standard Blu-ray player will be able to play HD DVD discs, and no standard HD DVD player can play Blu-ray discs. If a movie comes out in one format, there's no guarantee that it will be available in the other. Certain studios could release movies in both formats, but you'll still have to be careful not to buy the wrong version of the movie. So there is an applied way to share DVD and play on PC or playbacks such ipod, iphone, psp, ps3, wii and so on.

Part one: Get easy use DVD Ripper to rip protected DVD for windows
There is lots of DVD Ripper software to choose, you can convert online at Zamzar, or with free Handbrake, DVD Shrink, Automate unDRM... but here I'd preferring to introduce a professional and easy-to-use DVD Ripper I use - Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum. It appears as all in one DVD Ripper, full version shareware, trial version rips any DVD free, new upgrade for more function on August 2008.

The best DVD Ripper rip DVD movies to almost all popular video and audio formats such as MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, RM, H.264, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, MPG, FLV, WMA, M4A , MP3, AAC, AC3, etc with excellent quality.
It is also the first DVD Ripping program that supports almost all portable video/audio players, and it can easily rip DVD to iPod , Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, Archos, iRiver PMP, Creative Zen Vision, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Mobile Phone and so on.

 

 

Here is the official website of this DVD Ripper platinum: http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/dvd-ripper-platinum.html;
And the detailed guide about how to rip DVD to any format: http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/guide/dvd-ripper-tutorial.html

Part two: Free remove iTunes DRM music on Mac
However, in order to remove DRM protection, you will need iMovie - iMovie is a separate application, the current iteration of iMovie released with the iLife '08 software bundle is iMovie 1. You can download iMovie at Apple - http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovie714.html. Once downloaded and installed, start iMovie and 'Create a New Project' titled 'DRM-free', then save the project to your Desktop.

 

2.In the iMovie window, select the 'Media' tab located between 'Themes' and 'Editing'. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Select the 'Audio' tab and locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist / title.
Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline where it says 'Drag audio here to build your project.'

 

3.In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image as you like) to the track above the previously imported audio file.

 

 

Once iMovie has processed the image, select the 'Share…' sub menu item from found inside 'Share' in iMovie's menu bar.

4.Select 'Expert Settings' in the 'Compress movie for:' drop-down menu, for selecting 'Expert Settings' mode will provide the options to export the file as an audio file. Then click the 'Share' button.

 

 

5.In the 'Save as' dialogue, select 'Sound to AIFF', in the Export drop-down menu, choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, input title and 'Save'. iMovie will compress and export the movie project as an audio file in 15-40 seconds, it depends on your machine configuration.

 

 

Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library, then right-click on the file and select 'Convert Selection to AAC'. Once completed, 'Get Info' on the new file, add album art, done.