[Wine] How to Rip a DVD and Convert Video on Mac/Windows
Redleaf45
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Wed Mar 25 01:22:13 CDT 2009
For both Mac and Windows users, this guide will show you how to rip and convert 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: How to rip and edit DVD with a profession Mac DVD Ripper (http://www.tipard.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html)(For Mac)
Step 0: Download and install Tipard DVD Ripper for Mac(Intel Version) (http://www.tipard.com/download/mac/dvd-ripper-intel.dmg) or (Power PC Version) (http://www.tipard.com/download/mac/dvd-ripper-power-pc.dmg)
Step 1: Load your DVD
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/mac-dvd-ripper/main.jpg ]
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.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/mac-dvd-ripper/settings.jpg ]
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.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/mac-dvd-ripper/trim.jpg ]
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.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/mac-dvd-ripper/crop.jpg ]
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:How to rip and edit DVD with a powerful DVD rip software (http://www.tipard.com/dvd-ripper.html)(For Windows)
Step 0: Download and install Tipard DVD Ripper (http://www.tipard.com/download/dvd-ripper.exe).
Step 1: Click Load DVD button to load your DVD.
This professional DVD Ripper can load three DVD source, you can load your DVD from DVD drive, DVD folder in your PC and also IFO file.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/dvd-ripper-main.jpg ]
Step 2:Select the output video format you want from the Profile drop-down list.
Step 3:Click the Start button to begin your conversion.
You can have a coffee or have a walk now ! In a short while the conversion will be finished.
Tips:
Some powerful editing functions are available as followings.
1: Capture your favorite picture.
If you like the current image of the video you can use the Snapshot opinion. Just click the Snapshot button the image will be saved.
2: Merge videos into one file.
Just check the merge into one file option if you want to merge the selected contents into one file As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)
3: Trim any clip of your video.
You can get any clip of your video by just using the Trim function. You can click the Trim button and a dialogue pops up. You can set the Start Time and End Time or just drag the slide bar to the position you want and start conversion then you can get the clip.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/trim.jpg ]
4: Crop video
Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower right part of the crop window: Top, Bottom, Left and Right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/image/guide/crop.jpg ]
Note: Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom Mode. There are four choices available: Keep Original, Full Screen, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface.
Part 3: How to convert video to any other formats
Step 0: Download and install Tipard Video Converter (http://www.tipard.com/download/video-converter.exe)
Step 1.Click the "Add File" button to load video file.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/guide/tipard-video-converter/import.jpg ]
Step 2. Video setting
Select the output video formats you want from the drop-down list of profile
Note:
By clicking the "Setting" button, you can set the video parameters and audio tract.
step 3.Click the "Start" button to start conversion, it is very fast and in a short while your conversion will be finished.
Tips
1: Snapshot
If you like the current image of the video you can use the Snapshot option. Just click the Snapshot button the image will be saved and then click the Open button next to Snapshot button to open your picture.
2: Merge
If you want to merge several videos into one file you can choose them and click the Merge into one file to do it.
3: Trim
If you just want converter a clip of your video, then you can use the "Trim" icon to set the Start time and End time of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the accurate position.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/guide/tipard-video-converter/trim.jpg ]
5 Crop
By using the Crop function you can crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust your video to your Google Phone.
[Image: http://www.tipard.com/guide/tipard-video-converter/crop.jpg ]
Good news:
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