How to Convert DVD to MP4 for iPod/iPhone 4S/iPad and More

MP4 is the video format that is highly compatible with popular video players like iPhone, iPad, PSP, Android phones, tablets, etc. If you want to play your favorite DVD movies on your iPhone, iPad, etc. on the go, you will need to rip DVD to MP4 first before transferring the files to your player. Is it hard to convert DVD movies to MP4 while reserving the original video quality?

Well, ripping DVD movies to MP4 with excellent output quality will be very easy if you get the right tool. In this article, several tools are recommended to convert both homemade and commercial DVD movies to MP4 with ease. Just find out the best way to convert DVD to MP4 for playing and sharing anywhere and anytime you like!

1. Rip commercial protected DVD movies to MP4

Aimersoft DVD Ripper is an easy-to-use DVD ripper for you to get MP4 video from DVD disc with fast ripping speed and high video quality bypassing the DVD CSS and region code protection. Besides MP4, it can also convert DVD to all other regular video formats like AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, MKV, etc. and extract audios from DVD. Besides, video editing functions like clip, rotate, add watermarks, adjust video effects, etc. are provided. The equivalent Mac version is Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac, which can help you convert DVD movies to MP4 on Mac OS X, including Snow Leopard and Lion.

Free download DVD movie to MP4 converter:

After downloading, install and launch the program. Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-Rom and click "Add…" button to upload DVD folder or load ISO file or IFO file respectively. Then select MP4 format as the output format from the drop-down list of "Profile" or select a proper format from the category of iPod, iPhone, iPad or PSP for your multimedia devices. And choose an output path as the destination folder for your converted MP4 movie. Finally, click the "Start" button to start converting your DVD movies to MP4 video files.

Here is the video tutorial on how to rip DVD to MP4 with Aimersoft DVD Ripper:

Free download DVD movie to MP4 converter:

2. Convert homemade non-protected DVD to MP4 for free

Here two easy-to-use tools are recommended to convert non-protected DVD movies to MP4 for free.

1. Handbrake

If you have some homemade non-protected DVD movies and want to convert them to MP4, you can simply let Handbrake finish the task. Free download Handbrake at http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php. Install and launch it. The main interface is as below.

To rip DVD with Handbrake: 1. Click the "Source" button to load the DVD files you want to convert. 2. Choose a destination folder to save the converted videos. 3. Choose MP4 as the output format. After that, you can hit the Start button on the top to being ripping DVD movies to MP4 for free with Handbrake.

2. VLC

Another freeware to convert homemade DVD movies to MP4 for free is VLC media player. You can download it at its official website http://www.videolan.org/vlc/. Open VLC Media Player and go to Media > Open Disc to select the DVD files you to want convert. Then choose the disc device and starting position and click Media > Convert/Save to open the Convert window, where you can define the output video format as MP4 and choose the output folder. When all is done, hit the Start button to rip DVD video to MP4 for free with VLC media player.