Best Way to Convert DVD to MPG Format on Windows/Mac

What is MPG Video file?

MPG video file is a variant of the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) video and audio compression format, optimized for broadcast quality video. MPG videos have the file extension .mpg. MPG files are much smaller than other video & audio coding formats for the same quality because of the very sophisticated compression technique used by MPEG.

Programs that open MPG files in Windows or Mac OS:

Windows	Microsoft Windows Media Player	Mac OS	Apple QuickTime Player
	Real Media Player		Apple iTunes
	Apple QuickTime Player		Apple iMovie
	Apple iTunes		Adobe Flash CS5
	Adobe Flash CS5

Want to rip your DVD movies to mpg files, then import and edit mpg videos on above popular Windows or Mac programs? As we know, MPG files are much smaller than other video & audio coding formats for the same quality. Aimersoft DVD Ripper is a professional DVD ripping software that helps you convert DVD to MPG format easily. What's more, it also support rip DVD to MP4, H.264, HD WMV, HD MOV and TS, then you can enjoy the high quality DVD movies on your computer!

Part 1: How to rip DVD movies to MPG format in Windows?

Before we go, please free download Aimersoft DVD Ripper here:

1Load DVDs to the program

Click "Load DVD" button, you can load DVDs from DVD Rom, Folder(data DVD), IFO, or ISO files respectively. Or you can drag to add directly!

2Set output format as .mpg

From the "Profile" drop-down list you can select "Common Video > MPEG-1/MPEG-2(*.mpg)" as output format. If you still want to set the related video parameters, you can click "Settings" to adjust video parameters such as frame Rate, Resolution, etc.

On the Profile drop-down list, there are 6 different setting for you to choose:
MPEG-1 Video profile optimized for television (NTSC);
MPEG-1 Video profile optimized for television (PAL);
MPEG-1 Video profile optimized for television (SECAM);
MPEG-2 Video profile optimized for television (NTSC);
MPEG-2 Video profile optimized for television (PAL);
MPEG-2 Video profile optimized for television (SECAM)

3Start to rip DVD to MPG format

Click "Start" button to convert DVD to MPG and all the tasks will be done easily. The output MPG files can be found by clicking on the button "Find Target".

With NVIDIA® CUDATM technology, the DVD ripping speed is up to 6X faster than before. For example, ripping DVD movie "2012" with the duration of 2 hours and 38 seconds, it only takes an hours now.

Part 2: How to convert DVD movies to MPG format on Mac?

Before we go, please free download Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac here:

1Load DVDs to the program

Click "File" menu, you can load DVD or DVD Folder to the list panel. Or you can drag to load them directly.

2Set output format as .mpg

After loading the DVD file, click "Setting button" to set the output format as .mpg for your DVD files, selecting "Common Video > MPEG-1/MPEG-2(*.mpg)".

3Start to convert DVD to MPG

Click "Start" button to convert DVD to MPG on Mac (Snow Leopard, mac os x Lion included) and the whole task will be done in minutes. Then you can find your converted MPG video files on Mac and enjoy it as you wish.