How to Rip a DVD to Virtually Any Format in 3 Steps or Less

Part 1: Ripping Setup 

Part 2: Editing DVD Video (Optional)

Part 3: How to extract audio from DVD (Optional)

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Part 1: Ripping Setup

Simply follow the two steps below to convert DVD to formats compatible with tons of popular devices, including iPhone, iPod, PSP, Zune, Apple TV, PS3, Xbox 360 and many more.

Step 1: Add Files

Insert your DVD disc into your computer's DVD-Rom, start up DVD Ripper and click the Load DVD button to begin uploading files. You can also convert DVD without the disc, using ISO files, or DVD Folder.

Step 2: Select an Export Format and Destination Folder

Click Profile (located below where your DVD's files are displayed) and select the format you want from the drop-down list. Just below Profile is Output, here you can browse your computer for a better destination folder for DVD Ripper to output your converted movies.

Step 3: Press Start to Rip!

Before You Rip: If you want to edit your DVD movie, you'll need to do it before you rip. To read all about how to edit your DVD using DVD Ripper, skip to Part 2: Editing DVD Video.

Once you've selected the output file format you want, you're ready to rip. Simply press the Start button and sit back, make a sandwich—whatever. Ripping your DVD should take a few minutes to a half hour, depending on the quality and duration of the movie.

Part 2: Edit, combine and crop your movie (optional)

After your DVD files have finished loading, you can use DVD Ripper to edit, combine and crop your DVD movie. You can access all available editing functions by either clicking Edit in the menu bar or by right-clicking one of your DVD's individual file folders, listed in the file display tray.

From the Edit menu you can choose two distinct editing workspaces; Video Edit or Clip.

Note: To see all the parts of your DVD in clearer detail, on the menu bar Click Edit > Show Chapters and your DVD's individual chapters will unhide from the file folders so you can edit each piece of your movie directly.

1. Using the Video Edit workspace

From the Video Edit workspace, you can perform the following functions:

Crop:  Here, you can zoom in or out, change the aspect ratio and create a custom crop.

Effect:  Here, you can adjust brightness, contrast and saturation, apply grey, negative, emboss or old film effects and apply a number of deinterlacing options.

Watermark:  Here, you can import an image watermark or create a text watermark to personalize your video.  For a text watermark, select the text watermark circle below the preview screen and type whatever text you want in the blank input field next to it.  To change font, simply click the "T" icon to the right of the text input field.  Here you can also adjust the transparency, vertical and horizontal position of your watermark.

Note:  If you select Video Edit or Clip from the menu bar, both workspaces will automatically display the file that is currently highlighted in the file display tray.

2. Using the Clip workspace

From the Clip workspace, you can create a custom clip from a larger scene. To adjust the duration of your clip, move the sliders below the screen to the start and end points you want.

Part 3. How to extract and rip audio from DVD

After importing your DVD file, click the Profile dropdown menu below the main file display window and select the audio output format you want, includingMP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A.  You can't rip audio and video separately at the same time.  After you've selected the output format you want, just press start to rip same as you would when ripping video and you're done.

For better music quality, click the Settings button to open the Settings window and you can select a higher audio bit rate and sample rate.

Enjoy Your DVDs Anywhere!

Now that you know how it all works, you can start doing more with your favorite movies! Create clips of your favorite scenes and merge them together to make a highlight reel. Edit scenes and upload them to sites like YouTube. No matter what fun stuff you choose to create, now that you've liberated your DVD movies!