How to Use DVD to MP4 Converter

This document will show you how to convert DVD to MP4 format for all MP4 players such as Creative Zen, Sandisk, Archos, Zune, iPod, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, etc. It also can rip audio track from DVD to MP3, M4A, and AAC audio file. If you want to convert AVI, XviD, WMV, MPEG, MPG, FLV, DAT, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASF, H.264, etc. to MP4, you can learn it here: http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/mp4-video-converter.html

This DVD to MP4 Converter guide will include two parts:

• How to convert DVD to MP4
• How to crop, edit, join and trim DVD movie to MP4?

Part1. How to convert DVD to MP4?

Step1. Please download Aimersoft DVD to MP4 Converter;

Step2. Load DVD file
Then install and run Aimersoft DVD to MP4 Converter. Load your DVD into the program: Please click "Load DVD" button or directly click the "File -> Load DVD folder” in the main interface, then select your DVD-ROM in the pop-up window and press the "OK" button. You also can click "Load File” button to import IFO file from your computer hard disk.

Step3. Select the chapters you want to convert.
Highlight the title which contains the whole episodes of DVD, such as title 01 in the following screenshot. Or if you like, you can select certain chapters to convert: Press the little button before "Check All” on the interface to find all the chapters in the file.
This software fully support all kinds of DVD, such as regular DVD movie and DVD MTV. DVD MTV will have several titles, so you can select the desire MTV to convert.

Step4. Select the output MP4 Video format, Subtitle and Audio

Format: This software can convert DVD to MP4 (MPEG-4), H.264 format, and rip DVD to Xvid video for all MP4 players. If you don’t know much about MP4 players, just select a format according to the name of your mobile player. For example, if you want to copy DVD to the Creative Zen, just select "Creative Zen Player Video (*avi)”, and the default setting works great.

Subtitle: Regular DVD movie usually has several subtitles, like English, French, German, etc. You can select anyone according to your need. You also can select "No Subtitle”

Audio: Select Audio is the same as select Subtitle.

After all things done, click "Start” to start conversion.

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Step4. Select the output Video format, Subtitle and Audio
Format: Click the "Format" combo-box on the interface, the result of setting will be shown on the list, select the format you want.
Subtitle: Regular DVD movie usually has several subtitles, like English, French, German, etc. You can select anyone according to your need. You also can select "No Subtitle"
Audio: Select Audio it the same as select Subtitle.


After all things done, click "Start” to start conversion.

Tips
This software provides basic DVD edit functions such as trim DVD, crop DVD and combine DVD chapters.
After you load the DVD file. If you want to cut the black edges of the DVD movie, you can click the "Crop" button, and then you will see a pop up windows (See the figure below). There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut the black edges.

More over, you can click the Crop drop-down list to select a Crop model you prefer, for example: "Cut off top and bottom black edges". You can even type the number in the box to cut off black border accurately.

If you want to combine several DVD chapters into one file, on the main interface, there is a check box "Merge into one file", select it, then you will only get one output file instead of several files by chapters.

You can click the "Effect" button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast, volume, etc (See the figure below). You can even apply special effects such as "Emboss", "Negative", "Old film" and "Gray" by selecting an effect from drop-down list.

If you just want several chapters of the DVD, you can just select the chapters you want to convert (you can preview the DVD clip before converting it).
Or you can click "Trim" button to open the trim panel, drag the trim bar to set start time and end time to convert a clip from your movie. You can also type the exact time values in the Set Start Time field and Set End Time field to trim video. 

Part2. How to crop, edit, join and trim DVD movie to MP4?

This software provides basic DVD edit functions such as trim DVD, crop DVD and combine DVD chapters.
If you want to cut the black edges of the DVD movie, you can click the "Crop” button, and then you will see a pop up windows (See the figure below). There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut the black edges.

Moreover, you can click the Crop drop-down list to select a Crop model you prefer, for example: "Cut off top and bottom black edges”. You can even type the number in the box to cut off black border accurately.

If you want to combine several DVD chapters into one file, on the main interface, there is a check box "Merge into one file”, select it, then you will only get one output file instead of several files by chapters.

If you want to snatch pictures from DVD, while you previewing the DVD movie, there will be a small camera icon below the preview window, click it when you want to snatch the picture, it support output picture as JPEG or BMP format.

You can click the "Effect” button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast, volume, etc (See the figure below). You can even apply special effects such as "Emboss”, "Negative”, "Old film” and "Gray” by selecting an effect from drop-down list.

If you just want to convert several DVD chapters, you can just select the chapters you want to convert (you can preview the DVD clip before converting it).
Or you can click "Trim” button to open the trim panel, drag the trim bar to set start time and end time to convert a clip from your movie. You can also type the exact time values in the Set Start Time field and Set End Time field to trim video.

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