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How to rip DVD to iTunes on Mac?
"There is a movie I want that doesn't seem to be on iTunes. I have the DVD at home. Is there any way I can put it on iTunes and transfer to my iPhone? It's easy to 'rip' CDs, but for some reason there doesn't seem to be an easy way to 'rip' DVDs. I spend a lot of time on the road these days and it would be nice to carry some DVD content without carrying the DVDs and a DVD player. Thanks for any & all information!"
With many DVDs in hand, you may consider converting DVD movies to iTunes but only to find that iTunes doesn't play or import DVD movies like importing CDs. Before you learn how to import DVD movies into iTunes on Mac, you should know that iTunes only reads MP4, MOV video. Unless you copy DVD movies to Mp4 or MOV format, there is no other way to import DVD into iTunes on Mac.
Step 1: Free download and install DVD to iTunes Ripper for Mac
Make sure you have iFunia DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac installed. If you don't have it installed, get it now. To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).
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Step 2: Install DVD to iTunes Converter and load DVD
Run iFunia DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac and insert DVD into your DVD-ROM. In the following main window, Click "Add DVD" button to load your DVD. You may see the name of DVD Movie disk if you insert DVD disk before running this Mac DVD to iTunes converter tool. This may take up to a minute or two depending on the contents of the DVD and the speed of your optical drive.
Step 3: Select iTunes as output format
In "Destination Setup" you can use the "Output Format" drop-down menu to control the output format. You can also change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate of the iTunes video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate of the iTunes Audio. Remember that the output file size mostly depends a lot on these settings.
Step 4: Start to Rip DVD to iTunes on Mac.
Finally, convert your DVD to iTunes videos by hitting the Start button. The convert progress bar shows you how much of the encoding is completed. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your computer, what other activity your computer is currently doing and the bitrate you set.
