This step-by-step guide will show you how to convert DVD to other video formats and edit DVD; it includes the following four sections:
1 How to convert DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MP3, FLV, MOV, etc?
2 How to edit, combine and crop DVD movies?
3 How to rip audio from DVD to MP3 for iPod nano, shuffle and other MP3 players?
4 How to put DVD clips on Youtube, Myspace?
5.How to put DVD to Windows Movie Maker

What you need is Aimersoft DVD Ripper; you can download it for free here:
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If you want to rip DVD to AVI/MPEG/MP4/MOV/FLV/MP3 on Mac OS X such as Leopard, you can use Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac, it fully supports Intel processor and Power PC:
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Part 1. How to convert DVD to iPhone/iPod/PSP/Zune/Apple TV/Phone/Xbox/Zen/AVI/MPEG?
Step1. Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-Rom, then run the software, click "Load DVD" button and add the DVD file. You can also add DVD/IFO from your hard disk by clicking "Load File"



Step2. This software can convert DVD to various video formats such as MPEG-4, AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP, VOB, etc. Click the "Format"drop down list to select a format. If you want to copy DVD to computer in 1:1 lossless quality, please select "Lossless DVD Copy (*.vob)".



If you don't know much about mobile players, just select a format according to the name of your mobile player. For example, if you want to copy DVD to the coming iPhone, just select "iPhone Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)", and the default setting works great. If you want to customize the output video, you can click the "Settings" button next to the format field to open the Settings window and set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc. See the figure below:



Step3. Select Subtitle and Audio
Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select one you prefer. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting "No Subtitle". Selecting Audio is the same.



After the above steps, click "Start" to start conversion.


Tips:
If you want to copy DVD to iPod, this software has a free iPod Copy Manager; it can help you transfer the converted video to iPod directly without iTunes. Just connect your iPod to computer, click "Tools" -> "iPod Copy Manager", then you will see a pop up window (See the figure below), the left pane is the video and music list on your computer, the right pane is the file list on your iPod (you also can copy files from iPod to computer, it's useful if your computer crashes or you lose iTunes library), select the files you want to sync and click the right arrow button to finish the transfer.



For PSP, this software also provides a PSP Video Manager, click "Tool"-> PSP Video Manager, it fully supports all PSP firmware version (former 3.0 or 3.0 later), and the steps to transfer files to PSP is very similar.




Part2. How to edit, combine and crop DVD movie?
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.





Part3. How to extract audio from DVD to MP3 for iPod nano, shuffle, Zen and other MP3 players?
This software can extract and rip DVD audio track to MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, AAC, M4A and so on, if you want to rip the music from DVD to your MP3 players such as iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Creative Zen, Zune and so on. After you load your DVD movie, in the main interface, select the output format as MP3, and then start conversion. If you want to get better music quality, you can select a higher audio bit rate and sample rate in the settings window.
After the conversion, drag the audio file to iTunes library, connect your iPod nano or iPod shuffle to your computer, and click iTunes "File -> Sync iPod", OK. If you don't have iTunes, you can download it for free from Apple official site
Apple - iPod + iTunes
For PSP, just copy the music to the "Music"folder on your memory stick.
For Zune, drag the music to the Zune software, and click "start sync".



Part4. How to put DVD clips on Youtube, Myspace?
This software can convert DVD to FLV format for Youtube, Myspace and other video download sites. So you can share your own DVD clips with friends. After your movie is imported, select FLV as the output video format. Then log in Youtube, Myspace upload your video. But a whole DVD movie might be very large. By default, this software will convert the whole DVD to one file; 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.





Part5. How to put DVD to Windows Movie Maker?

To put a DVD movie into Windows Movie Maker, you have to rip your DVD to WMV or AVI video first(Windows Movie Maker supports WMV, AVI and MPG video files.), and then you can load it into Windows Movie Maker. I'd prefer using Aimersoft DVD Ripper to do this. just load the DVD files, click the format drop-down list to select "WMV - Windows Media Video (*.wmv)" or "AVI - Audio Video Interleaved (*.avi)"as the output format. select the suitable subtitles and audio tracks then click "Start" to start conversion

Then Run Windows Movie Maker, in the "Movie Task" bar, click "Add Video"to browse your computer and located the converted files, and then you can start to make personal movies.



Tips: Many users may wonder how they can convert Windows Movie Maker file (*.MSWMM) to other video format. Actually, A *.MSWMM file is not a video file. It is a project file of Movie Maker (more like a record file). You have to open this file in Windows Movie Maker and save the movie to your computer: Go to Movie Tasks bar > Finish Movie > Save to my computer. After that you will have a WMV file which can be converted to another video format or burned to DVD.

Note: Rip official DVD movie is illegal, so make sure you are authorized before you rip them.

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It sounds that aimersoft dvd ripper is a good choosing for whom has many players at one time.

but could i use it to convert the music in DVD to my MP3 ?

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What’s MKV video format?

An MKV file is a Matroska file, the Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free Container format . It is similar in conception to other containers like AVI, MP4 or ASF, but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only.

How to use Windows Media Player to play MKV video files?

Many people who download a file with the extension MKV will often try to play it back with video player software they have installed on their systems. Most of the time this doesn't work.
As it is based on DirectShow Windows Media Player will play back MKV files perfectly if you have the proper codecs and filters installed. A great help here is the Matroska Pack. This pack is an ideal solution for new users as it installs pretty much all you will need to play MKV files.Download the Matraoka Pack from its official site
Matroska Official Homepage (MKV/MKA)


How to use MKV converter to convert MKV to AVI, MP4, etc?
Step 1
Download MKV converter
Here I recommend you the Aimersoft MKV video converter which has been upgraded to convert MKV format recently.
It’s powful editing function and friendly user interface attract me the most.
You can free download this MKV converter from its official site:

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Step 2
Load video files and select output formats:
Press “Add” button to load the video files.
Aimersoft MKV video converter supports MKV to AVI, MKV to MP4 and MKV to other videos.
And as it’s a standard video converter you can also use it to convert video formats between MKV, WMV, AVI, 3GP, MPEG, RMVB, MOV, FLV, etc to play them on any digital media players such as iPod, Zune, Creative Zen, PSP, Mobile phone, etc.





Step 3
Edit your output files:
After you load the video files, press the “Edit” button you will open the interface below which is a two real-time preview windows to see the differences before and after you editing the videos.

As I said, Aimersoft MKV converter provides me a professional and easy-to-use editing function, I list them below.
1.Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc in the “Effect” selection.
2.”Crop and Trim” help you cut off the undesired area from your movie video and choose your favorite clips to convert.
3.”Merge multiple videos” into a single longer movie file just choose the merge check box.
4.”Snapshot” your favorite picture as an image file
5.Either customizable text or image watermark designing empowers you to coin and color your video files in a personalized way.
6. Select different video aspect ratio from full screen, 16:9, 4:3 and Keep Original.



Step 4
Start the conversion:
Click the “Start” button to start conversion.

Ok, it’s done, and you can also refer to the integrated original article by following this link:
How to use MKV converter to convert MKV to AVI, MP4 and other video formats?

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Already use it to convert DVD movie to my iPod Nano 4th gen.

Can you tell me how to download Youtube videos and put them on my iPod?

Thanks, my bro.

MelodyCan YouTubeRipper is a plug-in for Internet Explorer. MelodyCan supports MP4 and AVI, MP3 as output formats for video conversion. You can select a desired output format and video size in MelodyCan settings by choosing a suitable encoder for videofiles. Just click on "Rip YouTube File" button on your Internet Explorer toolbar and the selected video will be saved to your PC in a desired format. The video will download to your hard drive! (To whatever folder you specified). That could take a couple minutes.