Now more and more people have iPod,iPhone,PSP,Zune,Creative Zen,Mobile Phone and other digital portable devices.

Many people want to rip their DVD to the formats supported by their portable devices so they can enjoy their DVD movies anywhere and at any time.

This guide shows you how to rip DVD to MP4, AVI, MP3, WMV, WMA, FLV, MKV, MPG, RM, 3GP, etc by using Aiseesoft DVD Ripper.

Step 1: Install and run Aiseesoft DVD Ripper

Step 2: Import DVD.

Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.



Tips: This DVD Ripper can load three DVD source, you can load your DVD from DVD drive, DVD folder in your PC and also IFO file.

Step 3: Video settings.
Select the output video format you want from the “Profile” drop-down list.



Tips:
1: You can also select Audio Track and Subtitle from their respectively drop-down list.
2: If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” opinion. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “File” next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture. You can select the destination of the picture by clicking the “Preference” button. As default the captured image will be saved at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Aiseesoft Studio\Snapshot
3: If you want to merge the selected contents into one file you can check the “merge into one file” option. As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)
4: You can click the “Settings” button to set your video parameters.



In the Video Settings, you can select Encoder, Frame Rate, Resolution and Bitrate for your movie
In the Audio Settings, you can select Encoder, Channels, Bitrate and Sample Rate for your movie.
when you choose the specific settings, the lower window will show the "help" to explain the meanings of each setting.

Step 4: Start conversion
Click the “Start” button to start your conversion and in a short while it will be finished.

Step 5: Click “Open” button to open your output destination file.

More tips:

1: Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the “Trim” button to open the Trim dialog, you can trim a duration of the selected title or chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.
After you set the trimming time, the length of the captured clip will be shown in the Select Length box for your reference.



2. Movie Effect
If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. You can also set the special effect for your movie to cater to your need.



3. Video Crop
With Aiseesoft DVD Ripper you can remove the black edges around your movie video by checking the “Crop” option, so you can watch your movie on your portable players in full screen.

There are three methods available to crop your video:
Method 1: Crop by selecting a crop mode
Select a crop mode in the crop mode drop-down list and click OK to save the crop. There are three pre-set crop modes
for your choice: No Crop, Cut off top and bottom black edges, Cut off top black edge.
Method 2: Crop by adjusting the crop frame
The crop frame is the dashed line around the movie video. There are four adjustment lines on the crop frame. Each line allows you to crop the movie video from a different position.
To crop your movie video, you can just move your mouse cursor to an adjustment box and drag the crop frame.
Method 3: Crop by setting the crop values
There are four crop values on the lower left part of the crop window: Up, Down, Left and right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.



Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom list. There are four choices available: Full screen, Keep original, 16:9 and 4:3. After you select an output aspect ratio and finish the crop, the result can be previewed in the Preview window of the program main interface

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite

Software Information

Cucusoft Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite converts DVD's and videos to play on almost any portable device including iPod, iPod touch, iPod video nano, iPhone, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, and Pocket P.C., etc. Meanwhile, it can also support output almost any audio/video format including Video format(H264, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, RM, 3GP, flv, SWF, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, VCD, SVCD, DVD, etc.) and Audio format(AC3, AAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, RA, WMA, etc.). You can enjoy your Audio/Video life with this all in one Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite from now on.

Comparison between Ultimate DVD Converter and Video Converter

Features of Cucusoft Ultimate Converter Series

The latest version includes three running modes, the first is "Direct Mode", the second is "Batch Mode" and the last one is "1 Click Mode".
--"Direct Mode" means that user can directly click the DVD Menu to select the movie they want to rip. This mode is very easy for ripping a movie DVD's.
--"Batch Mode" means that user can select the DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD's, MTV DVD's and Episodic DVD's.
--"1 Click Mode" means that user just clicks 1 click to open a DVD, then the rest task will be done automatically. This mode is designed for dummies. (New)
Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle ....
--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.
--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.
Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.....
--Under "Direct Mode", through DVD menu.
--Under "Batch Mode", through DVD Title list.
Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.
Support almost any video file as input, including DVD, vob, DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI, dvr-ms, MP4, TiVo, .mkv etc. to iPod video format.
Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. "Keep aspect ratio" and "stretch to fix screen".
Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.
Support customize output video file size and video quality.
Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.
Support Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.
Support convert DVDs/Video to any audio format, including AC3, AAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, RA, WMA, etc.
Support convert DVDs/Video to any video format, including H264, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, RM, 3GP, flv, SWF, mpeg1, mpeg2, VideoCD, SuperVideoCD, DVD, etc.
Support convert DVDs/Video to any (portable) device including iPods(iPod video, iPod touch, iPod video nano), Zune, PSP, iPhone, Apple TV, PPC, PDA, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, etc.
Support customize your own (new) device profiles.

Minimum Requirements of Cucusoft Ultimate Converter Series

Software requirements:
Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows, Vista, Windows 2003 Server, etc.
DirectX 8.0 or later.
Hardware requirements:
MMX-enhanced CPU or more powerful
32 MB RAM or more
Any VGA card

Input DVD specification of Cucusoft Ultimate Converter Series

Support any video DVD disc that can be played on your PC/DVD player properly.

Aimersoft DVD converter suite also can rip DVD and convert video to MP4, AVI, MP3, WMV, WMA, FLV, MKV, MPG, RM, etc

prefer to use powerful Melodycan Ultra Video converter. This software converts avi (Windows Video), WMV (Windows Media Video) and m4v, mov, aac, ra, aa, mp4, snd, aif, m4p, rax, wav, ogg etc.



MelodyCan can also convert video files of any kinds to commonly used iPod MPEG4 files (MP4) and DivX files (AVI, DIVX) for playback at home video devices. With MelodyCan you are not bound to your PC anymore and can play your movies on almost any device you have. MelodyCan can convert protected Windows Media Video (WMV) files to regular MPEG4 files (mp4) for iPod devices or convert WMV to DivX format for home DVD/DivX players. MelodyCan also can convert protected iTunes video files (M4V) to MPEG4 or DivX.

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