Best DVD Ripper for Mac OS X (include Leopard)

AppleInsider reports that the ubiquitous Mac file management application Finder, which currently stands as one of the oldest Carbon-based applications in the Mac OS portfolio, has been completely re-written with Cocoa.

At almost the same time, this July Wondershare released Wondershare Video Converter Pro for Mac, which is also an innovative application developed with Apple Cocoa frameworks, it not only converts among multiform video and audio formats such as HD video, camera (Cannon, Sony, JVC) AVCHD video (*.m2ts, *.mts, *.mod, *.tod), Web video, etc, but also rips DVD to various video and audio formats on Mac OS X. Batch process and multithreading of this Video Converter Pro make conversion much faster.

With conversion of Wondershare Video Converter Pro for Mac, you can enjoy all your favorite DVD and video on varied players for your convenience, iPod, iPhone (iPhone 3G S), Apple TV, PSP, PDA/ Pocket PC (including BlackBerry), etc, whichever.

It also makes easy if you want to import your DVD and video to some popular applications like QuickTime, iMovie, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc on Mac OS X.

The conversion helps you upload the output video files to YouTube, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, etc for sharing with others.

Compare with current version, besides the much more effective and conversion, the advanced editing functions, concise guidance, clear formats drop-down tree, automatic update check, super drag-and-drop function, apple style interface, etc are the new features of this Video Converter Pro.

Any Wondershare registered users are available to upgrade to this Pro version with discount by informing sales-hm1#wondershare.com (replace @ with #).
http://www.applemacvideo.com/mac-video-converter-pro.html

User Guides:
General steps: How to use Video Converter Pro for Mac to convert Videos and rip DVDs
Edit function: How to edit videos with Video Converter Pro for Mac
Advanced Tips: Tips for Wondershare Video Converter Pro for Mac

Want to convert your DVD movies for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP and a lot more mobile devices on Mac operation system? Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac is a great solution for Mac OS users who want to convert their DVD to almost all video formats for most popular mobile devices, complete with options to select DVD audio track and subtitle, crop DVD video, trim DVD length, and set video effects and so on. To rip a DVD movie, you can download Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac from http://www.applemacvideo.com/mac-dvd-ripper.html and follow the steps below.



Step1: Import DVD Movies

Click the Load DVD button, select the folder of your DVD movie, and click OK. If the movie is on your disc drive, you can just select the drive and click OK. Or click the Load IFO button, open the folder of your DVD movie, and you will find two folders in it: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files, and then click OK. After the movie is loaded, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.

Step 2: Output Settings

After your DVD movie is loaded, you can start to set output settings:

1. Select an output format from the Format drop-down list. Just select an format according to the device you want to put
2. Click the Settings button to set encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.
3. Name each title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters.

Note: You can check the "Merger into one file" option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.

Step 3: Click the Start button to start the conversion. And all you need to do now is to wait for the conversion to be finished. The remaining time will be shown on conversion window for your reference.

Tip 1: Trim Movie

If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the Trim icon to capture a clip. In the Trim window, you can trim the length of the current title/chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

Tip 2: Crop Video

If your DVD video has black sides, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window, and set the video crop area by dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).

Tip 3: Movie Effect

If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, and even audio volume. You can also choose to apply a special effect to your movie video from the available effects including Gray, Emboss and Negative.

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The .m2ts file format is given to video/ audio files created by certain Sony Camcorder models. These files normally have a corresponding .modd file in the same location, which holds time-stamp information.

Sony Camcorders that produce this file should come bundled with software to convert the format to something more popular.

Convert Sony Camcorder M2TS/ MTS video to MOV, MP4, 3GP, AVI, MKV, MPEG, ect on Mac, refer to this video converter for mac guide.

If you want to convert Sony Camcorder M2TS/ MTS video to MP3, M4A, WAV, AC3, MKA, etc. Refer to this video to audio converter for mac guide.

If you need to add movies to your website, publish them on YouTube, create versions for iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV, and play on iTunes, QuickTime, you have to import Sony Camcorder M2TS/ MTS video to iMovie first.
How to make a home movie on Mac using iMovie.

1. What's WMV

Windows Media Video (WMV) is a compressed video file format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft.

WMV is also a container format. A WMV file is in most circumstances encapsulated in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container format. The file extension .WMV typically describes ASF files that use Windows Media Video codecs.
Although WMV is generally packed into the ASF container format, it can also be put into the AVI or Matroska container format. The resulting files claim the .AVI, or .MKV file extensions, respectively. WMV can be stored in an AVI file when using the WMV 9 Video Compression Manager (VCM) codec implementation.


Video quality of WMV. Microsoft claims that WMV 9 provides a compression ratio that is two times better than MPEG-4, and three times better than MPEG-2; Microsoft also claims that WMV 9 is 15-50% better than WMV 8 in terms of compression efficiency; One test report published in January 2005, however, showed that WMV 9 had worse compression efficiency than WMV 8.

2. Free WMV Player for Mac

Software that can play WMV files include Windows Media Player, GOM Player, ALLPlayer, The KMPlayer, PowerDVD, RealPlayer, MPlayer, VLC Media Player, Zoom Player and Media Player Classic.

For Mac users, the MPlayer and VLC Media Player are the best players to play WMV on Mac.

3.The Best WMV Converter for Mac

How to Convert WMV to MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, etc on Mac


For Mac users who wish to convert WMV to MP4, MOV MKV, 3GP, MPG, etc on Mac, who want to play WMV on iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Apple TV, iPod, BlackBerry, QuickTime, and any other players, please refer to this guide how to convert WMV to iPod, iPhone, PSP, QuickTime, Blackberry, etc on Mac.

How to Convert FLV, MKV, AVI, MOV, MPEG, HD videos, ect with WMV Converter for Mac


This Mac WMV Converter can be also regarded as the best Video Converter for Mac, MKV converter for Mac, AVI Converter for Mac, MOV Converter for Mac and so on, for it can convert all most all the video formats, such as convert FLV, MKV, AVI (DivX, XviD, etc.), MPEG (MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD, SVCD), MP4 (Mac Video to iPod, Mac Video to PSP, Video to MPEG4, H.263), 3GPP, 3GPP2, MOV, IFO, VOB, DAT, ASF to AVI (DivX, XviD, etc.), MP4 (Sony PSP, Apple TV, iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc), 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, 3GPP2, QuickTime (MOV, QT), MPG, MKV on Mac OS.

How to extract audio from WMV, AVI, MP4, FLV, MOV, etc to MP3, WAV, M4A, etc on Mac

Sometime we also need to extract the audio from WMV video, that means convert the WMV to MP3, M4A, WAV, AC3, AAC, MKA, OGG, etc, this WMV Converter for Mac is also the best choice. Additionally, other video to audio conversion like FLV, MOV, MP4, MKV, AVI, MPEG, etc to MP3, M4A, WAV, AC3, AAC, MKA, OGG, etc are supported by this all-in-one Video Converter for Mac.

4.How to Edit WMV on Mac with iMovie


If you need to edit WMV using iMovie to make a creative movie on Mac, here is a helpful guide:

How to edit WMV video using iMovie on Mac.

If you want to put downloaded videos from the Internet or taken by our digital cameras to your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Creative Zen and a lot more mobile players on your Mac machine? Wondershare Video Converter for Mac provides you with the perfect solution. It can convert video to all kinds of formats for all popular players.
It has both a Power PC version and an Intel version, and you can just install the right program depending on your CPU. After the program is installed, you follow the steps below to convert video to all mobile players:

Step 1: Add Video files
Click the Add button, and the program will let you browse your computer hard drive.
Select the video files you want to convert and click OK.


Step 2: Output Settings
After adding video files, you can start to set output settings for each file:
Select an output format from the Format drop-down list. Just select an format according to the player which you want to put your videos on.
Click the Settings button to set encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.
Click the Browse button to specify an output folder to save the converted files.

Note 1: If you want to convert all the added files into one format with the same encoding parameters, you can just click the "Apply to All" button.
Note 2: You can check the "Merger into one file" option to convert all the added video files into a single file.

Step 3: Click the Start button to start the conversion. And all you need to do now is to wait for the conversion to be finished. The remaining time will be shown on conversion window for your reference.

Part 1. What is iPod Shuffle?

Apple recently released iPod Shuffle which is the world's smallest music player also happens to be the world's first talking one. Two things that make the iPod shuffle one amazing device.

1.8" tall x 0.3" thin to be exact.
To create the world's smallest music player, Apple moved the controls from iPod shuffle to the earbud cord. This allowed us to make the new iPod shuffle dramatically smaller, but not just for dramatically smaller's sake. It's also easier to use, with the controls located where you can access them quickly.

Easy access controls.
The controls of the new iPod shuffle are located on the right earbud cord. With command central now strategically placed in this more convenient location, you can navigate your music - and activate the VoiceOver feature - without taking your eyes off your run, your ride, or whatever you're doing.

Your music library. To go.
There was a time when limited storage meant you had to leave a lot of your songs on the sync-room floor. But now that iPod shuffle has 4GB of storage, you have plenty of room to store hours and hours of music - up to 1,000 songs.* With room for multiple playlists, too.

Learn it more from Apple official website.

Part 2. How to extract audio from DVD to iPod Shuffle on Mac

Sometimes you may want to extract a certain beautiful section of music or dialog from your DVD video file and save them as MP3, M4A, AAC, etc for playback on iPod Shuffle, How can you extract the nice attractive audio to your iPod Shuffle? Please follow this guide:

Software you need: DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step1. Download this DVD to iPod Shuffle Ripper for Mac. Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac can rip DVD to various video formats (including MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV, etc) to iPod Shuffle AAC (No DRM), WAV, and AIFF.



Step2. Import the DVD including the audio you are fond of. Choose the output format as any of AAC (No DRM), WAV, or AIFF.



Step3. Start to convert to extract the audio from DVD to iPod Shuffle.

That's it! Then you can enjoy any music section, dialog, songs from any DVDs on your iPod Shuffle!

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What are MKV files?
.MKV is a container format developed by Matroska. It can hold different types of video and audio. For example, there might be an .avi file contained within the .MKV file. High Definition movies in 720 or 1080 pixel width format are often encoded and packaged as a Matroska format video with a .MKV file extension.
* Know more about MKV format at WikiPedia.

How to play MKV file s on Mac?
I recommend trying either MPlayer OS X or VLC Media Player. They are all free.
These excellent and free multimedia players can tackle many of the video formats unknown to QuickTime. They contain a decoder to decode the .MKV files. They will also play many of the formats you will find inside the .MKV file.

How to convert DVD to MKV on Mac for free?
I recommend you use Handbrake to you to convert DVD to MKV on Mac . HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter. It can convert DVD to MKV on Mac eaisly and for free.

Step 1, Download and Install Handbake
Download the free program Handbrake (How to rip DVD on Mac and convert video for Mac using Handbrake). Check to see if your Mac has the system requirements; click on the apple icon in the top left corner and About this Mac. Then install HandBrake.



Step 2, Run it and insert DVD
Select your favorite DVD disk and put it in the disk drive. Then run HandBrake and click Detected Volume to choose source. Click Open and you will be able to see many titles included in this DVD disk. Choose the longest title if this is a movie DVD, or choose your favorite chapter if this is an episode.

Step 3, Select Output setting
Select MKV files as output format and select other settings such as video quality, audio track, Audio Sample Rate, bitrate, Picture Settings, etc.



Step 4, Rip DVD to MKV on Mac
Check all settings and click Rip. A progress bar will show its ripping speed; depends on many factors like speed of Mac, filesize, etc.
That's all. We have converted DVD to MKV for free now.

Note: Handbrake cannot rip encrypted DVD movies. If you want to rip encrypted DVD movies, you can use this DVD Ripper for Mac which is also excellent.

Tired of videos buffering and sometimes stopping during you watch videos on YouTube? Now you can download your favorite YouTube videos to your computer for free and put them on iPod, Phone, PSP, PS3, Apple TV, Creative Zen, iRiver and so on with Wondershare YouTube downloader for Mac!

Click here to download YouTube Downloader for Mac and follow the steps below to download and convert YouTube videos:

1. Launch this FLV Converter for Mac
2. Download Youtube, Google, Yahoo, Break, Metacafe, MySpace, Gofish, etc. videos
3. Play FLV files on Mac4. Convert FLV videos on Mac

Part 1: Launch Program Open this FLV Downloader and Converter for Mac.
If this is the first time that you launch the program, you will see a pop-up window asking you to input the password of your Mac login account. It is safe but very important for the program's Sniffer function. You follow the steps specified on the pop-up window below:



Part2: Download online sharing videosGo to YouTube website and open the pages of the videos you want to download. The program will detect the URL and automatically start downloading a video when it starts to play. From the source list, you can find the status of each file. See the figure below:


If you want to find the downloaded FLV video files, you can click the Open button to go to the directory where the downloaded files are saved.

Part3: Play FLV videos on Mac
Click 'Play' buttom for playback the selected flv video. Also you can download free FLV Player for Mac to play any FLV videos in future.


Part4: Convert FLV videos on MacIf you want to convert the downloaded files, or convert local FLV video to AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, 3GP, etc on Mac, just click 'Add' to select from computer and click the 'Convert' button.


Select the output format from the 'Format Preset' drop-down list for the selected files, click the Browse button to specify a location to save the converted files, and click OK to start conversion.



If you want to find the converted FLV files, then click the 'Open' button to go to the directly where the downloaded files are saved.
After the conversion, you can just put the FLV files on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV or PS3 etc. and enjoy your favorite YouTube and other online videos on the move.

Have several video clips in your hand and want to join them to one?

Firstly, make sure that all the video clips are MPEG-4 and MOV video format
Because only MPEG-4 and MOV video can be imported
to iMovie.

If your video clips are not MPEG-4 or MOV, then just convert them in batch. Here is a guide: How to convert WMV, M2TS, MKV, AVI, FLV, etc video to import to iMovie on Mac.

Secondly, create a project file for iMovie.
Step 1: Click on the iMovie icon in the dock and wait, while it bounces, for the application to open. Select "Create Project."
Step 2: In the "Save as:" field, enter your_name for the name of the movie.
Step 3: We don't want to save to the default "Movies" folder. Next to the "Where:" dropdown, click on the downward pointing arrow on the end for more options. Back the blue bar at the bottom all the way up to the left, select the firewire drive, and click "New Folder." Enter your_name for the name of the new folder (in which all your files will be stored) and click "Enter."
Step 4: Now click "Save" and you should see the empty iMovie interface with "iMovie:yourname" at the top.

Thirdly, start to edit video clips and join them to one.
Then you can do editing with your video clips and join them togther.
For detailed tutorial, please refer to Apple iMovie guide.

What is an Apple TV?
Apple TV is a digital media receiver device manufactured, marketed and sold by Apple. With Apple TV, you could enjoy HD movies, HD TV shows and HD podcasts, the video formats Apple TV supports are all most the same as that of iTunes like .m4v, .mp4, and .mov, etc.



How to sync the MP4 videos from iTunes to Apple TV?
Open iTunes and Apple TV appears in your devices list, ready to sync. Set iTunes to sync unwatched MP4 video. Or manually select what to sync. Set your preferences once and Apple TV automatically updates as your iTunes library changes. Everything travels over your network to Apple TV's built-in hard drive. So once you sync, even if you turn off your computer or disconnect it from the network, you can still enjoy stored MP4 video - up to 50 hours of it - from Apple TV.



How to convert MKV video to Apple TV on Mac?
Because only .m4v, .mp4, and .mov videos can be played on Apple TV, but the video in our hands are .mkv format, then how can we convert the MKV video to Apple TV?

Download: MKV to Apple TV Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Import your MKV video to MKV to Apple TV Converter for Mac.



Step 2. Choose one of Apple TV formats as your output file format.



Step 3. Press "Start" to start convert the MKV video to Apple TV.

That's it! Just enjoy your MKV videos on Apple TV!

The most popular video format on the Internet is QuickTime; the video quality is excellent and all users have to do to watch QuickTime videos is download and install the QuickTime player, which is free.

With the unprecedented development of video technique, we are enjoying watching DVD movie and all sorts of videos like WMV, MKV, FLV, MOV, YouTube HD, etc with this high quality player QuickTime. This article deals with how to convert DVD and WMV, AVI, MKV, FLV, etc videos to MOV video on Mac OS X with QuickTime Converter for Mac.

QuickTime supports the H.264 MPEG-4 encoder and decoder which can be used for both the MOV and MP4 containers, which means that we need to convert DVD and all the videos like WMV, AVI, MKV, FLV, etc to MOV to play them on QuickTime.
With this all-in-one video and DVD to QuickTime Converter for Mac, any DVD and videos can be played on QuickTime.

Step 1, Operate Aimersoft video and DVD to QuickTime Converter, you can either click the "Add Video" and"Load DVD" button or just directly drag to import your videos and DVDs. This QuickTime Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at a time.

Step 2, This QuickTime Converter for Mac can various video formats for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, cell phone, etc, then just choose the output profile as MOV QuickTime (*.mov).

Step 3, Customize the videos or DVD if you want. Aimersoft QuickTime Converter for Mac has enhanced editing function such as trimming, cropping, adding effect and watermark.

Last, Convert the selected videos and DVDs for QuickTime.

Done! Just play the output MOV videos you converted from DVD or WMV, AVI, MKV, FLV, etc with QuickTime.

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