How to rip/convert/import DVD to iTunes video on Mac?

Rip DVD and Convert DVD to iTunes on Mac

"One of the most requested features DVD buyers have been asking for is the ability to get the movies they bought into their iTunes library," said Jim Gianopulos, chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment. That implies the initial motivation of Apple to design the Digital Copy iTunes, which provides customers who purchase a DVD with an additional Digital Copy of the movie. Just like movies purchased from the iTunes Store, an iTunes Digital Copy can effortlessly be transferred to iTunes and then viewed on a PC or Mac, iPod with video, iPhone or on Apple TV.

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Guide: How to rip/convert/import DVD to iTunes video on Mac?

 

However, this is just a tiny part of the scenario; the choices of DVD with iTunes Digital Copy presented to DVD buyers are too limited to satisfy most of Apple customers. On the other hand, the price for a DVD with Digital Copy costs $3 or $4 more than an ordinary DVD. This makes some iPod and iPhone users really reluctantly to buy the DVD.

The rest of DVDs should be commercial ones, which are usually DRMed that contain region code and copy prevention code, and neither DVD distributors nor Apple will allow you to rip DVD to iTunes Library for their own interest.

If you've paid a good amount of money for your DVDs and now want to enjoy them in iTunes (and perhaps on your iPod) without the hassles of buying videos through the iTunes store. The only problem is, you don't know how to do this. In this how-to guide, you'll find out exactly how to import DVD movies into iTunes--and it will be much easier than you may have imagined.

What’s the video/audio formats will iTunes accept?
iTunes likes MPEG-4, H.264, MOV, DV and M4V formats, if you gonna to rip DVD to iTunes video, they are what you should look to. If you just need to rip audio from DVD, rip DVD and save audio as MP3, AAV, or FLAC are good choices.

Need a program that will make an MPEG4 copy of the DVD to load into iTunes.
To deal with DVD, you need a program to decrypt DVD to remove all the limitation so that can get the video out of DVD. There are freeware and shareware decrypters available. You can use iOrgsoft DVD to iTunes converter or Handbrake (freeware) to perform that task. If you pursue a program that is easy to use, with high audio-visual quality output, of course, better with free customer service, then DVD to iTunes converter for Mac is your ideal choice. The program has been upgraded several times so far, it features fast conversion, high quality, simple yet powerful video editing capacity ( crop, trim, rotate, add effect and merge files into one) , snapshot taking and advanced video/audio setting(resolution, frame rate, bitrate, etc.) . In a word, Mac DVD to iTunes converter can easily convert DVD to mpeg-4, h.264, mov, mp3 that welcomed by iTunes.

Sync DVD video with iTunes and iPod/iPhone/Apple TV
After loading DVD to iTunes converter for Mac, hit Convert to start the conversion, the entire DVD will be converted to MPEG-4 or H.264 as you wish to. The duration usually takes a couple of hours, so just wait patient.

After conversion is complete, run the iTunes program; click on the file button at the top left and select "Import." From there, navigate to the folder where your DVD conversion was placed and select it. Then click "Open" and wait for it to appear in your video library.

If you've done everything right, you should see the whole DVD in your video library and it will then be available for play within iTunes, as well as be available for adding to your iPod/iPhone/Apple TV.

Step by Step introductions on how to rip DVD to iTunes video, convert DVD to iTunes and import DVD to iTunes on Mac

Step 1 Download iOrgsoft DVD Ripper for Mac
You will download a .zip file from the link, which contains PowerPC Mac version and Intel Processor Mac version. Unzip the file and choose one to install on your Mac.



Step 2 Load DVD info.
Insert DVD to your DVD drive. Run the program, click Load DVD or Load IFO on the top to load DVD you wish you rip. You can select a few chapter/titles or the entire DVD to rip

Step 3 Set output format
On the bottom panel, Select MPEG-4, H.264, MOV as the output format in the drop down menu next to Profile field.



Step 4 Start to convert
Hit Convert on the bottom right, wait for the conversion is complete.