Three Ways to Rip DVD to Mac

Most people already have their favorite movies and television shows on DVD, but you may need to rip those DVDs to your Mac computer instead of having to purchase shows and movies again in an iPod form. Learn to transfer DVD content to your Mac computer by following methods.

1. HandBrake
Handbrake is an open source DVD ripper which can only convert DVD's to MP4 and MKV, with support for iPhone, iPods, PSPs, Apple TVs, PS3s. But it only can rip standard DVDs that can be played by your DVD player if without the help of third party software, VLC media player, not the mention the Disney new copy protections. In addition it is not stable, sometimes even crash. And if you would like to upload a commercial or home-made DVD movie to youtube.com video sharing website or to your web page or blog, HandBrake can't help at all. MacX DVD Ripper Free Edition would be the HandBrake alternative to solve this problem.

2. VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is a powerful tool for playing digital media files. Even though it's best known for playing a wide range of file formats, it has other hidden features that boost its functionality. One such feature is the ability to rip DVDs. The player won't let you rip uncompressed video files to your hard drive, but it will compress whatever movie you're watching and save it in MPG format.

3. MacTheRipper
MacTheRipper can breaks copy protection and rips DVD content, but it doesn't encode its rips to other formats. It just rips the DVD menu and all to your hard drive in VOB file. But it also needs a third party software to convert VOB to other formats.

You can found more dvd ripper software at free software download website.

The easist way to copy files from a DVD

As everybody knows, Microsoft Windows Explorer is the default file management application in all versions of Windows operating system. Microsoft Windows Explorer will allow the user to copy files from a DVD and save to the hard drive, external drive or Flash drive. To copy a file, folder or a group of files or folders from a DVD, use Windows Explorer.

1. Right-click the "Start" button on the bottom left on Windows toolbar and select "Explore" to open Windows Explorer.

2. Insert the DVD into the CD/DVD drive. Allow the drive to register the DVD.

3. Click the "Computer" link in the left navigation pane of Windows Explorer. The drives, including the drive hosting the DVD, will be listed.

4. Click on the DVD drive. The folders and files on the DVD will list in the right navigation pane.

5. Right-click on a file or folder and select "Copy" from the context menu, or press the CRTL + C keys, to copy the file or folder to the clipboard.

6. Navigate to a location on the destination drive and right-click. Select "Paste", or press the CRTL + V keys, to paste the folder or files into the new location.

If you want to copy and burn an entire DVD then, a CD/DVD burner and CD/DVD burning application, such as Roxio, Alcohol or Nero, is necessary. Just follow these steps:

1. Click the Windows "Start" button and open the CD/DVD burning software.

2. Click the "DVD" option to create a new DVD compilation.

3. Click the "DVD-Copy" option, and click "Next". The application will prompt the user to insert the source disk.

4. Insert the DVD to be copied into the CD/DVD drive. Allow the DVD to register in the burning application.

5. Click the "Next" button. The contents of the DVD will be copied to a temporary location to be burned to the destination DVD. When the copying process is finished, the burning application will eject the source DVD and prompt the user to insert the destination DVD.

6. Insert the destination DVD and click the "Burn" button. The contents of the source DVD will burn to the blank DVD.

7. Test the DVD by playing in a compatible player.

You can download DVD copy and DVD burning software on free software download website.