How to Rip Any DVD to Popular Video Format

This article is created for the people who want to enjoy DVD on iPod/iPhone/PSP/Mobile Phone/Sansa/Zune and other portable devices. Most DVD are .vob format which is not surpported by people's digital-player. Many people are searching a professional DVD rip software. Tipard DVD Ripper is such one tool which can rip any DVD to popular video format with latest codec build-in.

This guide shows you step by step on how to rip your DVD to any video formats such as MP4, MPEG, WMV, AVI, RM, 3GP and so on.

Step 1. Download and install Tipard DVD Ripper.

Step 2. Click "Load DVD" button to load your DVD.
This professional 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. Select the output video format you want from the "Profile" drop-down list.

Step 4. Click the "Start" button to begin your conversion.
You can have a coffee or have a walk now ! In a short while the conversion will be finished.

Tips:

Some powerful editing functions are available as followings.

1: Capture your favorite picture.

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.

2: Merge videos into one file.

Just check the "merge into one file" option if you want to merge the selected contents into one file As default the merged file is named after the first selected file (either a title or a chapter)

3: Trim any clip of your video.

You can get any clip of your video by just using the "Trim" function. You can click the "Trim" button and a dialogue pops up. You can set the Start Time and End Time or just drag the slide bar to the position you want and start conversion then you can get the clip.

4: Crop video

There are two 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 seven pre-set crop modes for your choice: No Crop, Cut off Top and Bottom black edges, Cut off Top black edge, Cut off Bottom black edge, Cut off Left and Right black edges, Cut off All black edges and Custom. For "Custom", it allows you to customize your movie according to your needs. To crop your movie video, you can just drag your mouse cursor from four sides and four angles.

Method 2: Crop by setting the crop values

There are four crop values on the lower right part of the crop window: Top, Bottom, Left and Right. You can set each value to crop your movie video, and the crop frame will move accordingly.

Note: Before you start to crop your movie video, you can select an output aspect ratio from the Zoom Mode. There are four choices available: Keep Original, Full Screen, 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.

Now you can enjoy your DVD on your iPod/iPhone/PSP/Sansa/Zune/Mobile Phone and so on.