This tutorial will show you how to rip DVD on Mac OS X (tiger and leopard) with the great tool- Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac.
1) Get started. Download DVD Ripper for Mac and run it. You will see a blue interface like below. Just first have a general idea of its intuitive interface
DVD Folder: Add DVD video though locating DVD folder which contains all the data. IFO File: Directly add the IFO files to the list of the program. Editor: Trim and crop DVD to meet your special customization need. Option: Set the snapshot images’ saved place and their file formats. Help: Click to read the PDF help document file. Settings: Do the advanced setting for the checked DVD title or chapter. Browse: Browse your computer to choose the export file’s saving place. Open: Open the output file folder.
2) Import DVD. Click the button DVD Folder to import the DVD. Choose one chapter and click Play button on the preview windows. An interface like below will come into your eyes.
3) Customize Settings
If you have a need to customize the DVD movie before the conversion, you can click Editor to achieve your goal. Two sections are available under that button: Trim and Crop.
Trim section allows you to select the starting time and the ending time to choose your favorite duration.
Crop section allows you to cut off the black edges of the image and set the aspect ratio so as to give you the favorite part of the image by the crop function.
After you choose the proper cropped file, click button OK to save your customization.
3) Set Output Settings
The program allows you set the output file format and the saving position. Choose the output files format under the list of Format of the main interface. At the same time, you can click the button Browse to specify an output folder on your Mac OS X. The section under Settings button is designed for the experienced users to do the advanced settings like set video Codec Name, Bit Rate, Video Size, and Frame Rate to optimize the quality of the video, as well as setting audio Codec Name, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, and Channels to make the quality of audio better.
Below is the Settings window.
4) Convert Movie After every thing necessary was selected, you can click the button Convert to start the conversion. Soon you will see the window below:
Few minutes later, you will get the ripped DVD files with high quality on your Mac OS. Hope you have a great fun.
