How to Convert DVD to iPad Video on a Mac

How to convert MKV to AVI MP4 WMV

Matroska's MKV "universal" container is described by its developers as "the extensible open standard Audio/Video Container". This translates to a multimedia Container designed to support practically any type of video or audio stream you might care to use. MKV stands for Matroska Video. The project itself is simply called Matroska.

The following MKV video conversion guide is going to show you how to convert MKV to AVI, convert MKV to MP4 and convert MKV to WMV for your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more portable players.

The software you will need is Clone2Go Video Converter Pro. ( free download )

Now let's take a look at how it performs to convert MKV to AVI MP4 WMV with this professional MKV Video Converter:

Step 1. Download the latest version of Clone2Go Video Converter Pro from http://www.clone2go.com . Install and launch it.



Step 2. Click the "Add Video" button to import the MKV file. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Add Video Files..." to add MKV files. You can also batch import MKV files (folder) by clicking "File -> Batch Add Video Files".

Step 3. From the "Profile" drop-down list, you can choose the most appropriate output format. For example, if you want to convert MKV to AVI, you can navigate to "AVI Video" category and choose the format you need from the subcategory.



Note: You can also customize a specific profile to meet your needs as shown below:



Step 4. Click the "Start Encode" button to start to convert MKV to AVI, MKV to MP4 and MKV to WMV.

After the conversion is complete, you can click the "Folder" button in the main interface to access the output files.

How to convert DVD to iPod touch/nano/classic?

Apple iPod accepts MP4 format, so you just need a converter that will go from DVD to MP4 if you want to watch DVD movies on your iPod. After you get the output iPod compatible MPEG-4 videos converted from DVD's, drag them to your iPod with the sync of iTunes. Below is the step by step tutorial showing how to convert DVD to iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod classic.

The software you will need is Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. ( free download ) Let's take a look at how it performs:

1. Download Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. Install and run it.

2. Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Open DVD..." to import the DVD disc. After the DVD is imported, there will be a list of DVD titles showing in the program. Note: If your DVD movie is saved as a folder in your computer hard drive, you need to click the "Add Video" button to locate and import the movie.



3. Tick the longest DVD title from the list. Double click this title and you will preview the movie in the program.
Note: If you want to merge all the DVD chapters/titles into one single file, you need to click the "Options" tab in the Clone2Go interface and make the settings as shown below:



4. Choose the most appropriate profile from the "Profile" drop-down list according to the brand of your iPod (iPod touch, iPod nano or iPod classic). Note: You can also customize a specific profile to meet your needs.



5. Click "Start Encode" to start to convert DVD movie to iPod video.

6. Add the output files to iTunes and sync them to your iPod.

Done.

Extracted from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/convert-dvd-to-ipod.php

Ripping DVDs to iPod Touch/iPhone format with HandBrake Windows and Mac

No doubt you can purchase movies from the iTunes Store ready for iPhone/iPod Touch consumption, but if you already own the DVD, you don't want to waste your money on the same movie a second time. Instead, you can rip the DVD to a video file on your computer, move it into iTunes Library, and then sync it to your iPhone/iPod Touch. The program I'd like to recommend to do this is called HandBrake, and it's available for free on both Windows and Mac.

The following tutorial will show you how to rip DVD to iPhone/iPod Touch format using HandBrake. You can follow this guide to convert DVD to iPod Touch/iPhone whether you are using Windows OS or Mac OS X (10.5 or later).

Let's take a look at how it works:

Step 1. Download HandBrake from http://handbrake.fr/?article=download according to your computer OS and install it.





Step 2. Insert a DVD and launch HandBrake. If HandBrake doesn't recognize the DVD as a source automatically, you may have to click "Browse" and direct HandBrake to your DVD drive.

Step 3. HandBrake will analyze the DVD and let you choose the title and chapters you want to rip for your iPhone/iPod Touch (in general, you'll want the first title and every chapter). You can get an idea of which title is the main DVD title by choosing the title duration that matches the movie's playtime.

Step 4. Click the "Presets" menu in Windows, or the "Presets" button on the top right of the HandBrake window on the Mac. You'll see several presets; choose the iPhone and iPod Touch preset.

Step 5. Now just click the "Encode Video" button (Windows) or Start button (Mac) and sit back while HandBrake rips the DVD to one big file. This can take a while, so you won't be able to rip a DVD on your way out the door to the airport. Make sure you plan ahead.

Step 6. When HandBrake finishes ripping the DVD, drag the file into iTunes for syncing to your iPod Touch/iPhone whenever you want to.

Note

HandBrake Windows doesn't do a very good job on ripping DVDs to iPod Touch/iPhone format. Here, I'd like to recommend the DVD to iPhone Converter from Clone2Go. This piece of software can merge several DVD chapters into a single file, trim the video length, extract sound tracks from DVD as audio file, support M4V, MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, and a lot more output video/audio formats, customize profile for the output file and support sorts of mobile players like iPod Touch, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry, etc.

Capture video from DV and convert DV video?

Are you fond of recording videos with your camcorder? Are you frustrated that there are so few devices that can play videos directly from your DV? Don't worry, Clone2Go DVD Ripper comes to the rescue! This DVD ripping software tool has another bright feature: capture video from DV as video source and convert the DV video to all sorts of video formats for your needs.



You will feel free to play the videos recorded with your camcorder on your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more mobile devices. You can also upload the videos to YouTube website and publish the videos to your own website or blog as well.
Unlike other DVD rippers, Clone2Go DVD Ripper combines the following features into one single program:

1. Rip DVD to video/audio
2. Convert video to video/audio
3. Download YouTube/Google video
4. Convert YouTube/Google video to video/audio

Here is the link to the tutorial of this DVD ripper: http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/dvd-ripper.php

How to convert MSWMM to DVD video

This article will show you how to convert MSWMM file to AVI, MP4, 3GP, MPG, WMV video format, convert MSWMM file to YouTube FLV video, convert MSWMM file to iPod video and burn MSWMM to DVD disc. It is composed of the following three parts:

Part 1. How to convert MSWMM to WMV in Windows Movie Maker?

A *.MSWMM is a project file of Windows Movie Maker; it is not a video file (more like a record file). You can open *.MSWMM file in Windows Movie Maker(click "File -> Open Project Project...") and save the movie to your computer: go to the "Tasks" bar, click "Finish Movie" and then click "Save to my computer".



Then Windows Movie Maker will ask you to enter a file name for your movie and choose a folder to save your movie. The movie will be saved as a WMV file in the PC.

Part 2. How to convert MSWMM to AVI/MP4/WMV/YouTube/iPod?

You may wonder how to upload your Windows Movie Maker project(.*MSWMM) to YouTube or watch the movie on your iPod. All you need to do is convert the MSWMM file to video format. After you have saved the MSWMM file to your computer hard drive(in the folder you chose in "Part 1") as WMV video, you can now begin to convert the WMV file to the specific video format you need.

The software you need is Clone2Go Video Converter ( free download ).



The steps are quite simple:

1. Import the WMV file to the program.
2. Choose an output format. For example, if you want to watch the movie on iPod, you can choose "iPod MPEG-4" as the output format.
3. Start to convert.
Done

Part 3. How to burn MSWMM to DVD?

If you want to burn the MSWMM to DVD, you will need DVD authoring software. Here, I'd recommend using Nero or DV to DVD Converter. Make a simple Google search and you will get either of them to start to burn MSWMM to DVD.

How to rip DVD movie to video

If you want to watch DVD movies on iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, etc or convert DVD to video formats such as AVI, 3GP, WMV, MP4, this tutorial may help you out.

The software you need is Clone2Go DVD Ripper. Free download

Unlike other DVD rippers, Clone2Go DVD Ripper combines the following features into one single program:

1. Rip DVD to video/audio
2. Convert video to video/audio
3. Download YouTube/Google video

However, in the following guide, I'd like to focus on the first feature: rip DVD to video/audio format using Clone2Go DVD Ripper. Let's take a look at how it performs:

1. Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Open DVD..." to import the DVD movie. After the DVD is imported, there will be a list of DVD chapters/titles showing in the program.



2. Extend the "Profile" category to select an output format. For example, if you want to watch DVD on your iPod Touch, you can choose "iPod touch MPEG-4" as the output format.



3. Click the "Start Encode" button to start to convert DVD movie to AVI, WMV, 3GP, MP4, FLV, SWF, MPG, MOV video file or for your mobile player.

The steps are quite simple, however, there are several tips we can take a look at while using this DVD ripper to rip DVD to iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, AVI, 3GP, WMV, MP4, etc.

Tip 1. Merge all DVD chapters/titles into one file

Click the "Options" button on the main interface. In the pop-up dialog, navigate to "DVD" and tick "Do not separate a DVD video disc as titles". You will get a whole DVD movie rather than separate files.



Tip 2. Customize profile for the output

If you want to customize the output video, you can click the "Video Options" and "Audio Options" buttons below the "Profile" category. There you can set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, video codec, etc.



Tip 3. Specify the output folder

Click the "Options" button on the main interface. In the "General" tab, you can specify the folder for the output file. For your convenience, the output file is easily available by clicking the "Folder" botton in the main interface after the encoding process.

Tip 4. Trim the DVD

If you don't need the whole DVD movie, you can use the "Trim" function to get the exact clip from the movie.