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Everyone loves movies. Do you also have plenty of DVD movies and want to copy them into iTunes on your Mac? Handbrake is a free tool that could rip and import DVDs to iTunes on Mac. Here is a guide may give your some ideal to solve this problem.

Step 1. Download Handbrake 0.9.4, the latest version, from www.handbrake.fr.

Step 2. Insert a DVD into your Mac and launch Handbrake, you will see a interface as following:

Step 3. Choose a title you need to rip. Usually, we choose it depends on the time is the longest or not, so far, Handbrake COULD NOT RIP A WHOLE DVD (such as movie leader, behind-the- scenes and trailer are could not be chosen at a time).

Step 4. Set Codec in the window. Make it MP4. iTunes accepts MP4 video files but MKV files.

Step 5. Make advantage settings if you need. Such as Audio codec, Subtitles, Picture settings and so on.

Last step, Check all settings and click Start. A progress bar will show its ripping speed; depends on many factors like speed of Mac, file size, etc.

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As you can see, if you are new-to-internet, it is not easy to handle. Here is some users’ feedback for your reference:

Jeremy - I am a Mac user. Handbrake successfully rips my dvds. The problem I get is the playback of the ripped file. I get sound but picture is completely distorted. Not sure what's causing this. I've tried numerous options for ripping the dvd and the same outcome everytime.

Hotpot - when I played back the encoded dvd, all of the chapters were out of order. Everything else was great, picture, sound, etc. is there a way to rearrange the chapters so they are in sequential order?

Alwoa - Handbrake is very popular, I can see it on many website, and this is benefit from free. On the other hand, it is difficult to use for beginner, lack support and weak stability.

If you have the same problem as they do, why not think about another app which is more suitable for you? DVD Ripper for Mac has much easier interface, more output formats for more video editors and portable players (such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Blackberry, iMovie, QuickTime, etc.), and better performance for both senior users and beginners. Just try!