How to rip DVD to M4V on Mac
DVD to M4V Ripper for Mac can rip DVD to M4V video(without DRM protection). It also can rip DVD to all the other video and audio formats including MPEG, MPG, MKV, MP4, WMV, MOV, FLV, M4V, MP3, MKA, AIFF, WMA, M4A, AC3, AAC, WAV, OGG, etc on Mac OS X.
Here is a step-by-step guide to rip DVD to M4V on Mac OS X.
Step 1: Free download and install DVD to M4V Ripper for Mac
To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).
Step 2: Load DVD to convert to M4V video
Insert DVD into your DVD-ROM. Click "Load DVD" button to load your DVD. Just Click "Load IFO" button and press DVD folder or DVD IFO file.

Step 3: Select M4V as output format
Use the “format” on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Click on the toggle to the right of the "Format" label to get format drop-down menu.

Step 4: Change M4V Video and audio Settings
You can change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate of the M4V video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate of the M4V Audio. The size of the M4V file depends a lot on these settings.
Step 5: Select output directory
Expand the "Output" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.
Step 6: Click "Start" to Rip DVD to M4V on Mac.
If you want to trim, crop, capture screen picture, merge several video clips on to one file and more editing, please go to how to edit videos with DVD to M4V Ripper on Mac.
What's M4V?
M4V is one of the formats used for video podcasts, based on a codec used by the QuickTime. This codec is part of the MPEG-4, a global multimedia standard and this standard was introduced to provide optimized video podcasts for the video iPod. In a word, M4V is MPEG-4 file extension used for videos downloaded from the Apple iTunes store; includes music videos, TV episodes, and full-length movies; similar to a MP4 file, but may be copy-protected using Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection.

