How to Convert DVD to MP4 on Mac OS X Lion

Get the favorite DVD movies and want to enjoy them on iPad or edit them in iMovie? What to do? All you need is a DVD to MP4 Converter for Mac which can help you rip DVD files to MP4 files on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included) fast with good video quality.

DVD to MP4 Converter for Mac is an easy-to-use DVD ripping application for Mac users to rip and convert DVD to MP4 video,output .mp4 file including MPEG-4 video(*.mp4) and H.264 (*.mp4), and MPEG-4 AVC(*.mp4). It makes you can import DVD to iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, iMovie, iTunes, PSP and many other players.

Free download and install Mac DVD to MP4 Converter:

Download DVD Ripper for Mac (Intel version) Download DVD Ripper for Mac (PowerPC version)

To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want). Then follow the guide to convert DVD to HD MP4(Xvid or H.264) and SD MP4(MPEG-4).

Step 1: Load DVD to convert DVD to MP4 video

Insert DVD into your DVD-ROM. Launch DVD Ripper for Mac and click "File"->"Load DVD" or "Load DVD Files" from main menu to browse your computer hard drive and select the DVD you want to Load.

Step 2: Select MP4 as output format

Click image button on the right side of each item, set output file name and choose output format from following list. There are a variety of video and audio format for output.

Step 3: Change MP4 video and audio settings

You can change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate of the MP4 video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate of the MP4 Audio. The size of the MP4 file depends a lot on these settings.

Step 4: Select output directory

Click "DVD Ripper"->"Preference"->"Output" from main menu, you can choose directory for locating converted files and screen captures.

Step 5: Start conversion

After all the settings, click the "Convert"->"Start Conversion" and rip DVD to MP4 on Mac (Lion included).

Tips:

Edit video before conversion (Optional)
With this Mac DVD Ripper, you can also edit videos by trimming, cropping, rotating and adding special effects before conversion. Click Edit from main menu and select editing functionalities.

Trimming
Select the video clip you want to trim setting the Start Time and the End Time.

Cropping
By dragging and moving zoom box you can cut off black bars and economic marks, you can also select 6:9, 4:3, Letter Box or Pan & Scan from Zoom list to define the size of active portion of output video and make it exactly fit your player’s screen.

Rotation
Click Rotation tab to rotate videos by 90 degrees CW/CCW and 180 degrees.

Video Adjustments
To make your video look special and unique, you are allowed to add special effects and adjust video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume by clicking this tab.

Adjust video settings before conversion
You are allowed to adjust video and audio setting such as codec, resolution, frame rate, etc. Please click image button on the right of each video item, and choose Option button, then you could change the settings from following window.

MP4 refers to MPEG-4 Part 14 or *.mp4, is a file format (also called container) specified as a part of the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 international standard. It is used to store media types defined by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group, and can be used to store other media types as well. Generally speaking, MP4 is most commonly used to store digital audio and digital video streams, especially those defined by MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images.