How to Rip DVD to TS on Mac

DVD to TS Ripper for Mac can rip DVD to TS video, 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 TS on Mac OS X running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion etc.

Step 1: Free download and install DVD to TS Ripper for Mac

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).

Step 2: Load DVD to convert to TS video

Insert DVD into your DVD-ROM. Launch DVD Ripper for Mac, there are three ways of loading DVD. You are allowed to add multiple DVD folders.
a. The program will automatically detect DVD files and start loading.
b. 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.
c. Just easily drag and drop DVD files into program for converting.

Step 3: Select TS as output format

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

Step 4: Change TS Video and audio Settings

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

Step 5: Click "Start" to Rip DVD to TS on Mac.

When all the settings are done, click "Convert"->"Start Conversion" so the DVD ripper will do the ripping.

What's TS?

Transport stream (.TS) is a communications protocol for audio, video, and data. It is a type of digital container format that encapsulates packetized elementary streams and other data. TS is specified in MPEG-2 Part 1, Systems (ISO/IEC standard 13818-1). It is also known as ITU-T Rec. H.222.0. Its design goal is to allow multiplexing of digital video and audio and to synchronize the output. Transport stream offers features for error correction for transportation over unreliable media, and is used in broadcast applications such as DVB and ATSC.