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How to Rip DVD with VLC Mac?
Have you tried or used VideoLAN's VLC Media Player? It's my favorite media player and the best one in my opinion. Its very versatile and can play almost any type of media file available. Aside from playing media files, do you know that VLC can also rip DVDs? For Mac users, this guide will mainly focus on how to rip DVDs with VLC Media Player on Mac.
Steps: How to Rip DVD with VLC Mac
Step 1. Insert your DVD and run VLC Player. Then under Media click on Convert/Save.
Step 2. Check DVD, make sure the disc device field points to the optical drive with the DVD, and hit Convert/Save.

Step 3. After clicked Convert/Save, a windows will pop up where you are allowed to select a location for the ripped file. While you are browsing to the location to put the ripped file make sure to give it a name and a supported extension.

Done! That's the process of how to rip DVD with VLC Media Player on Mac.
Conclusion: Overall, VLC is powerful in both video playing and streaming. But since it is a player at first, it has inevitably limited the range of input and output formats. Also, VLC does not support the DVD with internal encryption, which has also restricted its capability of processing the DVDs. If you want to rip your DVD to any video/audio formats with powerful editing functions, here we recommend Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac.
How to Rip DVD with Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac
Step 1. Free download and install Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac.
Intel Version |
PPC Version |
Then, insert the DVD on the DVD-ROM and load your DVD files into it.

Step 2: Select output format from "Format" drop-down list. Go to "Output" to set the output directory to save the converted files.
Step 3: Click the "Start" button to start conversion.
With this powerful DVD Ripper for Mac, you can rip DVD to video formats including MP4, AVI, M4V, MOV, 3GP, MPG, FLV and audio formats including MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, APE, etc. And you can also rip DVD to various video and audio formats that can be played on iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, etc. It is the ideal choice for you to rip DVD on Mac.
So, free download to have a try without hesitate!
Intel Version |
PPC Version |
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