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How to Convert, Import DVD to iTunes?
Thanks to the high audio/video quality, iPad, iPod and iPhone are always fantastic portable devices for playing videos. Meanwhile, we may want to watch DVD movies on iPad, iPod and iPhone. Yet, a general DVD is in MPEG-2 or VOB format with CSS copy protection. To get a DVD movie onto iPad, iPod and iPhone, you need a DVD to iTunes Converter software to remove the protection and convert DVD to iTunes compatible format first.
In this tutorial we will introduce 2 ways to convert DVD to iTunes or rip DVD to iTunes, so that users could get around the technical limitation of Apple and import DVD video to iTunes. It includes two parts:
Part 1: How to Convert DVD to iTunes with DVD to iTunes Converter
Part 2: Import DVD to iTunes with VLC Player
Note: For Mac users, here is the guide on how to rip DVD to iTunes Mac.
Part 1: How to Convert DVD to iTunes with DVD to iTunes Converter
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Step 1. Add Files
Run the DVD to iTunes Ripper and choose "Open DVD" to locate the DVD movies you want to convert.
Step 2. Choose Output Format
Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the output format. And you can also choose the device name according to your device. After that, specify the output directory to save your converted files in "Output" area.
Step 3: Start Conversion
After making all necessary settings, click the "Convert" button to start to convert DVD to iTunes, that's all.
When conversion finished, you can import DVD to iTunes and enjoy your favorite DVD movies freely!
Part 2: Import DVD to iTunes with VLC player
As a free and open source media player, VLC is a multimedia player, streamer and encoder supporting many video files as well as DVDs. This part will mainly focus on introducing its capability of streaming video.
Insert your DVD disc into DVD Drive, run VLC player, and then click "Convert / Save" under "Media". When you find "Open Media" window pops up, click "Disc" tab and then check "DVD" as output. Locate to "Disc device" field, make the directory points to the optical drive with your DVD, and then click "Convert/save". You could define the starting position of your video clip by selecting title and also choose to rip a specific DVD chapter to iTunes.
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.
Cucusoft DVD Ripper Ultimate concentrates on DVD to iTunes conversion while it does well in many aspects: wide range of formats, multi threading processing, great output quality, etc. In our recommendation, Cucusoft DVD Ripper Ultimate is the ideal solution for you to convert DVD to iTunes and import DVD to iTunes. Download and have a free try now!
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