wine users - Mar 2009 - How to Rip/Edit DVD and Convert Video(for Mac/Windows)

Attention please:
Mac and windows users:
Do you want to rip your DVD to play it on your portable devices?
Do you want to convert your video to your iPod/iPhone/Zune/Mobile
Phone/PSP/iRiver/Sansa?

This article is a full solution to solve all the questions above. 
It includes three parts:
Part 1: How to rip and edit DVD and convert Video on Mac OS X with one
tool-iSkysoft DVD Ripper Pack for Mac
(http://www.mac-video-converter.com/dvd-ripper-pack-mac.html)
Part 2: How to rip DVD and edit DVD on Windows with Best DVD Ripper software
(http://www.macsoftreviews.com/aiseesoft-dvd-ripper.html)-Aiseesoft DVD Ripper
Part 3: How to convert video with Best Video Converter 
(http://www.macsoftreviews.com/aiseesoft-total-video-converter.html)-Aiseesoft
Total Video Converter to convert your videos on your portable players anywhere
and anytime

Part 1: How to rip and edit DVD and convert Video on Mac OS X with one
tool-iSkysoft DVD Ripper Pack for Mac
Step 0: Download and install iSkysoft DVD Ripper Pack for Mac(Intel Version
(http://www.mac-video-converter.com/download/dvd-ripper-pack/isky-dvd-pack-intel.dmg)
or Power PC Version
(http://www.mac-video-converter.com/download/dvd-ripper-pack/isky-dvd-pack-powerpc.dmg))

[Image: http://www.mac-video-converter.com/images/guide/iskysoft-pack-for-n.jpg
]

With iSkysoft DVD Ripper Pack for Mac, you can rip your DVD and also edit the
videos.

Step 1:Select and run ?DVD Ripper for Mac?, Click ?Load DVD? button to load your
DVD
Or, click ?Load IFO? button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the
movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open your DVD folder, open
the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files and click OK.

[Image: http://www.mac-video-converter.com/images/guide/loaddvd-n.jpg ]

Step 2: Output setting
Set the output format you want from the ?Profile? drop-down list.
Click ?Settings? button to open the Settings window and set video resolution,
frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc. iSkysoft DVD Ripper for mac lets you extract
audio from DVD movie to MP3 or AAC, etc.for web using or other portable players.
You can set audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate and encoder on the ?Settings?
panel.
Step 3: Cilck ?Convert? button to start your conversion
Waiting a short while, the conversion will be finished.

More editing functions
1.Trim
Click the ?Trim? button to to trim the current title or chapter by dragging the
Start Time slider to set the start time, and dragging the End Time slider to set
the finish time. Then you can only rip segments from dvd on mac.

[Image: http://www.mac-video-converter.com/images/guide/trim-n.jpg ]

2.Crop
If you want to remove the black edges or just convert an area from your movie
video, you can click ?Crop? button to crop the video of the current title or
chapter. You can specify an area either by dragging the frame around the video
or setting the crop values: Top, Button, Left and Right.

[Image: http://www.mac-video-converter.com/images/guide/crop-n.jpg ]

3.Capture pictures
With this program, you can preview the movie in the preview window on the left
of the main interface.
While previewing the movie, you can capture pictures by clicking ?Snapshot?
button. Click the Snapshot Folder button to open the folder where the captured
pictures are saved. You can also specify the folder where to save the pictures.
Choose a format (JPEG and BMP) for the captured pictures to be saved as. Then
Click Ok to finish the settings. You can find the pictures in the the folder you
specified.
4.Effect
If you want to adjust the video effect of your movie, you can click ?Effect?
button and drag each effect adjustment slider to set the video brightness,
contrast, saturation and video volume. You can also choose a special effect from
the Effect drop-down list to apply to your movie.

[Image: http://www.mac-video-converter.com/images/guide/effect-n.jpg ]


 With iSkysoft DVD Ripper Pack for Mac, you can also convert the video to the
formats you want.

Step 1: Select and run "Video Converter for mac" and then click ?Add
File? button to add your video.
Step 2. Output format and Settings