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Many Mac users want to enjoy HD DVD and video on their Sansa, iPod MP4, iPhone, Walkman,Creative Zen, PSP. But they often get difficulties in this process because their portable devices usually can not support DVD and other video formats.
Now all is gone. With the release of Mac DVD Ripper and Video Converter for Mac, All Mac users can convert DVD and video to videos supported by iPod, iPhone, Zune. Sansa, Creative Zen, PSP, etc.
This guide shows how to use the professional programs above.
It includes two parts:
Part 1: How to convert DVD to MP4/AVI/MP3/WMV/3GP on Mac OS X
Part 2: How to convert video to MP4/AVI/MP3/WMV/3GP on Mac OS X

Part 1: How to convert DVD to MP4/AVI/MP3/WMV/3GP on Mac OS X

Step1: Install and run Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac(Inter PC Users) or (Power PC Users)

Step2: Import DVD Movies

1. Click the “Load DVD” button, select the folder of your DVD movie, and click OK. If the movie is on your disc drive, you can just select the drive and click OK.
2. Or click the “Load IFO” button, open the folder of your DVD movie, and you will find two folders in it: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files, and then click OK.
After the movie is loaded, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.

Step 3: Output Settings

After your DVD movie is loaded, you can start to set output settings:
1. Select an encoder type from the format drop-down list according to the device you want to put the video on.
2. Click the “Settings” button to set the video and audio parameters.
3. Name each title/chapter in the “Output Filename” field, and select the suitable subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters if you want.

Note: You can check the “Merger into one file” option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.

Step 4: Click the Start button to start the conversion.

All you need to do now is to wait for the conversion to be finished. The remaining time will be shown on conversion window for your reference.

Some Tips:

1. Trim Movie

If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the Trim icon to capture a clip. In the Trim window, you can trim the length of the current title/chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.

2. Crop Video

If your DVD video has black sides, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window, and set the video crop area by dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).

3. Movie Effect

If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, and even audio volume. You can also choose to apply a special effect to your movie video from the available effects including Gray, Emboss and Negative.

Part 2: How to convert video to MP4/AVI/MP3/WMV/3GP on Mac OS X

Step 1:Download and install iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac (Intel Version or PowerPC Version).
Step2. Add Video files
Click the "Add Files" button to add video files to the program by automatically selecting an appropriate encoder for the video files you wat to convert to the program.

Step3. Output Settings
After you add video files, you can select an output format for each video file and specify a directory on your computer to save the output files. If you want to merge all added video files into one file, you can check the "Merge into one file" option. If you don't want to use the default video and audio encoding settings, just click the Settings button to set these settings.

Step4. Start Conversion
Click the Convert button to start conversion and then you can just go out for a walk or take a nap, and the conversion may have been finished when you come back: )

Tips:
Some powerful and professional editing functions are also available such as Trim(get any video clip), Effect, Crop(remove black edge to get the best image). You can have a try to get your most favorite videos.

In addition:
A professional Mac Video Converter Pack is at discount. It is a combination of Mac DVD Ripper and Mac Video Converter. If you buy it now it can save up to 34% for you.