This step-by-step guide will show you how to convert DVD to other video formats and edit DVD; it includes the following four sections:

1. How to convert DVD to AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MP3, FLV, MOV, etc?
2. How to edit, combine and crop DVD movies?
3. How to rip audio from DVD to MP3 for iPod nano, shuffle and other MP3 players?
4. How to put DVD clips on Youtube, Myspace?
5. How to put DVD  to Windows Movie Maker

What you need is Aimersoft DVD Ripper; you can download it for free here:* http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper.html

*Editor's Note: a free trial is available for download, it's $35 to buy.

If you want to rip DVD to AVI/MPEG/MP4/MOV/FLV/MP3 on Mac OS X such as Leopard, you can use Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac, it fully supports Intel processor and Power PC:
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Part 1. How to convert DVD to iPhone/iPod/PSP/Zune/Apple TV/Phone/Xbox/Zen/AVI/MPEG?
Step1. Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-Rom, then run the software, click "Load DVD" button and add the DVD file. You can also add DVD/IFO from your hard disk by clicking "Load File"

Step2.

This software can convert DVD to various video formats such as MPEG-4, AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP, VOB, etc. Click the "Format"drop down list to select a format. If you want to copy DVD to computer in 1:1 lossless quality, please select "Lossless DVD Copy (*.vob)".

If you don't know much about mobile players, just select a format according to the name of your mobile player. For example, if you want to copy DVD to the coming iPhone, just select "iPhone Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)", and the default setting works great. If you want to customize the output video, you can click the "Settings" button next to the format field to open the Settings window and set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc. See the figure below:

Step3. Select Subtitle and Audio
Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select one you prefer. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting "No Subtitle". Selecting Audio is the same.

After the above steps, click "Start" to start conversion.

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