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Many DVD collectors may run into the problem of sharing their DVD movies with friends and backing up DVD files on their computer hard drive or a blank DVD disc. Because DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played.
Windows Media Video (WMV) is a compressed video file format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. WMV is also a container format.
Mac The Ripper is a free DVD Ripper (extractor) for Mac OS X. It can extract commercial DVD movies to your hard drive, minus all the copy protection and region controls put in place by DVD publishers. If your friend has a PC, your you want to put your favored DVD to Zune, you need to convert DVD to WMV on Mac OS X.
Part 1, How to rip DVD using Mac The Ripper (a Free Mac DVD ripper).
Step 1, Download MacTheRipper.
http://www.mactheripper.org
Step 2, Rip and copy DVD for free. Insert your DVD movie into your DVD drive and launch the MacTheRipper. There are two major setting parts: Disc and Mode.
REC Region settings:
UOPS: Allow you to skip or fast-forward through most DVD content, such as warning screens, previews etc.
RCE Region:
If MacTheRipper displays "DISC RCE: CLEAR" after scanning the DVD, you can leave the option to OFF status.
If MacTheRipper displays "DISC RCE: -DETECTED-", you must set the option to the region in which the DVD was purchased.
De-Macrovision: Allow you to record your DVDs straight to VCR, or connect the DVD player through a VCR without getting a bunch of wavy lines. This is enabled by default.
Mode setting: Select the Full Disc Extraction Mode to reserve all the info in the inserted DVD disc.
Step 3, Complete DVD Ripping. You can find a folder in the save location. The output files extracted by MacTheRipper are saved as .VOB format.
Part 2, How to convert DVD to WMV (or HD WMV) video for Mac OS X?
If you want to play the ripped DVD on PC, Zune, and other Microsoft devices, just convert DVD to WMV on Mac OS. But Mac The Ripper could only make a copy of your DVD, it could not convert DVD to any video files like MP4, MOV, MKV, MP4, etc. for playback on more players. Thus, you have to find a free Mac video converter named iSquint to convert the .VOB to WMV.
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