Rip and convert DVD movies to videos for YouTube

How to rip my protected DVD movies then upload to Youtube?

Why Rip a DVD Movie for YouTube uploading

I love watching films, and currently have about 350 DVD movies from all different genres, from Action to Western. Recently I've got an idea to rip DVDs that I bought into my computer and then upload to YouTube.

There are many dvd ripper tools that are capable of ripping and converting DVD movie to YouTube accepted video format. Many of them are general purpose toolkits that can convert almost any kind of video to almost any other popular formats. Some of them are good tools, but they make the process a bit complicated.

Finally I found a tool called iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Mac on Google. This software is a free trial application for Mac OS X that accomplishes this task quickly and easily. Read on to find out how to rip protected DVD movies and upload to YouTube.

Things You'll Need

• A DVD movie you want to copy
• A DVD Drive
• A YouTube account
• DVD ripping software for Mac OS
• Free space on your hard drive

Step-by-Step to ripping your DVD movies for YouTube

Step 1: Download & install iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Mac

We’ll be using a very nice DVD Ripping tool for Mac OS called ‘iFunia DVD Ripper Pro’ for ripping our DVD movies, head over here and download the free trial version. Next step is to install the program.

Step 2: Run iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Mac

Now get your DVD disc and insert it. Then run iFunia DVD Ripper Pro on your Mac and click the big button "Load..." to load your DVD disk, you may see the name of DVD Movie disk if you insert DVD disk before running this DVD ripper tool (see the image below to have an idea).

Step 3: Select the titles you'd like to convert

A movie DVD usually has several titles. The shorter titles on the DVD are usually the video backgrounds used in the DVD menu screens and DVD extras like movie trailers. Unless you are a graphic artist, you probably don't want to convert these titles.

Step 4: Trim the movie video to meet YouTube uploading requirements

Your video must meet YouTube uploading requirements: no larger than 2GB and no more than 10 minutes in length. It means that you can't upload a whole DVD movie to YouTube. You may rip a whole DVD movie to several chapters or just trim some favorite parts of movies and then upload to YouTube.

• Click on the title of DVD movie content.
• Click the 'Edit' button in the upper-right-hand corner.
• Drag the pointer to indicate the start time and end time. Check the video length in the middle-right corner to make sure the length of this video is no more than 10 minutes.

Step 5: Change the output settings to make the video the best quality

There are almost all common video formats available for you to choose to convert to. The best solution for YouTube uploading would be to compress it to H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 video with MP3 or AAC audio. You may learn more details about YouTube accepted video formats here.

Here I set the output video format to 'MPEG-4 H264 Video (*.mp4)', Video Codec as 'H.264', Resolution as '680*480', Bitrate as '768', Frame Rate as '30', Audio Codec as 'AAC' by default. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size. Actually video with bitrate as 512 is acceptable for watching on YouTube.

Step 6: Start converting DVD movies

Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting DVD movies onto your hard disk.

Upload converted videos to YouTube

Once you've finished converting your videos, made sure it's less than 10 minutes, smaller than 2GB in size, and in an acceptable format, you're ready to upload it.

• Click the button in the upper-right-hand corner of any YouTube page.
• Click the "Browse" button to browse for the video file you'd like to upload to our site. Select the file you want to upload.
• Click the 'Upload Video' button to start the uploading process.
• As the video file is uploading, enter as much information about your video as possible in the relevant fields (including Title, Description, Tags, and Category). You're not required to provide specific information, but the more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!
• Click the 'Save changes' button to save the updates you've made to the video file.

Learn more details to find out how to upload video to YouTube.

Why Rip Your DVDs

• Keep your DVDs safe! Movies stored safely in your computer can't get lost, scratched or broken.
• Find movies faster! Use your Mac's built in search tool, Spotlight, to find a movie in your collection... instantly.
• Easily organize your movies! Moving files around on your computer is a lot easier than alphabetizing shelves full of DVDs.
• Simplify entertainment on the go! Why carry around bulky DVD cases or disc wallets when you don't have to?
• Editing your videos! The videos ripped from DVDs can be used for video editing in Windows Movie Maker & Final Cut Studio.
• Use your laptop longer! Laptops use a lot more juice when they're spinning a DVD and a hard drive.

DVD Ripper Pro for Mac

DVD Ripper Pro for Mac is a professional DVD ripping software to rip DVD movies to videos for YouTube uploading. It helps you rip and convert DVD content to any common video formats which are accepted by YouTube.

(PC user? Get Windows version here)