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Easy Steps for Mac Users: Rip and Transfer DVD movies to iPad 2

iPad 2 review:
When Apple released iPad, the first generation 9.7-inch touchscreen tablet, some people called it a large-format iPhone. Although this iPad was embraced by lots of Apple fans, some people still expected it much thinner and lighter. By the release of the iPad 2 in March 2011, more than 15 million iPads had been sold, selling more than all other tablet PCs combined since the first iPad unveiled. The new iPad totally shocked the PC world with its awesome features. At 241mm tall, 186mm wide, 8.6mm thick, and 9.7 inch, the iPad 2 is just a hair smaller than the original iPad and it's thinner than the iPhone 4. The front and back cameras of iPad 2 are capable of 720p HD still and video recording. With up to 10-hour battery life and large memory space supported, Apple users could freely enjoy multiple songs, movies and games anywhere and anytime. However, the iPad is incapable of directly support DVD playback as it doesn’t have an insert DVD drive. So, how to make DVDs played on iPad 2?
The best way is to rip DVD contents (video/audio) from discs and then convert DVD movies to MP4 or MOV compatible with iPad 2.


Rip and Transfer DVD movies to iPad 2:
Step 1. Load DVD Disc or DVD Files to Aukun DVD Ripper for Mac.
Run Aukun DVD Ripper for Mac, and load DVD movies to the program by any ways: ‘DVD ROM’, ‘DVD Folder’ or ‘IFO/ISO’.

Tips: Before importing DVD movies to Aukun DVD Ripper for Mac, you need an external drive connected to Mac computer.


Step 2. Choose iPad HD Video (.MP4) as output format.
Click ‘Format’ to choose output format compatible with iPad 2. You can specify iPad HD Video (*.mp4) as output format. The Mac DVD Ripper will convert DVD movies to 720p HD MP4 Video for iPad. (You can also choose iPad Video H.264 (*.mp4) to shrink HD Video to iPad SD MP4 video.)

The video formats supported by iPad 2 include H.264 video up to 1080p, .m4v, .mp4, and .mov; audio formats supported include Audio formats supported: Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1 and V2), AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), and MP3 VBR.


Step 3. Edit DVD clips and Adjust Settings
Click ‘Edit’ icon to edit your DVD clips with ease. Trim and crop buttons allow you to remove the unwanted parts of videos. You can also add watermark, replace audio track, adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and etc. Click’ Settings’ to adjust the parameters such as Codec, frame rate, bit rate, channels, and etc. Generally it’s no necessary to change the default output setting as it is always suited for output videos and devices.


Step 4. One Click to Convert DVD movies to iPad 2
Click ‘Convert’ button to start the conversion. Using the advanced audio and video syncronization technology and multi-core encoding technology, Aukun DVD Ripper for Mac will complete the conversion in a few minutes without the unexpected audio and video out of sync issues occur.

After the conversion is done, just sync the output 720p videos to iPad 2 via iTunes.