


It is a 3rd party software that require additional purchase, and it is the only one that we found is reliable. Here’s how to rip a DVD with VLC on your Mac: with a DVD in the drive, launch VLC, go to the File menu and select “Open Disc”, from there you can select “Convert” and adjust the starting positions to the right chapter, click ‘save’ and wait a while for it to rip! You can also get VLC from the Developer home. For regular blu-ray, DVD and CD, you can use whatever applicable software that come with your computer, or search for the proper software to install on your computer.For playback UHD blu-ray, we recommend using CyberLink PowerDVD. VLC includes a simple DVD ripper, it’s not ideal simply because there are better ones out there (think handbrake) but if you’re in a bind VLC works. You can pick up Handbrake for Mac at the Developer homeĪnother option is VLC. It will take a while to rip the DVD depending on the speed of your Mac but the ripped DVD will appear on your Desktop when it’s done. Select the file format you want to export to and the destination (default is mp4 to desktop), and rip!.

To rip and convert your DVD, simply click the DVD Disc button. If HandBrake doesn’t automatically find the DVD just click on File > Open Source and manually select the DVD MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition claims to override copy protection, and it appears to be true.Tip: be sure to select the proper title because if there’s any special features or extras on the DVD you could inadvertently rip that instead of the actual movie. Handbrake will then scan the DVD disk and read all the chapters and titles. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
